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Mawer, Granville Allen Ahab's Trade. The Saga of South Seas Whaling
Sydney Allen & Unwin 1999 1864485795 / 9781864485790 1st Edition Hardback
Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Top edge stained else a fine copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. 393 pages This book tracks the rise and fall of this truly global industry and tells the stories of the men who made it. Although they whaled in American, British, French, Australian and New Zealand ships, their calling made them citizens of a separate, closed and isolated world quite unlike that of other seamen. ID169458
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15.00 AUD
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Mawer, Granville Allen South by Northwest The Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica
Adelaide Wakefield Press 2006 1862546509 / 9781862546509 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket A new book. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings/Diagrams. 319 pages The riveting story of the race between rival nations - The British, French and Americans - to claim Antarctica's holy grail. In this never-before told tale of ambition and achievement, maritime historian Allen Mawer resolves some of the controversies that have festered for the past 160 years. ID209694
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40.00 AUD
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