A Man for Antarctica The Early Life of Phillip Law
Melbourne: Hyland House Publishing, 1993. Octavo, blue hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, ix, 236 pp., frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, six double-sided black-and-white plates included. Top end of spine and front-right corner of cover very slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust-jacket. First edition, inscribed and signed by Phillip Law.
A biography of the early days of Australian Phillip Garth Law, the driving force behind the establishment of Australia's scientific stations on the sub-Antarctic Islands of Heard and Macquarie between 1948 and 1954. At the time, Law was the Director of the Antarctic Division and Leader of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE).
Kathleen Ralston's in-depth look at Law's remarkable life traces his development as a leader, from his growing love of the outdoors to his involvement in Antartic exploration, to his role in ANARE and the historic voyage of the Kista Dun which successfully set up Australia's first permanent station on the Antarctic Continent.
This volume is inscribed by Phillip Law to Charles Warren Bonython, a well known conservationist, explorer, author and chemical engineer. Item #4626
Previously owned by Charles Warren Bonython. This volume is inscribed and signed by the subject of the biography, Phillip Law. The inscription reads: "Inscribed for my good friend Warren Bonython whose adventurous traverse of the Simpson Desert and other arduous treks I have greatly admired. Phillip Law February 1995"
Price (AUD): $300.00