MacRobertson. The Chocolate King. [first edition]

xvi, 256pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Brown boards in jacket. Near new. The life of MacPherson Robertson, founder of MacRobertson's confectionary (giving us the Cherry Ripe and Freddo Frog), who also gave his name to an airline, a school, and a massive tract of Antarctica. He financed Mawson's 1929-30 Antarctic expedition. At one time he paid more in taxes than any other Australia. This is the first new biography of him since the 1930s. Size: 8vo