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BRITISH OPTICAL ASSOCIATION LIBRARY and MUSEUM CATALOGUE (1932) with BRITISH OPTICAL ASSOCIATION LIBRARY CATALGUE Volume II
SUTCLIFFE, John H assisted by Margaret Mitchell, Edith Chittell (1932 vol. only)
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Council of the British Optical Asociation, London
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Da: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, Regno UnitoDouglas Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Good-VG for age and genre. 1932: green card with black spine lettering, minimally worn and unmarked bar 3 small black spots to front. xv + 296 + 36 plates on 18 leaves + 297-33 + plates 37-75on facing pages following a t.p.; numerous other text ills prior to first plates section inc an f/piece to p. xiv.,… marginal pencil numbers (erasable) to museum catalogue list, bottom outer corners have small open creases towardsends of text-block, gutter thinly opening after t.p. 1935: grey card cover, clean bar a few darker spots( to front but top black-lettered spine has 2 cm chip above 4 cm repaired tear: 7 unpaginated prelims inc. 2 full page photos of library and reading room + 138, frequent small ills of catalogue entries; internally tight and clean bar 2 brown spots inside front cover. Museum plates show huge variety of spectacles and lorgnettes as well as false eyes and eye-testing equipment. The 1932 volume also issued as hardback, this seems scarcer and hardback copies mostly listed abroad. 17.5 cm x 24 cm.
YORK MINSTER. SPECIMENS OF STAINED GLASS FROM THE EAST WINDOW - An Antique Original Hand-Coloured Engraved
YORK MINSTER. SPECIMENS OF STAINED GLASS FROM THE EAST WINDOW - An Antique Original Hand-Coloured Engraved Print
Lingua: Inglese
Da: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Regno UnitoK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Very Good. An excellent original engraved print. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. A hand-coloured engraving of 4 panels of stained glass from the East Window of York Minster. John SUTCLIFFE (illustratore).
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: London, The Council of the British Optical Association at Cliffords Inn,, 1932
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Da: Antiquariat Heubeck, Neuendettelsau, GermaniaAntiquariat Heubeck
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Aggiungi al carrelloGr.-8°, Halbleder. 335 S., 75 Tafeln Leder-Rücken etwas berieben, Leather a little bit rubbed, Ecken leicht bestoßen - edges a little bit knocked. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: D. Brown and Sons Ltd / Stuart Williams Publishers, 1983
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Da: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.Charles Berry, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked condition (light DJ handling evident). The DJ is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. 118 pages. [1 lb]. Book.
Editore: Council of the British Optical Association, London, 1932
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Da: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, Regno UnitoCamilla's Bookshop
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. Bound in grey/blue limp wraps, with black titles to spine, this dated June 1932 paperback is VG. 335pp, with 75pp of monochrome plates. Spine is creased, corners are rubbed, with some light stains. With first half dozen page with foxing, and one page soiled with dir…t/damp. Otherwise VG.
Editore: Council for the British Optical Association, London
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Da: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Regno UnitoSt Marys Books And Prints
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardback. Journals dated September 1925 through to October 1935 9 volumes bound into 6 books All volumes bound in red cloth with gilt titling to the spine vol 2 has a closed tear to binding join at top of spoine to front board this volume is also bumped at the corners The other volumes are not damaged just shelf wear to ends of…spines and corners are slightly bumped Contents of all volumes are clean and bright with very little foxing mostly on the end papers Volume II contains the reproduction of Haabs Plates and a retranslation of his subject matter Overall a very nice set of this historical publication. book.
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Editore: Council of the British Optical Association 1932 - 1935, London, 1932
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Da: Gilibert Libreria Antiquaria (ILAB), Torino, TO, ItaliaGilibert Libreria Antiquaria (ILAB)
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Aggiungi al carrello2 voll. in-8°, pp. XV, 335; 138; legatura m. pelle con titolo in oro al dorso per il primo vol., brossura telata di colore marrone per il secondo. Svariati facsimili di frontespizi n.t. ad entrami i volumi, 75 tavv. in b.n. f.t. al primo vol. Ottimo stato. Catalogo della raccolta di libri e di incisioni di oculistica della Briti…sh Optical Association Library.
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Editore: London : Council of the British Optical Association, 1932
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Da: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst Edition. Good copy bound in quarter leather over cloth boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Reference Library of Francis Edwards Ltd. with the owner's bookplate and library marks. Physical…description; xv, 335 pages, 76 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; British Optical Association History. Optics. Optometry. Eyeglasses. Eyeglasses. Optics. Optometry. Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology Library ; Catalogs. Ophthalmology Museums ; Catalogs. 3 Kg.
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Editore: London : Council of the British Optical Association, 1932
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Da: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrlandaMW Books Ltd.
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst Edition. Good copy bound in quarter leather over cloth boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Reference Library of Francis Edwards Ltd. with the owner's bookplate and library marks. Physical…description; xv, 335 pages, 76 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; British Optical Association History. Optics. Optometry. Eyeglasses. Eyeglasses. Optics. Optometry. Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology Library ; Catalogs. Ophthalmology Museums ; Catalogs. 1 Kg.
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Editore: The Council of the British Optical Association, London, 1932
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Da: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Regno UnitoRooke Books PBFA
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Aggiungi al carrelloLeather. Condizione: Fine. An uncommon library and museum catalogue of the British Optical Association, in attractive leather binding. Containing seventy-five plates of reproductions of early optical engravings, this hugely interesting volume additionally details the history of the library and museum, as well as listings the don…ators and indexing the relevant subjects. In half-morocco binding with gilt detailing and cloth covered boards. Externally smart, there is some minor wear to the extremities, as well as sunning to backstrip. Internally, the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout. Fine. None (illustratore). book.
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The Wide World Magazine, Vol. XLVI - No. 272, December, 1920 - Saving of the "Cardium" / Among Bolshevists
Evans, E.A.; Heighton, J.; Tinsley, H.G.; Webster, F.A.M.; Nicoll, J.M.; Woods, E.P.; Wetgen, A.R.; Jones, E.H.; Dunn, H.H.; Koppel, H.; Masters, D.; Chinnery, E.W.P.; McMaines, Frank; Augustin, James F.; et al
Editore: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1920
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: My Rest-Cure - experience on a house-boat in Kashmir; The Saving of the "Cardium" - what happened with this oil ship caught fire with 12,000 tons of benzene aboard; The Hinton Murder Case, and George W. Pendleton; "Little Wo…man of Flame" - what happened with two solitary white women took up farming in East Africa; Photo of steeplejack Jack Hassler climbing a building in Philadelphia; "My Strangest Experience"; The Lifted Veil, part 6 of a strange story of two British officer POWs in Turkey; The Temple of the Tapirs - an exciting trip into the wilds of Mexico; "Draw Poker" - a detective recounts a New York story; Among the Bolshevists - an R.A.F. officers interesting sidelights on the operations against the Bolshevists in North Russia - with great photos; Into the Unknown - part 2 - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea; A Cowboy Adrift; A Kedah Buffalo-Fight - photo-illustrated story of this little-known Malay (Malaysian) sport; Photo of huge (dead) gorilla in the Cameroons; Anthropop-Apology; The Long Arm of the Law - murderers who were detected years after their crimes; The Battle of Ludlow - strikers battle state militiamen in the Colorado coalfields. Covers detached but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Somerfield, T.; Hodgson, E.S.; Sheldon, C.M.; De Walton, John; Sutcliffe, J.E.; Whittaker, W.G.; "Robin"; Elcock, Howard; Small, A.G.; Wright, Frank; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, Ernest; Paxton, R.B.M.; Morrow, Albert (illustratore).
BUILDING - WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED 'THE BRITISH BUILDER'; Published Every Month at 33, Tothill Street, Westminster, London, S.W. 1. - A PRACTICAL JOURNAL FOR ARCHITECTS, QUANTITY SURVEYORS, BUILDERS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, Heating, Lighting and Ventilation Engineers, Sanitary Engineers, Decorators, Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Material, and Estate Managers. - FIFTH VOLUME (Vol. 5), JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1930.
No Editor stated / 'BUILDING', Architectural Magazine ('The British Builder') / J. H. Bennetts; Oliver P. Bernard; R. V. Boughton; G. Basedon Butt; A. Trystan Edwards; J. Millar; Prof. C, H, Reilly; F. E. Towndrow; E. G. Warland; a.o. (Principal Authors and Correspondants) / Holden Adams & Pearson; H. WV. Ashley; Winston Newman; Sir Frank Baines; Sir Herbert Baker; J. Stanley Beard; Brierley & Rutherford; Sir John Burnet & Partners; Campbell Jones Sons & Smithers; C. W. Clark; Elcock & Sutcliffe; P. D. Hepworth; Mewes & Davis; Sir Giles Gilbert Scott; Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie; Perca S. Worthington; a.m.o. ('Architects' Works Illustrated'): [F. J. PARSON]
Editore: London; 33, Tothill Street, Westminster, S.W.I (no Printer or Publisher stated); 1930., 1930
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Da: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, GermaniaC O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany .
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Aggiungi al carrello(3) pages 'Index Supplement [Fitfth Volume, January to December 1930], Building, December 1930'; 564 annually counted pages on medium-glossy paper; fully illustrated throughout with photographs of buildings or their details and ground and floor plans; 8 multiple (partly huge) folded plans and views ('Baker Street Station Buildin…gs', 'Builders' Administration', 'New Olympial Hall', 'New Headquarters Martins Bank Liverpool', 'New Midland Bank, new Headquarters, London', 'Liverpool Cathedral Organ Cases', 2x 'Thames House Westmister London', 'New Masonic Peace Memorial, Queen Street, London'). - Gilt-titled 'olive-grey' cloth-binding of the period with red-sparkled edges; 4to.(ca. 30 x 23 x 4 cm; ca. 2,5 kg.). *** [Verlängerter ERWEITERTER SOMMERVERKAUF / Ongoing EXPANDED SUMMER-SALE: um über 30% REDUZIERTER PREIS bis Donnerstag, den 30.07.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Thursday, July 30; ursprünglicher Preis / originally EUR 300,-] --- FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE ANNUAL OF THE AS IMPORTANT AS NOWADAYS RARE ARCHITECTURAL MONTHLY; CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL, Fifth Year in 12 monthly Issues complete. - Cloth-binding minimally used, last two sheets with short central tear, corners of last page slightly dusty; A BEAUTIFEL COPY.
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept.] 1929, Vol. LXIII, No. 378: At Grips With the Desert / My Trip to Devil's Island
Cameron, Donald R.G.; Mummery, G.H.; Clarke, Charles J.L.; Woolf, S.H.; taylor, Carl N.; Sheppard, Sir William; Royal, Ken J.; Waldorf, N.J.; Mills, Arthur; Kohl, Edith Ammons; Stuart, Murray; Charles, R.G.; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Melville, Fred J.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy i…n her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Prater, Ernest; East, Laurence; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.W.; Wenban, R.; Wigfull, W.E.; Abbey, S.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Inns, Kenneth; Holloway, Cyril (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, March [Mar.] 1926, Vol LVI, No. 335: The Seminoles of Florida / The Wild Tribes of Malaya / Tilden Dakin
Carson, Jesse C.; Henderson, J.R.; Holmes, F. Ratcliffe; Bryan, Jack; Bell, V.G.; Long, Edward E.; barker, Reginald C.; Haeseler, John A.; Anderson, W.K.; Dunn, Harry H.; Cairfield, Thomas; McLaren, Jack
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1926
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Cowboy in Trouble - A tale from Indian Territory which is now part of Oklahoma; The Seminoles of Florida - An interesting photo-illustrated account of these hermits of the Florida wilds; T…he Longest Voyage on Record - An authoritative account of the "Maria Madre", presently moored at Paysandu, Uruguay - with photos; The Way of the Wild - Photo-illustrated article by cinematographer F. Ratcliffe Holmes about his adventures filming wildlife; Filed - Until Found - The daring escape of John Kelly from the Worcester, MA jail; My First Rhino - After V.G. Bell bagged his first, he was nearly bagged by a nearby rhino; The Wild Tribes of Malaya - Edward E. Long visits unknown stone-age tribes - article with wonderful photos; "Stope Number Five East" - Grim story from the Golden Gleam Mine in Nevada; Among the "White Arabs" - Photo illustrated article on the Shawiya Berbers of Algeria; The Ju-Ju Man's Vengeance - The death of a German by hypnotism in West Africa; Painting Pictures Beneath the Sea - Well-known landscapte artist Tilden Dakin paints submarine 'seascapes' from a diving-bell of his own design; "Ginger" To the Rescue! - A story of the old 'blackbirding' days in the South Seas, when the recruiters were not always over-scrupulous as to how they obtained native labour for the plantations; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part II - Jack McLaren spent eight years with savages on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Australia - with photos. 88 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Wood, Stanley, L.; Nicolson, W.C.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Eyles, D.C.; Kane, Thornton; Peddie, Tom; Sutcliffe, Norman (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, May 1928, Vol. LXI, No. 361: Hunting the "Moonshiners" / Fire-Walkers of Mauritius / America's Murder Gangs Unmasked
Maule, D.; Musson, H.P.; Shaw, Mrs. M.; Brands, W.J.; Mills, John E.; ferguson, Ronald Muir; Mossman, Frank; drewet, Jeese Carr; Koh, Edith Ammons; Etherton, P.T.; Watt, Frederick B.; Parsons, Anthony; Jones, Lieut. Archibald; Beals, Carleton
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1928
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities;…My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; gale, W.G.; Sindall, A.W.; Moorsom, F.G.; tresilian, S.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Carruthers, G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, July, 1925, Vol LV, No. 327: The Jogi's Curse / Two Years in Borneo / Forbidden Nepal
Hughes, C.V.; Livingston, Carl B.; Simons, G.Grant; Baker, R. St. Barbe; Cassidy, Frank; Cook, Oscar; Carson, Captain John H.; Nicholas, Mrs. Mary J.; Walter, Hugh; McGill-Nutt, Capt. J.C.; Taylor, Merlin Moore; Hayter, C.N.C.; Ferguson, Ronald Muir
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1925
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated arti…cle on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, April [Apr.] 1926, Vol. LVI, No. 336: On Patrol in Cannibal Papua
Carson, Captain John H.; Gibbons, Charles Harrison; Wilsdon, Lieut. R.L.; Upfield, Arthur W.; Brooke, Captain W.; Bushell, N. Keith; Patrick, B.; McLaren, Jack; beddington, H.G.; Tench; C.V.; Forteath, Major A.M.; Mayo, Katherine; Savage, Frank Morris
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1926
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A…curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, February (Feb.) 1929 - Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! / Biggest Hold-up on Record
Scotty; Jack MacLeod; D.M. McCullum; H.P. Musson; G.E. Stuart-Reid; H.C. Thompson; Orrin E. Dunlap; M.S. Coffman; J. De Bruin; F.A. Liebenberg; Gill, E.; Shaw, M.; Trinkler, E.; Kohl, E.; Stuart, M.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. American Edition. Pages 254-336 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: Biggest Hold-up on Record - robbery of the U.S. Mail at Toledo, Ohio in February, 1921; Salvaging a God - a tale of South Sea natives and one of their gods; Pekin (Peking / Beijing) to London, Mostly by Car- Fantastic photo-i…llustrated article on Capt. D.M. McCallum's 15,000 mile adventure, including photos of Angkor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada (part 3 of 3) - H.P. Musson's homestead turns out to be all rocks and precipices!; The People of Pierre Le Loupe - George E. Stuart-Reid volunteers with the North-West Mounted to finally capture a half-breed murderer after a long and arduous hunt; A Day in the Life of a South African Farmer; Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! - Amazing photo-illustrated article on Jean Albert Lussier and his daring exploit; How I Won My Horse - Margaret S. Coffman and her challenging 300-mile Texas ride; The Big Leopard - John de Bruin recounts how he was attacked - with photo; When Raj Mungal Saw Red - a valuable elephant goes rogue in Sabalpur, India; The Snake Worshippers - a story from Calcutta about the Ooriyas, natives of the province of Orissa on the east coast of India; Through the Heart of Afghanistan - Part 2 of 2 of this photo-illustrated account of Emil Trinkler and his trip to this strange land of desolate mountains and fertile valleys, with photos of the huge cliff carvings at Bamian; Following the Frontier Trail - Newspaperwoman Edith Ammons Kohl recounts her experiences in the vast range country of Wyoming; My Strangest Experience - a story of the occult by a trooper in the B.S.A. police. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Norman Sutcliffe; T.H. Peddie; W.J. Gale; Dudley Tennant; John De Walton; E.J. Kealey; S. Tresilian; Cyril Holloway; S.H. Vedder; Francis E. Hiley; G.W. Goss; Nicolson (cover) (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, June 1929 - "Chink Running" Cover Illustration
Wilson, J.F.; "Billy See"; Nolan, John H.E.; Bodley, R.V.C.; MacLeod, Captain Jack; Taylor, Carl N.; Adams, W.H.; Stuart, Murray; Charnley, W.; Mackenzie, Lieut.-Colonel Donald; "Gundi"; "The Captain"; Melville, Fred. J.
Editore: George Newnes Limited, London, 1929
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in A…ustralia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Holloway, Cyril; Sutcliffe, Norman; Tennant, Dudley; Wigfull, W.E.; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Sindall, A.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Holloway, Cyril; Sindall, A.W. (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, October 1929
Gibbons, John; Charnley, W.; Bodley, R.V.C.; Halliday, Dick; "Swazi"; Thomas, T.J.; "Billy See"; Taylor, Carl N.; Hichens, Captain W.; Stuart, Murray; Ives, M.E.M.; "The Captain"; Melville, Fred J.
Editore: George Newnes Limited, London, 1929
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 84 pages plus 36 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part I; The Pirates of the "Ethel" - a tale of Australian piracy from 1899; The White Wanderer - my life among the Nomad Arabs - article with nice photos; The Queer Side of Things -… My "Hunch" - a cowboy's plain tale of an odd adventure in Nevada; The Mystery of the "Flying Stones" - a weird story related by a South African policeman; The Judge's Joke - Judge Sawicki of Cleveland was anxious to be rid of three drunks; "Slippery Wiley" Scores Again - an illicit gold buyer in Australia; Photo and caption of a 1.5 ton monster sea turtle caught off Lowestoft, on the east coast of England!; Children of the Desert - a first-hand study of the manners and customs of the Navajo Indians - article with nice photos; Hunter's Luck on the Lion Trail - a lion-hunting story from East Africa - with nice photos; Over the Victoria Falls in a Canoe - Trooper Ramsay survived the 420' fall!; The Haunted Cabin - a queer little tale from Maroon Mountain, British Columbia; Man and his Needs; Stamps of the World. Nice full-page ad for Barney's Tobacco inside front cover. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Cleaver, Reginald; Holloway, Cyril; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Wigfull, W.E.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Peddie, T.H.; Peddie, T.H.; Holloway, Cyril (illustratore).
Editore: LONDON COUNCIL OF THE BRITISH OPTICAL ASSOCIATION, 1932
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Aggiungi al carrelloA FINELY REBOUND COPY IN QUARTER LEATHER, MARBLED BOARDS, NEW ENDPAPERS, PROTECTED WITH A GLASSINE COVER. VERY GOOD. CONTAINS 75 PLATES.
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Editore: Collins' Clear-Type Press, London; Glasgow, 1920
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. A smart, twenty-three-volume, illustrated edition of the works of Sir Walter Scott. Collection comprised of:The Abbot;Red Gauntlet;The Monastery;Ivanhoe;Woodstock;Peveril of the Peak;Castle Dangerous;Waverley;The Black Dwarf and A Legend of Montrose;The Bride of Lammermoor;The Fortunes of Nig…el;The Talisman;Old Mortality;The Poetical Works of Walter Scott;St Ronan's Well;Guy Mannering;Rob Roy;Kenilworth;The Antiquary;The Pirate;Quentin Durward;The Heart of Mid-Lothian;The Betrothed. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original maroon leatherette soft covers. Undated, dated from copies held by the National Library of Scotland. All copies are illustrated by the likes of Wilmot Lunt and J. E. Sutcliffe, including with a vignette title page and, excluding Castle Dangerous, with a frontispiece. With the exception of Waverley, which contains fourteen plates, all volumes also feature a further six plates. An exhaustive collection of twenty-three of the Collins illustrated pocket edition of the works of Sir Walter Scott. An eminent writer and historian, Scott remains a leading figure in Scottish history, best known for his "Waverly" novels and impressive narrative poems, such as Marmion and The Lady of the Lake. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original maroon leatherette soft covers. The Abbot features a colour postcard tipped in to page 266; The Betrothed features the frontispiece and first two pages of the John S. Brown and Sons Canadian edition of the Holy Bible, folded in two and heavily discoloured and spotted, tipped in to the front of the work; Peveril of the Peak contains an advertisement for the Glasgow-based wholesale musicseller Frank Simpson to page 210. Externally, lovely condition with only minor bumping and rubbing. Light fading along some of the spines, especially to Castle Dangerous and The Bride of Lammermoor. A few marks can be seen across the collection, more prominent to the rear of Rob Roy. Peak and Peveril features slightly heavier loss of cloth along the rear joint, reinforced with tape. Internally, firmly bound. The frontispiece and title page of The Antiquary and Woodstock remain unopened, as does page 386 to The Antiquary. A very bright and clean collection with only occasional spotting, more common to the first and last few pages of each volume. Very Good Indeed. D. Chamberlain; Wilmot Lunt; A. T. Smith; R. Johnson; J. E. Sutcliffe; Paul Hardy; A. H. Buckland; S. V. Spence; John Schonberg; Malcolm Patterson; T. H. Robinson; C. J. Staniland; Herbert E. Butler (illustratore). book.
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories For Everybody, March [Mar.] 1925, Vol. LIV, No. 323: Exploring in Brazil / The Ivory Raiders
Henry, Warren; Bullock, S.C.; Pound, Reginald; Mavius, R.L.; Rayne, H.; Milne, R.M.R.; Brightwell, L.R.; Barker, Reginald C.; Mitchell-Hedges, F.A.; Dickie, Francis; Turner, J.N.; Johnston, Lal; Heron-Maxwell, Beatrice; Molesworth, D.; Musson, H.P.
Editore: The International New Company, New York, 1925
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Satan - story of a pet monkey in the Ivory Coast; Exploring in Brazil - photo-illustrated account of a sixteen-hundred mile trip up rapid-strewn rivers in a tiny launch through territory almost un…known to Europeans; The "King of the Clearwater" - a man claimed an area in Clearwater country, about sixty miles west of the North Thompson River, as his own and would go to any length to keep out intruders; The Ivory Raiders - Part II - a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the Swahili ivory-raiders and Turkana warriors of Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf; An Isle of Unrest - a chatty account of a little tramping holiday in Crete, with nice photos; Aquarium Adventures - remarkable stories of aquarium predicaments related by curators of various institutions; The Cat - Photo-illustrated tale from near Boise, Idaho; In Quest of the Unknown - Part IV - Photo-illustrated account of "Our adventures among the Chucunaque Indians (conclusion); The Second Touch - one of the queerest things that ever happened in Alaska; After a Native Murderer in Rhodesia - A B.S.A. Police trooper's story; On the "Devil's Staircase" - a New Zealand trapper's dangerous experience in a mountain blizzard; The Burmese Buddha - A stolen image of Buddha, stolen from the Shwe Dagon Pagoday, Rangoon, is returned after forty years; My Jungle Jaunts - Part II - An Englishwoman's experiences in Burma, with nice photos (conclusion); A Wild Goose Chase - A sportsman's account of his first experience with a wily Canada goose; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Cameron, John; Wigfull, W.E.; De Walton, John; Sutcliffe, Norman; Skelton, J.R.; Carruthers, G.P.; Leigh, Conrad; Dewar, W.; Hiley, F.E.; Goss, G.W. (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct.], 1925, Vol LV, No. 330: In Search of the Lost Oases / Lost in the Heart of Peru
Bey, A.M. Hassenein; "Onex"; MacMunn, Jajor-General Sir George; Rawson, John; O'Mahony, Eve; Dyott, G.M.; Sterling, H.D.; Pound, Reginald; Bates, G.L.; C.V.T.; Hayter, Sergt.-Major D.N.C.; brands, W.J.; Bowen, Patrick; Mola, Arnold; Ellis, Dr. C.E.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1925
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: In Search of the Lost Oases - Part I of a wonderful trip across the desert from Sollum, on the Mediterranean, to El Obeid, in the Sudan, mostly through unexplored territory, with photos; Smuggler…s Three - Poaching swan eggs; Azizun the Dancing-Girl - Sir George MacMunn owned an uncanny little "frog-girl" in India; The Odyssey of the "Olga" - A trip from Nome, Alaska to Seattle ended up taking over three months!; Photo of sixty-foot-tall statue of the god Gomateswara being annointed with oil on the great hill of Sravanbelgola; Left Behind - A young white woman is left behind at a lonely wayside station in the heart of Rhodesia; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part I - G.M. Dyott was abandoned by his guide in the trackless upper reaches of the Amazon and endured an ordeal to return home - with photos; The Thirteenth Sample - A nerve-trying adventure in the depths of an abandoned mine in Northern Mexico; A Bird-Hunter in the Wilds - G.L. Bates describes a seven-month journey in the remote Cameroon country of Central Africa - with great photos; The Voice in the Darkness - A tragic story of an encounter between a bootlegger and the law during prohibition in Brigson, Alberta; "Sinbad the Sailor" - An American university professor becomes a swindler in Winnipeg; Tiger Tales - Tales from Assam and Sumatra by W.J. Brands; What Was It? - Patrick Brown encountered a mysterious monster in South Africa which appeared to be a survivor of some prehistoric species; The Crocodile Charmers of Java - Javanese witch-doctors 'make love to them, induce them to follow them like pet dogs, and lead them to their deaths'; The Two Strangers - Dr. C.E.Ellis thought he knew a 'bunco man' but then he met two harmless prospectors. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, October 1925, Rosita Forbes, Kufra, Rohlfs, Senussi, Siwa, Sayed Idris Sennusi, Qayi-m-qana, In Search of the Lost Oases, Sahara desert, Sollum, El Obeid, Sudan, Smugglers Three, Swan eggs, Swan Egg Poaching, Azizun the Dancing-Girl. Illustrated by Woodville, R. Caton; Gillett, F.; Leigh, Conrad; York,W.G.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Somerfield, T.; Eyles, D.C.; Brock, H.M.; Holmes,Fred; Briault, S.; Prater, E.; Goss, G.W.; Peddie, Tom; Lloyd, Stanley (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, December [Dec.] 1924, Vol LIV, No. 320: My Wife's Double / The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko
Gilmer, Emile; Whittaker, James; Baker, R. St. Barbe; Fitzgerald, Sidney; Cowie, J.S.; Mitchell-Hedges, F.A.; Eustace, Robert; Campbell, Daniel G.; McMillan, R.D.S.; Carline, Richard; French, Vera M.; Patterson, Walter G.; Buchanan, Captain Angus; Bailey,
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1924
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustra…ted article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; Skelton, J.R.; Crombie, Charles; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, May 1929, Vol. LXIII, No. 373: The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record / Byways of Old Peking
Thomas, T.J.; Parsons, Captain A.H.; Nolan, John H.E.; Gibbons, John; Batson, Alfred; Bredon, Juliet; Raddatz, N.A.; Lamond, Henry G.; O'Dell, Barry; Seabrook, W.B.; Stuart-Reid, G.E.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Fought a Regiment - Bandit, murderer and escaped felon, "human monster" Paul Jawarski was pursued by over 250 heavily-armed policemen; The Optimist - The moving story of a gentleman…who thought he could make a profitable living out of elephant-hunting; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record - Part I - Robert Copeman and John H.E. Nolan set out from Edmonton for the Gulf of Mexico over 6,000 miles away! - article with photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part III - The continued misadventures of John Gibbons as he tramps from the French coast to Lourdes; "Hitch-Hiking" Across the United States - Alfred Batson hitch-hiked from New York to San Francisco and had some very odd and exciting adventures - includes map and photo; Byways of Old Pekin [Peking / Beijing] - A wonderfully photo-illustrated presentation of the quaint street-life of the unspoiled native quarters of the Chinese capital, where things still go on much as they did in the Middle Ages; What Happened at "Warne's Folly" - A prospector's terrible predicament in an abandoned Queensland mineshaft; The Horns of a Dilemma - A Queensland bushman's amusing account of an argument with a bad-tempered old cow; Saved By Man-Eating Sharks - A deep-sea diver's terrifying experience in the Sulu Sea; "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part II of W.B. Seabrook's adventurous trip to meet Mitkhal Pasha, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr, with photos; Photo and bried write-up of a large sink hole near Sharon Springs, Kansas; The Mystery of Crocodile Pool - A weird adventure that befell a young police corporal who is now one of the leading officers of the South African C.I.D. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Sindall, A.W.; Tennant, Dudley; Cleaver, Reginald; Leigh, Conrad; Sherie, E.F.; Gale, W.G.; Peddie, T.H.; De Walton, John (illustratore).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1928, Vol. LXII, No. 367: Bill Carlisle - Train Robber / Foie Gras / Julius Weinberg - Bolshevik Financier
Thomas, T.J.; Burden, W. Douglas; Vivian, Herbert; Begbie, Garston; Parsons, Capt. Anthony; Goldsmith, Maj. G.M.; Thorenfeldt, Kai; Luce, Philip Winter; Day, Jeanne; Todd, C.T.; Winbush, Chas. S.; Mahoney, E.H.J.; Craddock, F.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1928
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Aggiungi al carrelloSingle Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of…the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Lance; Sindall, A.W.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Spence, Percy; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Seper, George (illustratore).
