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Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Fall into Germany From An Aeroplane - Part II - Lieut. Pat O'Brien was shot down and captured by the Germans but escaped and spent 72 days travelling 35 days to reach London; My Fight With An Ostrich - a schoolmaster's narrow escape; Hemmed in By Alligators - C.H. Robinson was trying to save his dog when his way was barred by alligators; Sport and War in Central Africa - two brothers go big game hunting in Africa but the end is sad - several photos of animals they killed; The Diamond Searchers - a disappointed diamond-hunter throws a bag of these valuable gems into the Thames!; In Unknown British Guiana - Part IV - A. Hyatt Verrill's explorations of these largely unknown lands and people, with photos; How I Lost My Draft - what happened when a young Lieutenant missed his train; What The Scout Overheard - a trooper in the East African Mounted Rifles sneaks into a German camp and overhears their ambush plans, thus allowing Brits to ambush the Germans, and he was awarded the D.C.M.; My Lion-Hunting Adventures - Alfred Jordan recounts his experiences; Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part IV - British War Correspondent Robert Wilton continues his account of the war on the Eastern Front and throws light on the stirring events (the Russian Revolution) which ended so tragically for the Russian Empire - presented here for the first time, with photos; Reviving An Aboriginal Festival on the Island of Mabuiag; The Land of Perfume - the countryside around Grasse, in the South of France, produces many plants used in the making of perfume - with interesting photos; Through the Caucasus on Horseback - Polish lady author M.A. Czaplicka describes her experiences in the Caucasus, the region and the strange mountain tribes, with photos; An Indian Venice - a picturesque description of the little-known 'backwaters' of Malabar; Photo of a woman in Sudan whose lips have been 'elongated into a hideous beak'; Photo-illustrated ad inside back cover for musclebound Lionel Strongfort asks "Are You Fit to become a Father?"; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [2], 92-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. Elcock, Howard; Holloway, W.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; Rogers, Stanley; Robinson, T.H.; Gillett, F.; Whitaker, W.G. (illustratore). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Sorcerer of Nerac - The disappearance of a young farmer leads to the discovery of an amazing tragedy of superstition, leading to Frenchman Pierre Faget, the stoop-shouldered old wizard of Nerac, being sent to prison for trial; Our Crocodile Hunt - a Lake Nyassa tale involving a brush fire, a crocodile hunt, and the Kaiser's elephant gun - a lifetime of excitement in a few hours; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part II - the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever take place in America; At the Back of Beyond - photo-illustrated account of some experiences in remote Chitral; The Mutiny of the Athol - a very exciting story of the old whaling days in the Pacific, obtained from the ship's original log; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part IV - conclusion of this thrilling story of adventure in the turbulent negro Republic of Dominica; P.M. Clarke - Correspondent - the story of an odd character whose pretty exterior concealed plenty of pluck and inexhaustible energy; "Honeymoon Island" - Photo-illustrated feature on idyllic Norfolk Island, originally a convict settlement, in the lonely Pacific; Through the East by Air - Part II - The memorable adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline, who were commissioned to make paintings of scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum; The Banker's Bet - the tale of a cautious banker, an unwary Scandinavian, and two clever rogues; Photo of "The Peanut Office" and its Nantucket, MA proprietor; and more. 86 pages plus 8 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated by Leist, Fred; Perceval, C.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Wood,Esmond; Prater, Ernest; Bates, L.; Elcock, Howard; Pride, Sid; Webb, Arch;Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustratore). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1917, Cheetah-Hunting, India, Lewis R. Freeman, The Mad Hatter, Kalgoorlie, Ivory-Poaching - German East Africa, elephant hunting, J.A. Jordan, Lion-Tamer, Alexander Feely, Paraguay, New Guinea, Pygmies, Mortar, Alvarez Brot.