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Editore: London: Robert Hale, 1976, 1976
ISBN 10: 0709156901ISBN 13: 9780709156901
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Libro
Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: R. Hale, 1975
ISBN 10: 0709149158ISBN 13: 9780709149156
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Libro
Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: R. Hale, 1979
ISBN 10: 0709172451ISBN 13: 9780709172451
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Libro
Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: Robert Hale Ltd
Da: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Photograph available on request.
Editore: London: Robert Hale, 1976, 1976
Da: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illustrated & Has DJ.
Editore: Oxford University Press, London, England, 1942
Da: Bay Used Books, Sudbury, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good Condition. Minor to Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. No Dust Jacket. Pictures available upon request.
Editore: "Times" Printers Cockermouth, GB, 1939
Da: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: VG-. F J Carruthers (illustratore). 1st Edition. This booklet was published to commemorate the Opening Ceremony on 3rd June 1939. 140 x 210 mm. 23 page stapled booklet in green card covers. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT staples are heavily rusted and have bled a little around them, the top one through to the cover.
Editore: Hale, GB, 1975
Da: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardback. Condizione: VG+. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG- Pc DW. 1st Edition. Name of owner at front of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT FOR small scarred patch towards base of front cover. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped.
Editore: "Times" Printers Cockermouth, GB, 1939
Da: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: VG. F J Carruthers (illustratore). 1st Edition. This booklet was published to commemorate the Opening Ceremony on 3rd June 1939. 140 x 210 mm. 23 page stapled booklet in green card covers. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age BUT covers a bit browned.
Editore: Times Printers, Cockermouth, UK, 1939
Da: NorWest Books (UK), Minehead, Regno Unito
Libro Prima edizione
Card. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket (as published). F J Carruthers (illustratore). First Edition. 23 Pages, Illustrated. A Soundly Bound, Unmarked Booklet, No Inscriptions. Not Ex Library.
Editore: Robert Hale, London, 1976
ISBN 10: 0709156901ISBN 13: 9780709156901
Da: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and with no previous inscriptions.This copy is lovely and clean internally with pages remaining crisp and bright and with publisher's original reveiw copy notice laid in.8vo 190pp First Edition 1st Impression Size: 8vo - over 4¾" - 5¾" Tall.
Editore: Robert Hale, London, 1975
ISBN 10: 0709149158ISBN 13: 9780709149156
Da: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Libro Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. In clean, bright condition with a similar dust jacket, a little rubbed to the front free endpaper, first edition.
Editore: Salvat, Barcelona, 1982
Da: Llibrenet, Sant Feliu del Raco, BARC, Spagna
Prima edizione
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condizione: Bien. Condizione sovraccoperta: Bien. Medicina y Salud (illustratore). 1ª Edición. Col. Biblioteca Médica de Bolsillo, 33. Traducción de Dr. Joan Ramon LaporteTiene alguna palabra surrayada en boli. El servicio contrareembolso tiene un coste adicional de 3 euros.
189[1] pp including index to rear, numerous photo illustrations. Original navy cloth with silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper. 22.5 cm x 14.5 cm. Dustwrapper slightly soiled, contents lightly age browned.
Editore: Utrecht, Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1980., 1980
Da: Emile Kerssemakers ILAB, Heerlen, Paesi Bassi
21x13. or softcover. xiv,428 pp. -very good. 777g.
Enc. Rústica. Condizione: Buen Estado. Nombre del anterior propietario. 12 x 19 cm. 422 pp. REF-031041. Libro.
Editore: Protea Boekhuis, 2012
ISBN 10: 1869191951ISBN 13: 9781869191955
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Libro
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Editore: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1925
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Illustrated by Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Goss, G.W.; Hiley, F.E.; Gillett,Frank; Skelton, J.R.; Briault, S.; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Dewar,W.; Carruthers, G.P.; Carruthers, G.P.; Eyles, D.C.; Holloway, Cyril;Goss, G.W. (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August (Aug.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 328 - Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano / Two Years in Borneo Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man'.
Editore: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1924
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Wood, Stanley, L.; Campbll, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Peddie, Tom; Holloway, C.; Soper, G.; Davis, G.H.; Faulks, J.M. (illustratore). First Edition. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Amazing Adventure of Los Angeles policeman Sergeant Arthur W. Bethel - major photo-illustrated article; The Seer of Kantara; Unknown Peru - part 1 - photo-illustrated article on travel and adventure in the Andes; Our Election - election corruption in an American city; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 2 - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges travels the world to capture the world's largest fish - photo-illustrated article; The Panther's revenge - a child-eating panther terrorizes an Indian village; An Up-Country Holiday in China - nice photo-illustrated article; Outlaws at Bay - a regiment captures a gang of native desperadoes in North-West India - article with photos; The Charm That Came Back - a special coin returns to B.J. Munchweiler; The Ku-Ula - an ancient Hawaiian superstition; Mark Cambell's Last "Stunt" - after a big scare he stopped performing daredevil stunts in the air for film 'thrillers'; Taming the Silver Fox - visit to a fur farm in Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada - great photo-illustrated article; The Talking Crow - a story from the Virginia Mountains; Unusual Revenge - a 1910 story involving a North-West Mounted Policeman; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Watts Trading Co. of New York City features seven handguns and two pairs of binoculars - all with prices and descriptions; Lovely one-page ad for Whiteland radios. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.
Editore: George Newnes Limited, London, 1928
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; Carruthers, G.P.; Hiley, F.E.; Holloway,Cyril; Wigfull, W.E.; Briault, S.; Gale, W.G.; Goss, G.W.; Tresilian, S.;Potts, Leonard; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M. (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 338-420 + 16 pages of nice ads, including one page for Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police officer at the hands of an old Boer ex-commandant; The Hold-Up of No. 13 - remarkable robbery of the Southern Pacific Railway Company in Oregon, October 11, 1923 - article with photos of Hugh De Autremont, Ray Charles De Autremont and Roy A.A. De Autremont; Saving a President - the author spirited President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico from Mexico City to the coast when he adbicated in 1911; Ning Wo Intervenes - a Chinese Sherlock Holmes with methods all his own; Diver v. Devil-Fish - a Puget Sound battle in 1927; Life in a Land of Death - Part 1 - adventures among Papuan head-hunters - article with amazing photos; A Matter of Slave-Raiding - the white man goes up against a ruffianly border chieftain along the Abyssinian frontier of the Sudan; "Square-Pegs" - part 1 - the misadventures of a middle-class London family which uprooted itself and relocated to a Canadian prairie farm; Saved by an Iceberg - two Newfoundland fisherman were adrift for 11 days; The Lost Tusker - occult powers of the primitive Kurramba tribesmen of the Malabar forests; O'Hara to the Rescue - incident on board a steamer; Tom Threepersons - article with photo about a 'wild west' gunman; On Tour with a Puppet-Show - part 2 - odd experiences through the West of England; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, March (Mar.) 1928, Vol. LX, No. 359 - Slave-Raiding Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police offi.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1928
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. 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). 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.
Editore: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M.; Carruthers, G.P.; Woodville, R. Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, F.E.; Sherie, E.F. (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1920
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Soper, G., Nicolson, W.C.; Holloway, W.H.; Hodgson, E.S.; Webb, Arch; Carruthers, G.P.; Prater, E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Valda, J.H. (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.
Editore: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Reynolds, Warwick; Carruthers, G.P.; Tennant, Dudley; Holmes, Fred; Brock, H.M.; Soper, Geo.; Brock, H.M. (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.
Editore: George Newnes Limited, London, 1919
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch.; Thomas, E.H.;Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom; Leete, Alfred; Carruthers, G.P.; Robinson,T.H.; Soper, G.; Evison, G.H.; Cleaver, Ralph; (illustratore). First Edition. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV, No. 259 - Relief Worker's Adventures Kabakon Island Copra The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge.
Editore: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1920
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Nicolson, W.C.; Whitaker, W.G.; Prater, Ernest; Reynolds, Warwick; Gillett, Frank; Hodgson, E.S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Wood, Stanley L.; Horne, A.E.; Avis, W.; Wigfull, W.E.; Small, A.G. (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part 1) - Sister Janina vanished from Isadore, Michigan and it was 12 years before the mystery was solved; Post-Hole Pete - an amusing bear story from the Alaska wilds; The Maddest Exploit of the War - Trooper Gerald Fitzgerald No. 1313 1st King Edward's Horse was unaware of the Armistice so single-handedly pursued the retiring German Army; The Ship That Came Back - the liner "Sesostris" was wrecked off the coast of Guatemala, lifted into a jungle by a volcano, then salvaged to resume her career! - article with photos; Short Stories; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - and After (part 1) - Sergeant H. Wright, D.S.M., of the Royal Marine Light Infantry provides striking narrative; Ants and Other Pests - Mining Engineer E.T. McCarthy's thrilling experiences; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 4 - Mr. Philby describes his travels in central Arabia among the Wahhabi (Wahabi) Arabs - article with photos; The Hunting of Felizardo, a notorious brigand in the Philippines - photo-illustrated article; On Foot Through South America - part 7 of 7 - travels in the "Great Wilderness" of Bolivia, and a meeting with "Jack Thompson" - photo-illustrated article; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron on the Western Front - part 4 (illustrated); Down at Iceland - sights and events on a trip to Iceland in a typical Grimsby trawler ; A Battle with Bears - an exciting story from the wilds of Wyoming, by Frank M. McMaines; Nice illustrated B.V.D. underwear ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy.
Editore: George Newnes Limited, London, 1919
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. Illustrated by Wood, Stanley L.; Silas, Ellis; Bates, Leo; Webb, Arch.;Evison, G.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Simmons, Graham; Peddie, Tom; Carruthers,George P.; Robinson, T.H.; Boyer, Jacques (illustratore). First Edition. Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, October 1919, Vol. XLIII, No. 258 - My Mine-Sweeping Experiences Mallet Tree Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his W.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1928
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Prater, Ernest; Nicolson, W.C.; Sindall, A.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Carruthers, C.P.; Holloway, Cyril; faulks, Jack; Wood, Stanley L.; May, J.A.; Abbey, S. (illustratore). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Baptism of Fire - A young British Columbia Forest Service Ranger helps to save 100 people trapped in a logging camp from forest fire; Through Arctic Seas - Part II - Wonderful photos accompany this continuation of the cruise of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life; "Kruger's Millions" - ;A diagram is found which may lead to an enormous quantity of gold hidden by President Kruger after the Boer War; How We Fought the Famine - In East Africa Captain Anthony Parsons needed meat to trade to the Angonis for flour for his "boys"; Through Spain in Disguise - Part VI - Count and Countess Malmignati sing and dance their way across Spain disguised as Arab beggars; Photo of river gardens in Siam; The Adventures of a "Sand-Hog" - Photos of brutal subterranean conditions accompany this story of the men who dig tunnels and tubes beneath the Hudson River, between New York and Jersey City; The Thief Who Lost His "Luck" - A Chinese burglar lucks out; "Crawling Cavern" - Close call for Mark Howard in the spring of 1907 while on outpost duty on the coast of Mindanao; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part I - Major Frederick G. Jackson describes his 6,000 mile trans-African trek - with nice photos; The "Phantom Bandits" - In 1923 Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall escaped from San Quentin Prison and terrorized the countryside before they were finally subdued - includes facsimile of their wanted poster; The Mystery Man of Arnhem's Land - a man goes wrong so flees to the wilds, intent on earning enough to make restitution, but ends up in a lonely grave on the Australian coast; The Hakim - A doctor in Kenya includes fortune-telling in his treatment of disease. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Bits of peripheral nibbling, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.
Editore: The International News Company, New York, 1925
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Carruthers, G.P.; Gillett, F.; Somerfield, T.; Soper, G.; Bird, L. Pern; Gillett, F.; Lane, Harry; Wightman, W.E. (illustratore). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Terrorists - High-powered motor cars confront U.S. authorities with a new problem of desperadoes racing about the countryside, robbing and murdering almost with impunity - a report from Iowa and Kansas; Murchison's Mine - A lost mine is re-discovered beneath the noses of claim-jumpers at Chillagoe in North Queensland - with photos; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part II of a wonderful expedition across the Sahara from Sollum to El Obeid through much unexplored territory - with many interesting photos; A "Cant. Mag." On Trek - a humorous tale; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part II of G.M. Dyott's adventure in the upper Amazon after he was abandoned by his guide; "On Safari" - F. Ratcliffe Holmes describes the joys and sorrows of life on the march in the heart of Africa - with nice photos; The Passing of the Texas Rangers - A brief account of some of the activities of the Rangers by Alistair Paterson, a man who knew them well; Kruger's Millions - A tale about hidden treasure; The Hut in the Jungle - Chinese detective Ning Wo solves the mystery of a series of apparently purposeless murders on the Malay Peninsula; Revolution A La Mode - An amusing description of a comic opera revolution in a South American Republic; Photo of two Roitscheggen, or "Smoke Men" of the Lotschenthal Valley in Switzerland; Thompson's "Tapu" - A cunning Maori seeks revenge on a white debt collector; Big Game Fishing in New Zealand - Nicely photo-illustrated article on the fighting giants caught in the beautiful Bay of Islands off the New Zealand coast. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.
Editore: The International New Company, New York, 1925
Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Libro Prima edizione
Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. 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). 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 unknown 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.