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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
pp. (2), 7-586, (10) [R.S. Rhodes address before the Fourteenth Convention of American Teachers of the Deaf, at Flint, Michigan. The Audiphone the best instrument for conveying sounds to the Deaf and Dumb and Publisher's catalogue] + Numerous full page reproductions from photographs and drawings by H.S. DeLay. Many portraits of Indians. Text drawings. Apparently lacks a frontis plate. Age stain. Pages worn, some margin loss. Browning and brittle. Front inner hinge cracked. Lacks first fly leaf. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in silver. Binding worn and rubbed. Loss at head and tail of spine. Title continues: "An Authentic Record Of A Life Time Of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting And Indian Fighting In The Far West. Copiously Illustrated By H. S. DeLay. And Many Reproductions from Photographs". Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W4
64 pages. Features: Cover photo Nome, Alaska resident Alfred Nakak; The Anik Satellite - a hard re-entry; Multitude of strikes at the Canadian Post Office; British Columbia's Mediation Act and Labour; Stuart (Stu) Griffiths of Bushnell Communications; Chicago - Turning Against the Gangs; Richard L. Barkley - the respectable rioter; Middle East - Between Hope and Menace; Nigeria - The Unconquerable Ibos; Alaska - The Great Land of Boom or Doom - article with six pages of great color photos; The Vanishing World of trapper Joe Delia; Review of movie "Joe" starring Peter Boyle; Passing of Dr. Eric Berne, George V. Allen, John J. Anthony, Lieut. General Leslie R. Groves and L. Wolf Gilbert; Kirk Kerkorian's Cold Streak; VD - a national emergency; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition, showing very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light wear, a few small tears at edges. Map endpapers.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Creases on spine and light wear to cover. 9 3/4"w x 9 7/8"h. 392 pages.
