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ORD-13609Nouvelle édition traduite de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur, et considérablement augmentée. Illustrée d'un portrait de 36 gravures d'après les dessins de l'auteur, et de 3 cartes. Genève. Jullien. 1912. In-8 (160 x 232mm) bradel dos et coins toile bleu lavande, plats et gardes jaspés, plats de couverture illustrés conservés, XVI, 284 pages, illustrations dans et hors texte et 4 cartes rempliées hors texte. Très bel exemplaire, exempt de rousseurs.
258 pages. Features: Woodbury Soap photo ad features Joyce Edwards of Stamford CT and Russell Otis Washburn; Town of the Month - Palmer Lake, Colorado; Nice color Tide ad; Color ad for Midnight by Tussy; Color Campbell's Soup ad includes fruit cake recipe; Color Ivory soap ad features beauties; Miss Alma Shon; Kristin Holmberg of Erick, OK resembles the December 1949 cover girl of this magazine; Nice black and white photo in Warner's foundations and bras ad features three ladies; Color photo of Deborah Kerr in Lux ad; Color ad for Baker's chocolate chips; Nice color-photo ad for Jell-O puddings & pie fillings; Is that toy a delight or a danger?; Christmas toys for babies and toddlers; Nice color-photo ad for Heinz pickles; Color ad for Duz laundry saop; Lovely color 1952 Dodge car ad; How to choose a Christmas tree; Nice color-photo Ivory Snow ad; Small World - fiction by Margaret Cousins; The Beautiful Time - story by Ruth Branning Molloy; Madeline's Rescue - wonderfully illustrated story about the famous young girl created by Ludwig Bemelmans; Between Me and Myself - Christmas story by Mary Louise Bryan; Lovely color-photo illustrated article on 'Six Robes for Christmas Eve'; Color-photo article with gift wrapping ideas; Photos of Christmas door design ideas; Lovely vintage color-photo ad for New Prell shampoo; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Francis Irenee du Pont II; Jergens ad features photos of Lizabeth Scott, co-star of movie "Red Mountain"; Toni ad features photos of twins Jany and Joey Pope, plus Pat Barnard and Rita Daigle of New York; Two-color Kleenex ad features Little Lulu; Jergens ad includes photo of Gloria Swanson; 'Cooking with Gas' ad features Mrs. George J. Waddell of Kansas City, MO, and Mrs. Marc Wyse of Cleveland; Photo of Ray Milland in National Silver Co. ad; Photo of Vladimir Horowitz in RCA ad; Great vintage color ad for Cosco kitchen stools and high chairs; Fantastic color Coke ad features Santa with his list of good boys and girls; Fantastic color-photo ad for ITT's "Coolerator" electric range; Color Daystrom furniture ad; Very nice American Airlines ad inside back cover shows ticket agent serving lady holding hat box; Back cover Crisco ad; and much, much more. Somewhat above-average wear with one-inch opening to bottom of backstrip. A worthy copy of this charming vintage issue. Magazine
26 pages. Features: Mailbag; Caribou From the Clouds - Wes Bickerton and a trip to Francois Lake for Mountain Caribou - article with photos of Harold Daye, Don and Wes Bickerton, and Shorty Innis; Photo of John Shelford receiving award from Game Director Frank Butler; Photo of Rick Lamb; Two nice illustrated ads for Parker-Hale rifles; Spa Lake Rod Smasher - the dry fly demons of the fly hills - article with photo of Al Worobey and his wife fishing on Bolean Lake; Illustrations of how to identify 'exotic' fish by their tails; Salt Water License - if proceeds from these licenses are used properly, good fish management should result; Boats; Water Safety tips; Let's Go Crabbing - article; Clay Chips - article with photos of Jim Logan, Henry Rempel, "Hand" Burnett, Bob Flintoft, Bill Thompson, Joe Lindsay, Ken Blagbourne, George Sherwood, Ry Beem, Chuck Collins, Murray Laidlaw, Aldon See, Sr., Ernie Todd, Stu Loutit, Wallace McMillan, Bill McLean, Rab. Williamson, Toni Grebliunas, Russ Barker, and Hugh McGowan; Nice illustrated ad for the new International Travelall Station Wagon inside back cover; Nice illustrated Lucky Lager ad on back cover; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
102 pages. Great cover photo of boy writing love letter while sister looks on. Features; Nice GMC pickup truck ad; Nice half-page two-colour ad for the John Deere No. 5 mower; Nice ad for 1952 Ford cars; Foot and Mouth disease discovered at farm of Leonard Wass of McLean, Saskatchewan - a major threat to Canada's billion-dollar livestock industry; Green Leaves Falling (story); The perennial problem of soil losses from erosion; Farewell to the Years (storyy); Frontier Family - The Ardills of Farrell Creek, B.C. - photo-illustrated article; So You're Getting Power - article for farmers being connected to the electrical grid; Line Breeding for Daily Gain - some account of beef cattle improvement work at the U.S. Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana; Runaway Trailer (story) - part II; Caterpillar diesel farm tractor ad features photo of J.B. Francis of Sedley, Saskatchewan; One-page ad for the 1952 Meteor car; Vintage 2/3-page photo-illustrated ad for the new Case DC-4 tractor; Sam Harker of Standoff, Alberta raises sheep; Fantastic vintage one-page multiple-photo ad for Farmhad loaders and power boxes displays their gangly equipment handling big loads; Ben Lodoen of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan and his irrigation improvement; Nice one-page two-colour photo ad for Firestone tractor tires features Lawrence O. Larson; Nice vintage one-page two-colour ad for the Ferguson Twenty 85 tractor; 2/3-page ads for the Cockshutt seed drill and Drive-o-matic Combine; Nice photo ad for the Oliver No. 8 tractor; One-page Dodge car ad - "test the new Oriflow Ride"; Nice one-page photo ad for the Massey-Harris No. 509 one-way disc with roto-lift; Nice ad for Ford tractors; Ad for Dodge 'Job-Rated" trucks; Fordson Major tractor ad; Fargo truck ad; Excellent one-page ad for Ford Trucks features their three V-8 engines; Lovely colour-photo ad inside back cover for Swiss watches; Awesome colour-photo ad on back cover features a variety of Minneapolis-Moline machinery at work on the prairie. Please note: pages 49, 50, 55 and 56 missing. Center page loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this nice issue. Book
34 pages. Includes brief bio and one-page black and white photo of Elton Britt, plus sheet music for piano, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: Buddy Boy; Chime Bells; Darling What Do You Care; Driftwood On the River; Ev'rything But You; I'll Be Cryin' Over You; Missouri Joe; Patent Leather Boots; Pinto Pal; Rocky Mountain Lullaby; There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere; There's So Much That I Forgot; Too Many Tears; Why Did You Leave Me Alone. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Complete and intact. A worthy vintage copy of this great Elton Britt collectible. Book
34 pages. Features: B.C. Federation of Fish & Game Clubs' Convention - article with photo of president Dave Maw of Vancouver and photo of E.L. "Ted" Barsby of Nanaimo, past-president and chairman of the convention; Mailbag; B.C.'s Game Conservation Project Fund; Sea Gulls - G.L. Henderson writes an article about how their numbers should be moderated - with photo of game wardens George Lyons and "Butch" Tyler; Half-page ad for B.C.'s Department of Recreation and Conservation features photo of Minister The Hon. Earle C. Westwood; One-page Crown Zellerback Canada ad with heading "Hunting Not Prohibited Here"; Photos of Ken Hodgson, Charlie Miller, Bert Farr, Charlie Hodgson, Jim Treadgold, Ralph Shaw, Jim Martin, Jim Haslam, and Earl Popham; Seven bighorn sheep released in the Steens Mountain area; Dream House away from home - ideas for hunting cabins; Potential fishing to be had at Stump Lake; One page ad for the split bamboo rods offered by Hardy Brothers and Milwards of England; What is Pollution?; Ontario conducts first Canadian fishing survey; Clay Chips - article with photos of Don Stewart, Jim Couse, Wally Stakowski and Mrs. Grayce Freeman; Three photos and write-up of the pet wolves owned by Indian Agent Wilf Desmarais of Burns Lake, B.C.; Winchester Moves into Canada; Boats - article with photo of Gerry Palmer at the helm of the Belisarius; New outboard drive units; Nice illustrated Lucky Black Label beer ad on back cover shows man in barber's chair; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Elizabeth Taylor with son; Old Gold cigarette ad inside front cover features hound dog; Bell Telephone ad illustrates their solar battery which generates electricity from sunlight; Wonderful color Texaco ad shows dalmation puppies being towed behind boat; Nice Elgin watch ad; Great color ad for Ford's 1954 Sunliner, Skyliner and staton wagons; Totally awesome one-page color-photo ad for Fisher Body shows fashionable dame in Palm Springs with red Chevrolet convertible; Nice one-page color ad for movie "The Black Shield of Falworth"; Edward R. Murrow - the man, the myth and the McCarthy Fighter; A vacation is what you make it; Should we support an attack in Red China?; Nice one-page ad for Campbell's chicken with rice soup; Two-page color ad for Cheez Whiz; Nice color Pepsi ad shows couple on beach; Finns love pesapallo - in Finland this is baseball; Color photos of Hollywood mothers - June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Crain, and Lauren Bacall; My Years with Herbert Hoover; Nice fashion photos; Country Doctor in New York - Dr. J. Jerome Steinfelder; Lovely one-page Kleenex ad with Little Lulu illustrations on beach; How close are we to space travel?; Photos of Bob Hope in Catalina sweaters ad; The Mighty (Ted) Theodore Bernard Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds - article with photo of Jim Greengrass, Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski shirtless in batting stance; American Art and Tradition Go Abroad; Nice color Schenley whiskey ad inside back cover; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photos of John W. Fincher of Cairo, GA, A.R. Schneidewind of Upper Montclair, NJ, J. Russell Fraser of Detroit, Mrs. Katharine B. Coelsch of The Dalles, OR, W.C. Fowler of Dallas, TX, and Mrs. B. Collins Edgar of Lookout Mountain, TN, and Evelyn Terjesen of New York; and more. Loss/nibbling to periphery of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
357 pages. Many archival black and white illustrations. Map endpapers. Contains: Early Claim Map; Mines History; History of Mining Towns; Church History; School History; Sports History; Wycliffe 1900-1930; Personal Histories; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Slight lean to spine. Nice clean copy. Book
128 pages. Features: The Engineering of Consent - The Mental Health Movement is linked to thought control and is a powerful weapon of coercion; Straight Talk - why is freedom forever on the defensive?; A Scratchin' Good Time - fungus diseases, allergies and poison ivy are plaguing Americans as never before; Last Train to Silverton - the mountain wonderland of southwestern Colorado possesses an American heirloom; The Invisible Conflict - five popular beliefs, created and spread by the propaganda mills in this country, are proven to be false; ; What Will You Tell Your Children When They Ask About the America That Was?; Bobby-Sox Pandemonium - Washington is a scene of helter-skelter as everybody 'plays it by ear'; Revolutions Come in Different Packages - to claim a kinship between the American Patriots of 1776 and advocates of revolution today is a false assumption; "They'd Better Forget It" - Mr. A.G. Heinsohn, Jr. of Cherokee Textile Mills refuses to trade in his advertising postage plate to Pitney-Bowes; This Is Not a Democracy; How New Money Is Created - origin of the present fractional reserve system ob banking is traced back to the goldsmith bankers of western Europe during the 17th century; Strange Tale of Two Books - GUJA agents and their sinister activities; Kahn's Kernels; If I Were King; The First Prophet of Modern Communism - the evil legacy of Karl Marx; New York Is a Fabulous Town; What Happens to the Bond Money? - few citizens understand what happens to funds supposedly collected to pay off state and municipal bonded indebtedness; The Education Show-Case - more than anything, the teaching profession needs the development of character; A Milepost in Labor Relations - how an enterprising raiload track foreman got a good day's work from his men; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison, WI architect William Kaeser. Book
200 pages. Features: Easing the farmer's oldest pain - rheumatism; The Newtons of Pleasant Hill Farm - nice color photos with article about the Park and Ruth Newton family farm near St. Albans, Vermont; Housing for big litters; Less feed, more chicken; Young settlers on the plains - eager veterans have begun farming at Mirage Flats in northwestern Nebraska; What is a good Angus?; Better plant a few nut trees; Mountain school that trains leaders - School of the Ozarks; Wagon ideas to save work; The war against Aftosa; Managing farm finances; Little Johnny Appleseed - Bob Anderson of Van Buren County, Michigan; Shell agricultural laboratory near Modesto, CA; You can help with the mail; Rural art center with over 400 members at Cheltenham Township, PA; and more. Ads: Texaco ad includes Mr. James West of Pomona, CA and his innovative orchard sprayer; B.F. Goodrich ad with large photo at the John and Joseph Mueller farm northeast of Belleville, IL; G.E. radios; Oldsmobile; Kaiser cars (color); Jeep; Chevrolet cars; Gibson Model "E" tractor; New Holland hay equipment (2 pages with photo of Irvin R. Yoder, Belleville, PA); Ford truck ad features Douglas Burden and Florida's Sea World; New York Stock Exchange one-page photo ad features the Louis B. Eckelkamp family of Villa Ridge, MO; Case tractors; Hudson cars (nice 2-page color ad); Hedy Lamarr in Auto-Lite ad; Nice color-photo 1-page John Deere tractor ad; Buick (2 pgs); Ford Tractor (2 pgs); Massey-Harris tractors; Life Insurance ad features the Hinton family of East Peoria, IL, with parents Don and Pauline; Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler; Minneapolis-Moline Model "Z" tractor; Small photo ad for Harley-Davidson with the Hydra-Glide fork; 1949 Studebaker cars (color photos); Color-photo Camel cigaratte ad on back cover says "More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette". Unmarked with average wear. Several middle pages loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: Along a Texas Trail, An Olden Melody, Call of the Rockies, Dreamy Rocky Mountain Moon, Hills of Idaho, I'm An Old Cowhand, Leanin' On the Ole Top Rail, Li'l Liza Jane, Midnight on the Trail, My Lop-Eared Mule My Broken Down Horse 'N' Me, Roll Along Prairie Moon, Song of the Range, Swinging Along the Blue Ridge Trail, Take Me Back to Col-Ler-Rad-Da Fer To Stay, Texas Star, The Moon is Low, The West, A Nest and You, The Yellow Rose of Texas, Uncle Elmer's Almanac, When I Was a Boy From The Mountains, When the Golden Corn is Waving, and When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain. Unmarked with average wear. Covers holding by one staple. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
Features: Founder of the Cowboy Camp Meeting - William B. Bloys at Fort Davis, Texas in 1888; Shoot-out on Christmas Day, 1883 at McDade, Texas in Bastrop County - Thomas Bishop and George Milton; Boom Days at Ash Meadows, Nevada; Strawmen and Marshals - Ellensburg, WA and locality circa 1906; Greatest living hunter - Clell Lee; Riding the Shale Rock Trail; Paul P. Lawson and Idaho adventures; Victim of the "White Night" - unfortunate Joseph Hahn, after whom Hahn's Peak was named; Whipping Tree - primitive form of Seminole justice rarely suffered repeat offenders; John J. Tomlinson - Sawmill man of Yellowstone City in the Crow River Reservation; Oro, Arizona - most remote of the Bradshaw's Ghost Towns; The Wound that never healed - Mary Christofferson Anderson's chin was shot away by a cannonball at age 14 during the Morrisite Massacre of 1862; Rawhide times in Dakota - when it was open range from the White River to the Niobrara; I Cast My Lot With a Soldier - dedicated Army wives who followed their husbands to the American frontier in the 19th century; Appointment on Red Mountain - Emma Crawford was buried atop 7,200 foot-high Red Mountain where she said she had communed with an Indian brave; New Mexico's Mysterious Markers - many styles of Christian Cross; Flames of Starvation and Death - Cattlemen and nesters were comrades in arms when the sky warned of fire; King-sized nugget - found at the Willard Claim Mine in California's Sierra Nevadas; Uncle Milty's Legs - Milt Clements stood tall even though he only had one leg - Frank Lockert's personal museum at Coats, Kansas. Average wear. Some yellowing to pages. Occasional markings to contents. A sound copy. Book
Features: Camp cooks and mail order brides - both were favorite prey of the practical joker!; Mountain lions at Robbers Roost; Santa Fe's delayed hanging - the killers of Frank Chavez; Keelboaters' heyday to doomsday; Suicide at El Paso - the Pierson Hotel; Green and Broke - Fred Chilver and Family/Newton Kansas; Trouble in a (Model)"T"; Utah's Cursed Gold - a cow leads to treasure; The Mystic Healer - Francis Schlatter, German cobbler, entered Colorado's mountains and became a 'Christ-Man"; Fly Specked Billy - Custer, South Dakota; Spirit Spring of the Osage - a shrine of water held in awe by the Indians; Motion Picture Vignettes; They Called it Content (Runnels County, Texas); and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
269 pages. Papers include: Forest Soils of Western Montana; Past and Current Nutrient Cycling Studies; A Biophysical Assessment of the Regeneration and growth potential of forested land in Montana; The Western Spruce Budworm in Northern Rocky Mountain Forests and Silvicultural Practices; Predicting Growth and Yield for Managed Timber Stands in Montana; Genetic Tree Improvement in the Northern Rocky Mountains; Cable Logging and Second Growth Management; Forage and Livestock in Western Montana; Wildlife on Managed Forest Lands; Watershed Management in Western Montana; Recreational Resources Inventories in Wildland Settings; An Integrated Resource Management Approach to defining Operable Timber Stocks. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
Features: Waste in the world of diplomacy - Ellis O. Briggs says the game of musical chairs impairs our ambassadors' effectiveness; Cuban Prisoner Exchange - James Donovan explains the inside story of how freedom was won for the Bay of Pigs captives; Americans - at least 21 languish in Castro prisons - 2 photos of JFK addressing the Cuban issue; Hawaii - where progress is the big problem; The Beverly Hillbillies TV Show - proving that corn is evergreen; It Hurts to Run - Runner Jim Beatty - his greatest foes are fear, fatigue, agony; "Ask Americans to Pray for Us" - Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski tells of his newest conflicts with Poland's Communist rulers, his efforts to avert bloodshed, his struggle to uphold religious freedom; Innocent's Grim Ordeal - Airman Gerald Martin Anderson is accused of murder in Mountain Home, Idaho - a year later, it became obvious that Air Force investigators simply picked a victim. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Judge Peter M. Horn of New York - We Don't Call Them Criminals; Colorado's Mountain Paradise - Rocky Mountain National Park; Seething Singapore - John Masters reports from the troubled melting pot that serves as seaport and warehouse for Southeast Asia; The Lessons of the Cuban Disaster, by Stewart Alsop; Untold Stories of the Civil War - The Miraculous Steamboat - The U.S.S. Chattanooga got through to the 40,000-man Union army trapped and starving in Chattanooga, Tennesee; Burt Lancaster Feature. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Mis-Applied Science, by Dr. Albert E. Burke - America is losing tomorrow's battles by insisting that scientists concentrate on producing better mousetraps; The Hot War in Vietnam - Can the U.S. win it?; Master of the Jab - Ho Chi Minh is waging the kind of war he knows best; Sunday's Gladiators - as the armed (pro football) combatants struggle before the crowds, there are reminders of ancient Rome; The Charmed Life of Gangster Tony Accardo - arrested 23 times but never convicted; That Bowl of Fire Called Chili - a peppery dish invented by the pioneers of the old Southwest is still savored by their descendants; My Awful Wedded Husband, by Mrs. Kirk Douglas; Inside the Frozen Mountain - colour photos from deep inside Wyoming's Fossil Mountain; Let'em Eat... Turkey - the crisis that erupted when the Veep missed Thanksgiving dinner in Korea, by Walter M. Turner; Boy's Home on the Range - at Boy's Ranch in the rugged cow country of Texas' Panhandle, Cal Farley uses work, love and discipline to turn bad boys into good ones. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Colour Corvair ad inside front cover. *Awesome* colour cadillac ad on page 9. Book
Features: The Marvelous Mayos - the absorbing story of the Mayo Clinic (part 1 of 3); Adventures of the Mind - How Life Began, by Earl A. Evans Jr.; page 27-28 missing (they appeared to contain an illustration and half a photo of turkeys); We Call the Penalties - a veteran football official (Jim Henry) reveals how he and his colleagues make sure the game is played on the up-and-up; Africa's Peaceable Oasis - why tiny Liberia thrives while the rest of the continent smolders in discontent; I Call on Perry Como (conclusion) - Perry tells how his fabulously successful TV show is put together; The Mountain that nearly Killed Me - John S. Day recounts a harrowing accident - and historic rescue - on North America's highest peak, Mt. MkKinley. Great 2-page colour ad for the (black) JFK-style Lincoln Continental - suicide door illustrated. 2-page colour illustrated ad for Bulova's Accutron watches. Eight center pages loose but present. Part of page 103 clipped away. Above-average wear. Book
52 pages. Features: Montie Montana - Artist with a Rope; Riding by Reasoning, Part IV; Barn of Tomorrow; Training a Reining Horse; The Comanches - Lords of the South Plains; Picked Up in the Rodeo Arena; Down the Straightaway; Yesterday's Horse Roundup; Cow Cuttin'; Vet's Corner; Bunkhouse Bookshelf; and more. Nice color-photo ad for Plasti-Aire washable Panama hats inside front cover. Great full-page ad inside back cover for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. Back cover ad for C.H. Hyer & Sons boots. Lee jeans ad on page 35 features L.E. Matheres, Jr. of Mathers Bros., Mason City, Il. Levi's jeans ad atop page 36. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Features: Captain Jan's Christmas-Tree - as told by the former captain of a well-known British liner; Lone Wolf - Roy Gardner, a remarkable American criminal; Our Snake-Hunt - An amusing excursion into the West African bush in quest of a big boa-constrictor; The Ha'porth of Tar - An amusing story of how an excise officer outwits a gang of Burmese opium-smugglers; Killer Cats of British Columbia - Cougars or Mountain Lions have become a serious menace on Vancouver Island - photos; Australia's Mounted Police - they have tamed the formerly hostile aborigines; The Jungle Man - a remarkable character who lived among South American head-hunters; Exploring the "Skeleton Coast" - Searching Southwest Africa for underground springs; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story involving a prospector in Western Australia; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
Features: Captain Jan's Christmas-Tree - as told by the former captain of a well-known British liner; Lone Wolf - Roy Gardner, a remarkable American criminal; Our Snake-Hunt - An amusing excursion into the West African bush in quest of a big boa-constrictor; The Ha'porth of Tar - An amusing story of how an excise officer outwits a gang of Burmese opium-smugglers; Killer Cats of British Columbia - Cougars or Mountain Lions have become a serious menace on Vancouver Island - photos; Australia's Mounted Police - they have tamed the formerly hostile aborigines; The Jungle Man - a remarkable character who lived among South American head-hunters; Exploring the "Skeleton Coast" - Searching Southwest Africa for underground springs; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story involving a prospector in Western Australia; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - searching for a missing airplane several hundred mile s inside the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - a plane trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - the sheep farmers of Souther France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a terrifying experience related by well-known author G.E.G. Plant, F.R.G.S.; Black Frost - a striking story of the hard life of Newfoundland fishermen; When the Flood Came - the adventure of an English Farmer; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat, an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go tale from Tanganyika; These Men are Tough - Australian Cattle Men; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to open a West African river; and more. Average wear. Few chips from backstrip. Sound copy Book
Features: To the Edge of Beyond - Searching for a missing airplane several hundred miles upriver in the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - an air trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - sheep farmers of southern France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a most terrifying experience for G.E.G. Plant; Black Frost - the hard life of the Newfoundland fisherman; When the Flood Came - an English farmer has an adventure; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat - an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa Seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go affair in Tanganyika; These men are tough - Aboriginal stockmen of Australia's northern territory; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to clean out western African river; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from and openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Book
Stories: The Whistle; Hitch-Hiking to the Arctic; Khushal Khan's Rifle; Part-Time Pirates; Machine-Gun Tom; The Affair at Nilakere; Public Enemy Number One; Found Ivory; The Mountain Watch; Water-Divining in Malabar; We Visit the Island Paradise;; The Secret of the Deat Heart. Covers present but detached. Somewhat above-average wear. Book