THE WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE. Vol I April to September
189811702This monthly was issued in paperback but the illustrated soft covers and adverts have been discarded. This hardcover is in a contemporary binding with a repaired leather spine and 4 touched up leather cnrs. Modern titles on maroon skivers. The top edge has been re-coloured and the other 2 edges are speckled but somewhat faded. The glossy paper is only occasionally foxed. The front pastedown has the name in pencil of Jas Austin Hewing and my attractive bookplate; the rear free ep has a price 10p. Title p b&w frontis; Intro. Page 4:The Romance of Seal Hunting - an interview with Sir Geo. Baden-Powell; Page 12 : Down the Perak River; p24 Perils of Gordon's Postman; p17 Houses in Air and in Water Papua New Guinea; p27 Tragedies of Mont Blanc; p14 The Most Remarkable Newspaper in the World - Michigan State Prison Jackson City; p38 Devotees p48 Memories of Navarino; p48 How the North Pole will be reached p63 Battle Royal with a Tiger p68 New Route to the Klondike; p74 Race Against Death p80 Queer Sights in China; p87 The Cruise of the Slaver 'Carl'; p91 Naturalist Abroad; p100 Castaways in the Frozen North; p105 Odds and Ends; and that is just for April 1898. 676pp incl index more. 1 -2 wonderfully historic black and white photos on every p. Truly a rare and special item! The first 6 issues of 'The Wide World' magazine. "From the late nineteenth century to the swinging sixties this publication was the bestselling magazine for men craving adventure. Each issue was filled with amazing-but-true-tales of survival catastrophe and derring-do gathered from around the world. Written in the muscular prose of true heroes and accompanied throughout by photographs and adverts of sublime absurdity 'The Wide World' was a thrilling testament to an age when men kept their upper lips stiff for a reason and the truth was more dangerous than fiction." - from dust jacket of the book 'The Wide World' published by Macmillan in 2004. A marvelous gift for fans of adventure. Newnes, hardcover
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