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Pages 90-176 plus 18 pages of ads. Features: Where Cannibals Roam - Part I - Merlin Moore Taylor's adventures into the unknown interior of Papua (article with great photos); "Twisted" Harmon - an RCMP officer spends five years and travels thousands of miles to catch an escaped murderer hiding in the protection of the German Secret Service; Life in a Logging Camp - sensational photo-illustrated article on the Abernethy Lougheed Logging Company's operation in Maple Ridge, British Columbia; "Trawler Tidd" - a cat that went to sea; An Artist on a Tropic Isle - the adventures of Ellis Silas as he painted in the Trobriands group of islands north of New Guinea; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part 3 of 3 - the author's adventures as he penetrated deep into Amazonia, with photos (including shrunken head); Feedback on a recent article on the K.K.K.; Chasing the Pulajans - religious fanatics who gave the US authorities in the Philippines untold trouble; To the "End of the World" and Beyond - Captain Gault Macgowan, F.R.G.S. and his wife set out on an eventful journey in the Western Himalayas; Photo of large hawser (3" dia. rope) made of human hair at Kyoto's Higashi-Honganji Temple; The Fatal Slip; One Up on "Homie"; The Taming of the Sheriff - a ranch story from Death Valley, California; Down the Shaft - a West Australian miner's story of a terrible experience at the bottom of a six-hundred foot shaft; Five Hundred Miles in Open Boats - an arduous and eventful arctic journey recounted by retired Mountie, Sergeant-Major C.N.C.Hayter; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
16mo., First Edition, on laid paper, title and text in red and black, one woodcut illustration in the text, gatherings interleaved with blanks, some minimal age-soiling; original full roan, sides with gilt frame border, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, covers moderately age-down and scuffed (but binding entirely sound), original brass clasps present but defective as usual, a very good, sound, clean copy now preserved for the future in custom-made solander case. A RARE SURVIVAL.
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, the last three volumes with endpaper maps; original cloth (black/green/brown/blue respectively), gilt backs, coloured tops, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The sequence comprises The Crystal Cave (1970), The Hollow Hills (1973), The Last Enchantment (1979) and The Wicked Day (1983). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
