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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 204 pages. Pictorial covers. Text in French; many color and b&w photographs. Book for the exhibition presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, 14 May through 12 October, 2003. Slight scuffing and edge wear to cover.
391pp. Paperback Very good condition, some cover wear
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy, with 24 plates and 2 maps, a few leaves with small red stain at lower margin; original printed wrappers (wanting lower wrapper), covers moderately age-soiled, a good, firm copy. PROOF COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Galzerano Editore, luglio 1987. Ordinarie tracce d'uso e del tempo. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in good conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Biblioteca Cominiana, gennaio 2001. A cura di Pier Luigi Rebellato. Introduzione di Enzo Dematt?. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Catalogo mostra, ottobre 2009. Presentato in occasione della mostra del 2009 nella Galleria Perl'A di Venezia. Brossura con alette. Numerose tavole a colori. Pagine 47, cm 15 x 18. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Treviso, marzo 2001. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Comprende: Diagramma, Ballate rustiche, Mondo in bottiglia, Colchici, Materia vivente, A Laggio, Aporreta, Sterpi, I ritratti di Niobe, Fra la collina e il mare. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
247 p. with maps Hardcover Very good condition good
Ibiskos, aprile 1994. Prefazione di Giulio Panzani. Collana: Lunaria. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Human Fly - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Jack Williams, a man who scales lofty buildings with no equipment other than his fingers and toes - article with great photos ; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part II - Tragedy befalls French troops overwhelmed by the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; The Disappearance of Ivan Varlamoff - an epic fight in Uleaborg, Finland; Locked in a Freezing Chamber - a meat inspector's ordeal in South Africa; "UMRI" - the tragic story of a panther, once a police officer's pet, which becomes a terror of the district in India; The "White Man's Grave" - Filming The "Gold Coast" of Africa - article with great photos; The Friend of the Birds - photo-illustrated article on Jack Miner, Ontario's friend of the Canada Goose; My Jiu-Jitsu Combats - Captain S.L. McLaglen is a Jiu-Jitsu expert; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part III - an exciting trip to the "Mysterious Richtersveld" of Southern Africa - article with photos; Adrift in the Atlantic - Grenfell of Labrador sets down a remarkable experience related by a former engineer of his; A Man's Luck (conclusion) - the author met the girl of his dreams and tried to build a dream home for them in Alaska, but he keeps being jailed; A Film-Hunter in the Amazon - Part V - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies - article with excellent photos; The "King of the Brushwood" - the brigand chief of Corsica; Roping a Bear - foolish youngster ropes a cinnamon bear; A Barbed Wire Frontier - people not allowed to pass between Hungary and Czechoslovakia; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3] 88, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part I - Events attending the siege and fall of Urfa where 500 French troops held out against the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks - article with photos; The World's Largest Ice Cavern - in the mountains of Tyrol in Austria - article with photos; The Three "Little People" of St. Gwendron - an odd story from the wilds of Cornwall involving the occult - article with photos; The World's Most Thrilling Sport - photo-illustrated article on the rock climbers of Tyrol; A Man's Luck - Part VII - a man tries to build an Alaska home for the girl of his dreams but keeps being jailed; The Loneliest Briton - Ernest Davies spent eight years in the Paumotus, three thousand miles from the nearest Australian or American ports; Photo of a thirty foot python; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part II - description of an exciting trip into the practically unknown region to the north of Cape Colony, sometimes called the "Mysterious Richtersveld"; Bill's First Lion - things didn't go as planned; The Man Who Fooled a Continent - "Lord Gordon Gordon" nearly brought about an international incident between Great Britain and the USA; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part IV - documenting what was probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies; "Moonshine Valley" - account of a raid on a stronghold of moonshiners in Strawn, Texas; The Death-Trap - A Texas cowpuncher's night of horror; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Volcanic Eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides in 1913 - article with spectacular photos; The Mad Mule - a mine mule turns murderer at the Blue Mountain Mine in Butte, Montana; The Mystery of Crowhurst Aylmer - a remarkable romance from 1890 is narrated by a life insurance manager; Whale-Hunting With A Camera - A fascinating account of the work of scientific naturalist-photographer H.J. Shepstone - the first man to secure a complete set of striking photographs of the various species of whales 'at home' in the water, and being harpooned, at a time when they were already facing extinction; An Accessory After the Fact - An English mining engineer's queer experience in Mexico; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part I - J. Campbell Besley and his expedition discover the source of the mighty Amazon high in the mountains of Peru and follow it down to the Atlantic, time and again fighting for their lives against savages and forces of nature; The Buried Treasure - the extraordinary experience of travelling salesman R.D. Morrison in North Carolina; The Hermits of the Alps - The lonely life of herdsmen who take their herds and flocks to high mountain pastures each summer - article with great photos; In Search of Adventure - Part III - The Story of a Chequered Cruise; Fighting a Giant Saw-Fish - James Willoughby describes a monster catch and the battle he put up - article with great photo of the fish, 14.5 feet long; A Capture of Dacoits - an account of an exciting day's work in the Punjab; and more. pp. 6 [ads], 482-576, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Doctor's Story - Thrilling narrative from Hudson's Bay country from the ship's doctor, Dr. Craig, of the Canadian survey steamer "Minto"; The Princess Haamoura - a stirring tale of love and adventure on the South Seas island of Aitutaki; Two Girls on a Ranch - Part I - City girl Miss Laura Colston describes how she and her sister Mildred adventured to run a ranch in the wilds of Arizona - article with photos; Under False Colours - A very strange story of life in the United States Army in which the author enlists with another man's papers and is rapidly promoted; A City in the Rocks - a photo-illustrated visit to the remarkable ancient city of Petra; Mr. X.'s Ghost - a decidedly creepy story; Raiding the "Moonshiners" - David A. Gates, a high official of the U.S. Revenue Service, describes an eventful raid on "moonshine" stills in the wilds of Kentucky, and the thrilling battle which followed; Down the Amazon From Source To Mouth - Part IV - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their dangerous trip down the Amazon, losing one man who was shot with a poison arrow; A Persistent Stowaway - time and again an Irishman bobs up in most unexpected fashion; Housekeeping in Far Japan - A bright little photo-illustrated article describing the experiences of the first white woman to be seen or set up house in a village in remote Satsumaland, in the extreme southern corner of Japan; Five Men in a Boat - the terrible tale of mutiny and murder on the last voyage of the barque "Veronica"; Sensational six-page two-color ad for the Burlington Watch Company; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [3], 196-284, 7-40 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Includes the following stories: A Chase in the Clouds; Some Historic Curses - II; The Totem Pearl; On the Frontier in Central Africa - IV; The Runaway Steamer; The Land of the Vendetta; Queer Fixes - a battle with wolves, and the plot that failed; Through the United States on Bicycles - III; The Sailor Cowboys; Wide World Picture Tours III - Australia and New Zealand; The Secret of the Farm; A "Floating Gold-Mine"; A Brush with Cannibals; The Haunted Stable; Queer Fixes - The River-Driver, and The Downfall of "Red Mike"; Across Unknown Bhutan - I; The Disappearance of Bryant Crandall; In the Andamans and Nicobars; The Gliding Death - In the coils of a boa-constrictor, touch and go, and an hour with a rattler; Watchers of the Lights; What happened at the Bungalow; Wide World Picture Tours IV - British Africa; Darkness and Light; Our Trip Down the Zambezi; Through the United States on Bicycles - IV; At Sea with a Menagerie; The Poachers Vengeance; A Beetle Hunter in the Amazon; Across Unknown Bhutan - II; A Tragedy of Solitude; Kangaroo Farming; From India to England Overland - I; The Boy Who Ran Away; With a Survey Party in the Field; On Board the "Luciline"; A Maori "Canoe Poi"; The Lost Explorers; A High Climb in Himalaya; The Eye of the King; Our Cruise on the Friesland Meers; An Alligator Hunt By Night; Our Bunch of Bananas and What They Cost Us; The "Knill Festival" at St. Ives; The Passing of a Pathan; The Romance of Mining - The Coyote Mine, Forty Feet From Fortune, The Vanished Vein; The Hunted Hunter; A Cinder in the Sea; Selling the Empire's Secrets; An Eastern Theatre; Six Thousand Miles on Horseback - I; Fighting a Burning Gas-Well; An Exciting Weekend; The Lalla Khan Hoax; From India to England Overland - II; Raiding on the Cumberland; How Pearson Saved the "Overland"; Sport and Adventure in Central Africa - I; Nine Days Entombed; From India to England Overland - III; Tinker - The Story of a Dog; As the Sign of the "Cup-and-ball"; Six Thousand Miles on Horseback - II; The "Killers of Twofold Bay; Captured by Dyaks; Some of My Experiences; My Man Jose; Witch-Doctors and Their Ways; The Mystery of the Magazine; Across America by Motor-Cycle; An Unexpected Visitor; A Village of Smiths; A New Year Parade; Lost in a Mine; A Paradise of Birds; The Man-Eater of Lalpur-Arani; Fighting Snow in the Rockies; Alone in the Wimmera; Log-Rolling; The "White Avengers" - II; My Last Climb; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - I; "Bully" Hayes's Supercargo; "The Emperor of the Sahara; The First Ascent of Chogo Loongma; Cast Away in the Arctic; A Deal in Eggs. Modest lean to spine. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Babes In A Boat - Part I - A couple knowing nothing of navigation decides to set sail from Victoria, British Columbia and cross the Pacific; The Big Redwood - Story of a dog's uncanny instinct; A Holiday in the Sunderbunds - Pursuing a Royal Bengal Tiger - with great photos; A Matter of Habit - An amusing tale of two mean men at that 'sun-baked cinder-heap Aden'; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part III of an amazing expedition from Sollum to El Obeid, over two thousand miles, across the Sahara, visiting much previously unexplored territory, with nice photos; The "Lone Star Kid" - Young Harry Wells purchases a pony, sombrero and revolver before proceeding to carry out a 'hold-up'; Ram Kumar's "Cure" - a common fraud/confidence trick practiced in India; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part III of the extraordinary adventures of G.M. Dyott, who was abandoned by his guide in the upper Amazon - includes photos of shrunken heads; The Great Snake - A native Basuto legend comes true in the Orange Free State; Full-page photo of the 'Santa Cruz Monster' that washed up on shore; Photo of the Emir of Kano's Bodyguard; "Black Foxes" - An amusing story from near Mink Landing, Alberta which proves not every black fox pelt is worth the money; Two Men and a Leopard - Story of a terrific hand-to-hand battle with an infuriated leopard; A Weird Quest - Daily seances are held to aid in finding lost California gold mines; Up and Down in Kurdistan - Nicely phtoto-illustrated article about David F. Anderson and his flying excursion in Mesopotamia which began as an ibex hunt and ended with a bear. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 169-252 plus 40 pages of ads. Features: A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part 1 - Prof. Propercio de Mello Saraiva travelled 25,000 miles documenting the Amazon - article with photos; That Christmas Dinner - a funny story; A Fairy Land of the Far East - photo-illustrated article on the Court of the Emperor of Annam in Indo-China; A Close Call - what happened when a whaler attempted to replenish its water supply at an unfriendly island; Photo of pelt of the world's record bear, with its shooter, Mr. Lionel J. Tucker, a forestry engineer of Vancouver; My Island of Dreams - Part III (conclusion) - The Adventures of an Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings; Cycling Over the Alps - G. Butler Morris recounts his interesting experiences, illustrated with his own photos; A South African Man-Hunt - an escaped half-breed was the terror of the district; Hank Vaughn - a young Englishman's experience with a 'bad man'; The Vengeance of Megana Kol - an Indian aboriginal armed only with a bow and arrow kills a panther which had killed over fifty people, including his own two children; A Man's Luck - Part IV of Hjalmar Rutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Tiger's Teeth - tale from a Devonshire village; The Secret Dance - Mrs. S.A. Clarke-Kennedy witnesses a secret Australian aboriginal "corroboree" ceremonial dance; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: Wise old man - tales from the Amazon remote jungle vastness; A Sailor on Horseback - the adventures of a young British Seaman who tries his luck ashore in the U.S. with a logging outfit in Arkansas... but must hitch-hike 1,200 miles to get there; A Grim Story of Dope-Running on the Egyptian Border; Lunch-time Tiger at a Pathan Village; The Castaways of the Dundonald - one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - great photos; Three firemen, tired of the food and work on their tramp steamer, jump ship in South America; Ghost Town Memories of the Western States of America; Across the Kalahari Desert in motorcar by the dried-up bed of the Kuruman River - nice photos; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
