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56 pages. Features: We are running out of places to bury our garbage; Mental hospitals obsolete in Saskatchewan?; A farewell twitch by BC's Tories; My sixteen months as a Nazi - John Garrity got a 16 month look inside the Canadian Nazi Party - he bugged their meetings, photographed their files, and screened their membership - article with fascinating samples of handbills/tracts - curiously, this work was conducted just before related legislation was passed in Ottawa; The Synthetic Woman - or, how I put on fake hair, eyelashes, nails and a fake figure and found femininity, by Marjorie Harris; And Now... The Synthetic Male, or how I powdered my nose, donned my angora hairpiece and learned to smell more like a man, by Robert Thomas Allen; Is the world ready for Leonard Cohen? - article and great photo; what I learned in a Borneo Classroom, by Manson Toynbee - with many great colour photos; Canada's Kinsey - Dr. Ted Mann, an Anglican priest, began a study of premarital sex on the campus of the University of Western Ontario - when he finished, he was not longer a professor there, by request; Nice colour photo centerfold for Ford's 1967 auto lineup; Rockcliffe Park - the richest, toniest, newsiest village in Canada?, by Susan Dexter; Canadiana by Gerald Stevens; Full-page Crown Zellerbach black and white photo ad shows 50-ton log trailers at Nanaimo Lakes on Vancouver Island; Gerald (Gerry) Caplan says we shouldn't hesitate to threaten Rhodesia with force; and more. Average external wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Great cover photo of Dusty Anderson; Features: My Toughest Fight - Boxer Joe Louis tells what it means to have a black skin and be champion of the world - major article with many great photos; No Wonder They Dropped Dead - modern marksmen say the old bad men of the saloon wars could only hit opponents at point-blank range; He Keeps Broadway On Its Feet - Dr. Horace Worrell takes care of the feet of dancers; We Almost Lost the Air War - photo-illustrated revelations of the handicaps our airmen had to overcome to make daylight bombing a success; New Yorkers are Nuts; Insurgent Senator - Republican Wayne Morse confounds his Oregon constituents by voting like a New Deal Democrat; How to Live with a Pregnant Woman; Colorado's "Atom-Proof" Canyon - great photo-illustrated article on Dr. M. Doreal and the Brotherhood of the White Temple, 35 miles southwest of Denver; If You Have To Get a Job - tips to help you get a job; Basketball's Babe Ruth - Super photo-illustrated article on Joe Fulks of Philadelphia; The Readjustment of Winnie - Vic Herman's cartoon cutie is now a civilian; Gertie (Gertrude Niesen) - Broadway's most fascinating fixture; London's Crime Wave - Eugene Messina is finally caught/London Police still refuse to carry gund; Sightless Swordsmen - photo-illustrated article on blind fencers; There's No Business Like Band Business - to become a singer with a name band you need a voice and a low-cut evening gown; Mr. Lewis' Miners; Movie of the Month - "Green Dolphin Street"; The Great Gibberisher - Tobacco Auctioneer Edgar A. Boone of Lexington, Kentucky; Frauleins as Cops - Germany trains female law-enforcement corps; Meet the Winner of Salute's Beauty Contest - 19-year-old Pat Geraghty of Houston, Texas; Coal miner cartoons by Tom Flannery; Speaking of Parties - photos from events organized by Atwater Kent and Earl Carroll; Gorgeous photo of Margaret Stohn, with zanies Vic Herman and Leisentritt in background; Handsome color back cover ad for Hammonton Park men's clothing; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. 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
84 pages. Features: Nice mini-golf cover illustration; Heinz vinegar and olive oil colour ad inside front cover; Nice vintage full-page photo ad for Clark's Tomato Ketchup features grocer behind counter speaking with lady customer dressed in contemporary fashion; Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the late J.Pierpont Morgan - discusses modern women - ad with photo of Miss Morgan as part of Pond's ad; Some Truths about Wheat - W.W. Swanson argues that there has been no "foolish overproduction of wheat"; Backstage at Ottawa; The Dark Road (fiction); Pigeons on Patrol - the story of the Royal Canadian Air Force pigeon service whose winged messengers have pulled many a pilot out of a tight hole; The Hyams Twins Case - Did the Hyams brothers kill Willie Wells in Toronto in 1893?; Barry's Clarissa (fiction); The Silver Scale (fiction); Patrick "Pat" Burns - One of the West's Dominant Business Figures; Bonds of Danger - the story of "Surge" the steelhead; Canadians in Hollywood - great article with five nice photos of stars Fifi Dorsay, Walter Huston, Fay Wray, Mary Pickford, Marie Dressler, and Norma Shearer (photo of Pauline Garon appears later); The Devil in the Jade - a strange tale of mysterious Burma; The Western Mennonites - a graphic description of life among a group of New Canadians now in the throes of the conflict between orthodoxy and modernism - with photos; Sir Oswald Mosley and his New Party cause stir in Britain; Nice full-page photo ad for Kraft cheese and Velveeta; Nice full-page ad for the Chrysler Eight De Luxe; Nice full-page illustrated ad for REO speed wagons and trucks; The Brome Lake Duck Farm of Knowlton, Quebec - article with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Swift's bacon; Great colour full-page art deco ad for Calay soap; Full-page illustrated ad for Studebaker Trucks features a 2-ton model for $1125; Nice photo ad for Spud cigarettes features a pilot lighting up; Fashionable full-page ad for Penmans new silk hosiery; Excellent full-page colour ad for International Harvester commemorates the centennial of the McCormick reaper; Nice colour full-page ad for Keen's mustard; Woodward's "Gripe Water" ad; Excellent two-colour full-page ad for Dodge Trucks shows row of trucks backed up to loading gates; Nice full-page two-colour ad for the book Murder at Belly Butte; Humour; Nice full-page ad for the Graham Prosperity Six car; Lux soap ad features photos of Clara Bow, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Mary Brian, Lillian Roth, and William Powell; Hot weather supper dishes - recipes; Nuce full-page ad for the new Chevrolet Convertible Cabriolet; Outdoor furniture; Colour ad for Parker pens on back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Fought a Regiment - Bandit, murderer and escaped felon, "human monster" Paul Jawarski was pursued by over 250 heavily-armed policemen; The Optimist - The moving story of a gentleman who thought he could make a profitable living out of elephant-hunting; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record - Part I - Robert Copeman and John H.E. Nolan set out from Edmonton for the Gulf of Mexico over 6,000 miles away! - article with photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part III - The continued misadventures of John Gibbons as he tramps from the French coast to Lourdes; "Hitch-Hiking" Across the United States - Alfred Batson hitch-hiked from New York to San Francisco and had some very odd and exciting adventures - includes map and photo; Byways of Old Pekin [Peking / Beijing] - A wonderfully photo-illustrated presentation of the quaint street-life of the unspoiled native quarters of the Chinese capital, where things still go on much as they did in the Middle Ages; What Happened at "Warne's Folly" - A prospector's terrible predicament in an abandoned Queensland mineshaft; The Horns of a Dilemma - A Queensland bushman's amusing account of an argument with a bad-tempered old cow; Saved By Man-Eating Sharks - A deep-sea diver's terrifying experience in the Sulu Sea; "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part II of W.B. Seabrook's adventurous trip to meet Mitkhal Pasha, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr, with photos; Photo and bried write-up of a large sink hole near Sharon Springs, Kansas; The Mystery of Crocodile Pool - A weird adventure that befell a young police corporal who is now one of the leading officers of the South African C.I.D. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
(1.) On Appeals of Death; Together with a Concise Statement of their Nature, the Laws respecting them, and in what cases and by what relatives of the deceased entitled to be instituted. Compiled, from the best Authorities, by a Professional Gentleman. Birmingham: Printed by R. Jabet and Co., [c. 1810]. 12pp., one line of text shaved but without loss of sense. This appears to be unrecorded, not listed on Copac or OCLC. (2.) [TOPHAM (Edward)] The Remarkable Life of John Elwes, Esq. Member in three successive parliaments for Berkshire. with singular Anecdotes, &c. London: Printed for J. Roe... and Anne Lemoine, [c. 1810]. Engraved frontispiece, 34pp. (3.) Thornton's Trial. The Trial of Abraham Thornton, at the Warwick Summer Assize, on Friday, the 8th day of August, 1817, for the murder of Mary Ashford, in the Lordship of Sutton Coldfield, before the Hon. George Sowley Holroyd, Knight. A new edition... Birmingham: Printed and Sold by Joseph Russell, [c.1820]. 39pp., folding plan frontispiece (misbound at the start of the volume), the title page refers to 'engravings', however, there doesn't appear to be any in other copies located. (4.) An Account of the Appeal of Death, by Wm. Ashford, Against Am. Thornton... Birmingham: J. Russell, [c.1820]. 17pp. (5.) The Mysterious Murder, or, What's the Clock? A Melo Drama, in Three Acts. Founded on a Tale too True. Written by G. L. Birmingham: Printed and Sold by the Author, [c.1810]. Second edition, revised and corrected, [2], 56pp. (6.) The King versus B. Mander and Eight Others. The Trial at large of the Committee of the Flour and Bread Company, of which Benjamin Mander was Chairman, at Stafford Summer Assizes, 1814, etc. Wolverhampton: Printed by J. Smart, 1814. 48pp., fore-edges shaved and touch text. Not recorded by Copac. (7.) The Speech of Charles Phillips, Esq. Counsel for the Plaintiff in the Crim. Con. Cause, tried in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, June 9, 1815, John Guthrie, Esq. versus Peter William Baker Dunstanville Sterne. Birmingham: Printed and sold by J. Ferrall, 1815. 23pp. Not recorded by Copac.
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges, and with loss at upper edge of front panel and tail of backstrip. In the image a facsimile dustwrapper is laid loosely behind the original. Chandler's penultimate Marlowe novel. The UK first edition precedes the US edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full chestnut crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first edition of the Father Brown omnibus, collecting all forty stories from the four original volumes 'The Innocence of Father Brown', 'The Wisdom of Father Brown', 'The Incredulity of Father Brown' and 'The Secret of Father Brown'. Sullivan 861.
8vo., First Edition, half-title very faintly browned; green cloth, gilt back, top very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear and very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY OF A VERY SCARCE TITLE. The author's third novel.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original cloth from front board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects seven of the author's inimitable detective stories.
8vo., First Edition, with a full-page plan; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram, backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIR JOHN (LATER VISCOUNT) SIMON TO MAJOR A W H JAMES WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT WRAPPER. A FINE AND RELEVANT A.L.s FROM SIMON TO JAMES IS MOUNTED ON REAR ENDPAPER. The letter is written from HQ, Royal Flying Corps, where Simon served briefly on Lord Trenchard's staff during WWI. Major James has noted the context in a neat hand on inner wrapper: 'Immediately after the trial John Simon came out to HQ, RFC, France, and was attached under instruction to my squadron, No. 6, at Abeele. I had known Simon when I was at Cambridge, and he and Ernest Burge had a hunting box at Huntingdon. John Simon, whom I got to know very well later, in the same mess at HQ. RFC, and later in the H. of C [House of Commons] was intrigued to meet someone who knew his client, Malcolm, well. John Allsebrook Simon, KC, 1st Viscount Simon (1873-1954) is one of only three British politicians to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary [under Churchill] and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the sensational trial of Lieutenant [Douglas] Malcolm of the Royal Artillery for the murder of Anton Baumberg [Count de Borch], Simon led the Defence. After the summing-up by the Judge [Justice McCardie] the Jury retired and after twenty-five minutes' absence returned a verdict of 'Not Guilty'. RARE, AND IN THIS CASE CONTEXTUALLY UNIQUE.
Shelf wear to DJ, particularly to extremities. Marks from paper clips and occasional notes in text ; The story of NYPD's Greenberg and Hantz, called 'Batman and Robin' for their technique of swinging on ropes from rooftops to make busts. SIGNED by both, as well and Author Whittemore. Made into an acclaimed film by director Gordon Parks, whose production notes grace a couple of pages. Obtained directly from Parks. Absolutely a one of a kind item. B&W photos on rear of DJ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 359 pages
Silver print, cm 30 x 20. Stampa vintage. Al verso timbro 'Photographed by Franco Fedeli e didascalia dattiloscritta. Splendida fotografia, testimonianza della lotta al banditismo sardo durante gli anni '70. Fedeli appartiene a quel gruppo di fotogiornalisti italiani che seppero, a partire dagli anni '60, dare una forte impronta a quest'arte in Italia. Tra i molti lavori sono particolarmente note le foto che ritraggono Anna Salvatore nel volume Subliminal Anna
8vo., Sixth Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Incredulity of Father Brown, The Secret of Father Brown, The Scandal of Father Brown. The complete omnibus edition was first issued in 1947.
Paperback Like New. Ships directly from publishers being a new release book . Pls. allow a minimum of 25 business days delivery time.
Features: The Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 265-352 plus 24 pages of great vintage ads. Features: My Adventures in the World War - a startling and thrilling contribution upon the great conflict by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Vengeance of the "Stroapers' - exploring for gold in Guiana leads to adventure and death; In the Land of the Lapps - great photo-illustrated narrative of Frank Butler's travels throughout Lapland; The Secret Press of Belgium - how 'La Libre Belgique' had the courage to tell the Belgian people the truth and counteract the evil influence of their brutalizers; Trooping Cattle in Paraguay - taking 1,000 cattle from the ranch of Zanja Moroti to the ranch of San Antonio; The Strangest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated account of a recent visit to the Mount Athos Peninsula; Historic Crime and Mysteries - The Iron Judge of Malt; My Firework Display in China; In the Jaws of the Alligator - woman is pulled from the arms of her husband in Papua; Doctoring War Dogs - touching photo-illustrated account of a visit to the Countess Yourkevitch's hospital for wounded dog soldiers at Neuilly/Paris; The State Documents - How a great german spy system was laid bare in Rome; A Man-Hunt in the Arctic - A Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol from Fort Norman up the Bear River was the longest in the history of that famous organization; The Tragedy at Ras Elka - Sudanese stevedores revolt and pay dearly; Moderate wear. Openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy of this exquisite issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Man Who Turned Thief - Part I - remarkable narrative of an honest man turned criminal who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies in American history; With a Camera in Portugal - nice photo-illustrated article; Mr. Todbury's Trawler Trip - a confirmed landlubber, advised by his doctor, goes on a sea-voyage on a little trawler; A Record Laugh - A story from Kimberley, South Africa involving an unsophisticated Kaffir, a "live" wire, and a laugh that could be heard from miles away!; Mistaken Identity - H.A. Garrett went to Chile to make a living but narrowly escaped being hanged instead; Through the East by Air - Part I - Richard Carline and his brother Sydney were commissioned to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum after WWI, and did so for ten months - with much adventure - article with photos; The Golden Cheeses - an expedition hopes to recover 2 million pounds of German gold from a ship torpedoed in the war; The Little Captain - some joyous fragments from the chequered life-history of one of the most irresponsible dare-devils imaginable - a young Mexican; Trailing the Gun-runners - Part III - continuation of the adventures of U.S. authorities attempting to block the flow of arms to revolutionaries in Dominica; Big-Game Shooting in Northern India - exciting stories about pursuing tigers and leopards; The Sea-Devil - two men are lucky to escape with their lives after a prolonged battle with a shark; and more. 85 pages plus 8 pages of vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. 96 pages plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Nice ad by Spiegel, May, Stern Co. inside front cover; The Johannesburg Motor Bandits - One of the most remarkable episodes in the annals of crime in South Africa - the wholesale murder of Police Officers - Robert Ward Jackson, John Maxim, Carl Neze - many great photos; Crapsey, the Sky-Worker - he loses his fear of working at heights; Some Adventurous Small-craft Voyages as told by Captain J.A. Nilsson who made a specialty of taking tiny vessels across the oceans - with photos; What Happened on the Omul - Walter Muston, his wife and a little girl experience a disaster while mountain climbing in the Carpathians - with many photos; "Pussy" - Mariner John William Nylander relates what happened when he saved two kittens from their watery graves and brought them aboard; Our Travels in Safari-Land/British East Africa - IV - by Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porth) - many great photos; Out of a Death Trap - British Missionary Rev. A. Forder rescues a party of Americans from the fierce Bedouin Arabs of Moab - with many excellent photos; The Majesty of the Law - Prohibition laws result in ludicrous events in Kansas; The Wanderings of an Entertainer - Mr. Robert Ganthony; Nice Columbia Grafonola ad; Nice color ad for Vose player pianos on back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
