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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. 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
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
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervishes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating 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
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Stories: Buried Treasure in Britain; The Last Voyage; Truscott Investigates; The Pennsylvania Witch Murder; The Unmasking of Gola Sing!; California Here I Come; Black Devil; What Happened to Jim Wood?; Shaitan Shadd; The Mutton Bird; Mechanically-Minded; Lost in a Swamp; The Kangaroo Hunters. Above-average wear. Book
Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Features: Unknown New Zealand - misadventure leads to one of the most remarkable and difficult rescues in New Zealand annals; Saharan Adventure - A memorable camel journey right across the Sahara; Six Wild Sheep - experiences while capturing Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo - several photos; The Pirates of the 'Ethel' - An authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Slippery - a cat goes to sea; Oakhill's 'Souvenir' - Crocodile hunting on the Gregory River; The Tame Bandit - a Chinese achieves vengeance during the troubles in Malaya; Phases of Life from all over the world - Cockeye, ex-inspector, British South Africa Police; Guardians of the Mountains - the Warden's of Canada's western National Parks; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboard a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Burning Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 221-286 plus 14 pages of ads. Features: Man-Eaters - Indian tigers; The Lost Secret - a lost mine near Visalia, California; The Merepur Mystery - Indian official is an amateur Sherlock Holmes; On the Mexican Border; A Winter Jaunt in Finland - with photos, including woman washing clothes in hole cut in ice; The "Stroaper's" Vengeance - while prospecting for gold in Dutch Guiana; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a famous elephant of Ceylon; The Hunting of "Wild Johnny" - a renegade Australian aborigine; The Diamond Smuggler; Crossed Trails - a tale of fate from the Santa Cruz mountains; The Prize-Fight; The Great Green Eel - three-day ordeal landing a 13.5 foot specimen!; "Fisherman's Luck" - angler's disaster off New Zealand when the launch Manaia is wrecked. Heavily worn. Covers detached but present. A worthy reading copy. Book
Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Contents: The Man from the Coffin - the amazing story of Albert Juge of Paris; The Fire-Walkers of Singapore - at a Tamil Temple, with photos; How Willy Saved the Orange Crop - a resourceful schoolboy in California; My Strangest Experience; The Hidden Treasure of Santa Fe; Into the Unknown - III - Chasing Outlaws in New Guinea, with 5 photos; The Pirates of the 'Souirah'; Anthropop - Apology; The Passing of the Queen - Mother of Siam, Many Photos; The Cruise of the Dream-Ship I, by Ralph Stock, with photos; The LIfted Veil - VII; Our Adventures among the Berbers - I, the 'White Arabs' of Algeria, with photos; The Road to Fortune; Three Times!; plus many very unusual contemporary advertisements for such things as nose-straightening devices! Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Covers present but detached as one. A worthy copy of this rare issue. Book
Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboaord a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Buring Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Faint signature atop front cover. Quality copy. Book
Pages 502-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Hunting Down of Tiburcio Vasquez, the Dick Turpin of California; "Red Fagen" - a veteran shipmaster's story of the undoing of a villainous 'crimp'; A Cycling Tour Through Central Africa (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures on the way from Rhodesia to Egypt; The Spectre of Mekeo - a supernatural tale from British New Guinea; Spiders; The Javelin Throwers - an exciting adventure with Venezuelan savages; Following the Fur Trails - photo-illustrated article of a Canadian government naval survey crew's winter on the ice-bound shores of Hudson Bay; Lost in an Underground Labyrinth - photo-illustrated account of a man who was thrown into the sewers of Milan and lost for many days; The Eagle's Nest - the mountaintop town of Peillon in the South of France - article with many photos; The Mystery of Fraser Island - a strange sequence of events on an island where the Queensland 'dumped' troublesome blacks; Our Lunatic; A Matter of Business - a West African trader is charged with removing stock from stations set to be closed - despite native objections; The "Crooked House" - at Kingswinford, near Birmingham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. 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
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Slippery Wiley" Again - Continued misdeeds of a West Australian gold thief; My Seal-Hunt - The touch-and-go experience of a young man who was seal hunting on the ice off the coast of Newfoundland; Through Spain in Disguise - Part IV - Count and Countess Malmignati continue their adventure, disguised as Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Photo and bried write-up of the "Magic Pool" of Henleaze, said to provide wonderfully fresh skin to her bathers; "The Lucky Seven" - A young ex-serviceman gets stung when he buys a ranch in British Columbia; "Water!" - A young Brit and his party of native soldiers nearly die of thirst while crossing the Karoli Desert in Kenya Colony; The Maroons of Jamaica - Nicely photo-illustrated article on these lineal descendants of runaway slaves who received their own peace treaty - includes photo of the community whipping post; "Witchcraft" - A queer Central African story about a missing old man - with interesting photos; The Secret of Still Valley - While hunting in Northern California, a doctor and clergyman stumble into a dangerous hidden mountain valley; Kite-Fighting in Siam - Photo-illustrated article; The Strain - The vivid photo-illustrated story of two young officers remotely stationed on the Indian frontier; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part II - Colonel Deneys Reitz explores terra incognita in the former German South-West Africa - with nice photos; Brief article on how Dutch Windmills "Talk"; Adventure Comes to the Chemist - Mr. Woodcock is inexperienced with firearms but decides to arm himself due to many local hold-ups. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A pleasing copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
88 Pages plus 16 pages of ads. Features: A Girl of the Island - a beautiful girl is shipwrecked on a lonely tropic island; A Man's Luck - Part III - Hjalmar Rutzebeck story of life and love in the Far North; The Mystery of Charlie Ross - tragic story of the kidnapping of four-year-old Charlie Ross from his home near Philadelphia; My Island of Dreams - Part I of the adventures of amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings - with his photos; Taming the Head-Hunters - author and a party of ten police enter the little-known hill country of British North Borneo to punish a tribe of head-hunting Dyaks; Through Central America on Horseback - Part IV of Eugene Cunningham's trip by horseback through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala, with his photos; Our Canoe Trip - Carleton L. Dyer and a friend canoe in the wilds of Northern Ontario; The Feast of the Vultures - a remarkable annual festival near Constantine, in Algeria; A Pocket Republic - photo-illustrated account of a visit to the remarkable Republic of Andorra; Attacked by an Octopus - a fisherman's terrible experience on the coast of California; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Caught in a Death-Trap - two motorcyclists plunge into an inescapable chasm in the terrible Mojave Desert of Californa; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part II - a joyous journey in search of adventure; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a huge elephant, the pride of all Ceylon, goes rogue; My Escape From Dartmoor - an inmate almost escaped from this impregnable prison in 1908; Round Cape Horn With a Deckload - James Whealen tells a disastrous tale; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part II - the amazing story of a man once condemned to the terrible French convict settlements of Guiana - with photos; The Soul of Burma - Part I - R. Whiting reports on his trip to this country, with photos; Among the Amazon Cannibals - Veteran prospector John Fairfax was captured by the cannibal Chunchos but managed to escape; Round the World in a Motor Boat - a picturesque account of the voyage of the Speejacks, with great photos; A Fight With a Bull Walrus - article with great photos; "Tapkabazi" - an Indian confidence trick; The "Devil's Post-Pile" - an extraordinary basalt rock formation in Southern California; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features include: How They Saved the "Ningpo" - A rare occasion when the tables were turned on Chinese sea pirates in 1945; Before the Fact - A missionary's puzzling story from primitive Africa; Seeking Sheba's "Lost" City - Author describes his adventures in Arabia and his accidental discovery of a practicable route to the mysterious city - abandoned for centuries; Over the Iron Curtain - Two R.A.F. officers endeavour to rescue a young Italian from Budapest in December 1945. The "WAFF" goes recruiting - Some amusing aspects of recruiting young tribesmen in West Africa; Wild Boars and Cattle Thieves - An adventure on a lonely island off the California coast; Zombies - a Haitian story; Island of Ships - Rouad, off the Syrian coast. Front cover detached but in good condition. Back cover almost detached. Most of spine missing. Contents in good condition. Name in pencil atop back cover. Magazine
Features: Unknown New Zealand - Two young men set out to explore unmapped territory between Lake Te Anau and the coast, only to meet with disaster - A lake (Bloxham) and waterfall (Dorizac) discovered by these plucky young climbers are officially named after them; Saharan Adventure - includes encounters with the blue-eyed Tuaregs, the veiled nomads of the desert, who wear chain-mail armour of the Crusades and carry swords and lances; Six Wild Sheep - Describes author's experience trying to capture Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo; The Pirates of the Ethel - First published in 1929, this is an authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Oakhill's "Souvenir" - the adventure of a crocodile hunter; The Tame Bandit - An amusing story arising out of the troubles in Malaya - Dragged away from farm and family by the terrorists, and forced to serve with them under the threat of death, an inoffensive little Chinese secretly vowed vengeance, and at long last achieved it; "Cockeye" - Phases of Life From All Over the World - Vivid little close-ups of manners and customs around the world; Guardians of the Mountains - The Wardens of Canada's National Parks. Colour 'Butlin's Holiday Camp' brochure laid-in. Staining to page i of advertisements. Front cover detached. Heavy wear externally. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
