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Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
199 pages with beige cloth covers, the front being a little cupped. Covers show light wear, tex/interior is unmarked in any way and is otherwise quite nice and clean. Lots of mechanical drawings of boat plans and b&w photos. 200 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h.
129 p., illus. Story of Captain Angus Walters & the Bluenose, five-time winner of the International Races. Hardcover Very good condition good
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Africa's Mystery Beasts - Remarkable stories concerning what may be the progeny of prehistoric monsters, several of which appear to be formidable opponents for any hunter; Through the Heart of Afghanistan - Part I - Emil Trinkler had exceptional opportunities for travelling in untrodden regions, with photos; The Dancing Dead - A veteran gold-seeker's account of a weird and terrifying experience that befell a party of prospectors in New Guinea, with photo of witch-doctor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part II; "King Kauri" - The Kauri tree is to New Zealand what the oak is to England - article with photos; The Two Sheriffs - A strange murder situation is encountered by a veteran cow-puncher in the wilds of Montana; My Wild Boar - A newcomer to India is warned not to shoot wild pig; "Next Time" - An amusing story from the Yukon country; Lachmee's Vow - A tiger tale from Hindustan; The Sacred White Crow of Yaunghwe - brief article with two photos; The Great Boulder Murder Case - The story of one of the most remarkable murder mysteries in the annals of Australia, with photo and map; Photo of salt prospecting in Cheshire; "Bushman's Luck" - A remarkable story from New Zealand; Out of the Deep - The strange story of a famous schooner that sank off Sable Island, the "graveyard of the Atlantic," to reappear in most dramatic circumstances; Sequel to the "Lost Cabin" Mine Mystery - New information regarding this story which appeared in the September, 1920 issue; Trailing the Beaver-Poachers - Game law enforcer Frank Mossman relates some of his experiences with illegal trappers in the North-west, who often do not hesitate to shoot - with photos; "Baldy Red's" Come-Back - A bootlegger smuggles illicit whisky into the forbidden Northland of Canada. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Lower half of backstrip missing. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
289 pages including index and bibliography. Black and white illustrations. A history of British Columbia to 1927. Back hinge open. Front hinge tender. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
222 pages. "The entertaining life-history of a schooner, from her first appearance on the designing-board, through her gradual growth in the builder's yard and trials in the North Atlantic, to her cruel death indirectly at the hands of the U.S. Customs during the prohibition period." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound vintage copy. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Barely used; interior is perfect, covers show no wear, maps, b&w illustrations throughout.
25 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Contents touch on: Maple Creek Homesteads, Les Austin Family, the Buss home and family, an early school - with photo of teacher and students, Reed School - photo of barefoot students in coveralls; article on road mending circa 1909; The Mead Brothers - Walton & William; The William McCrea Family; The Charley Stevens Family; Florence Oregon; Schooner photos. Clean and unmarked wiht light wear. Book
Includes the following issues: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Bell Island, Newfoundland; Bahamas; Transpac Expedition; To House or not to House; Filming a Salmon's Struggle; Manola - half a shipwreck; Blissful Beqa Lagoon; St. Kitts; Shipwrecks of Bermuda; Batchawana - in Lake Superior; Octopus at Argonaut Warf; Arrow - Nova Scotia Shipwreck; Catalina; Emergency ascent Lines; Wilcox - Lake Erie Schooner; Adventure Diving in Newfoundland; Ice Diving and Asbestos; Joyland - the honeymoon wreck; Canadian Cayman Islands; Cozumel; A Tribute to Brooks Wetsuits; Reel Diving; Wrecked in Nova Scotia; Socorro; Ghost Fleet of the St. Clair River; Good Samaritan Laws; Sea Urchins of the Bay of Chaleur; Label Your Tanks; Quebec Overview; Barbados - shipwreck haven; Haida Gwai; Tobermory's shipwrecks; Hard water diving - Banff; Romancing the Providenciales; Island Namesake - Jane McLeod; Lumpfish; Thailand; State of the Oceans; The Coral Reef; Project Aware; Preserving the Marine Environment; They are Eating the Ocean; Race Rocks, B.C.; Record-Breaking Cave Dive; Dive in an Aquarium; Florida Reefs; Columbia Sinking; Great Lakes - Narrow Island's B.B. Buckhout; Mexico Cave Adventure; Nitrox to the Arctic; Photography 101. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
Features: New Presidents for Harriman Railway System - informative article with excellent photo of Harriman officials in Seattle in November of 1909; Golden Spike Driving at Bend, Oregon (article); Increased use of Oil on Railroads; Seattle Port Commission studies improvements; President Shaughnessy's Report to C.P.R Stockholders - major article; Feature write-up of James Rolph, Jr., the next mayor of San Francisco, with photo; How is This For Passenger Traffic?; New Invention by David H. Wilson of Chicago Revolutionizes Telephony - C.P.R. sends message by telephone from Montreal to Fort William via telegraph line; Railroad Ties Pickled in Great Salt Lake, UT; Freight Congestion in New York City - major article with two photos; Death of Popular Ship Master Capt. Walter McWilliams of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. - article with photo; C.P.R. Purchases Fast Turbine Steamer Queen Alexandra for the Vancouver - Nanaimo Run; Successful Trial Trip of new Sound Steamer Calista; Schooner Daisy Gadsby Launched; Ramona Captain and Engineer Found Guilty; The Gaertner Releasing Hook - article with diagram; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Bernard N. Baker, president of the Atlantic & Pacific Transport Co. Tells of Great Trade Possibilities; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: John F. Stevens, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, discusses what the Panama Canal means to Pacific commerce, with illustration of Mr. Stevens; Fine Passenger Engines in Service on W.-O.R. & N. Line - article with photo of new locomotive; Alaska Syndicate Concentrates Attention on Transportation - The Sale of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. will widen the scope of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway; Outline of Navy Department's Attitude Towards the Pacific Coast - An Address by Engineer-in-Chief Hutch I. Cone, U.S.N.; Classy Stern-Wheeler Launched - the W.H. Bancroft; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law - article with photo of the four-masted Schooner Willis A. Holden, as she appeared after being disabled in a storm on 12 February; Alaska Oil Will Furnish New Traffic; Tacoma News; One page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West"; One-page ad for Seattle's Vulcan Iron Works features an aerial illustration of the plant; Half-page ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and spraying water; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. 6" x 1" piece missing from back cover - text unaffected. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: North to Alaska, slowly - the junk rigged schooner MIGRANT; Bahamanian Board Dance - the Out Island Regatta; SUMATRA - vintage racer with a new look for the TransPac; Stars shine on Sunapee's sweet water; The Quoddy Pilot - return of a rugged downeaster; Kids on the Coffee Grinders - the WINDANCER; Alden-designed Fuji 35 offers fine sailing with a bit of romance; From France - the Dufour 31 - an appealing cruiser; Down-Easters achieve look, smell, feel of old American craft; Palace Afloat? - not quite, but almost - 35-foot FANTASIA; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Sea Hawk - profile of a cruising man's yacht - from navy launch to stately schooner; Dutchman in flight; William Crealock designs distant voyager - Westsail 42; Palmer Johnson SF 47, flush deck racer by Frans Maas; On Bonaire (off Venezuela) - like being at sea; 5-0-5 acrobatics; afternoon on the Indian River, Florida; Sally has a knockdown; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
Features: Florida sailor designs 19-foot coastwise, gaff-rigged cruiser - the Salt 19; Seidelmann designed Palmer 550 enrolls in Quarter Ton Fleet; Traditional cruising design finds speed, responsiveness with new rig - the enlarged version of the SERAFFYN; Aesthetics and comfort remembered in the Norlin 37 Mark II; Great gaffed mains, barn door rudders and plump hulls; Sailing for winter sports enthusiasts; in search of Spain - pictures and story by Dorothy I. Crossley; A ton of heavy racing; One by One - one last old Conway schooner survives to carry a fragment of the sail driven 19th century toward the last quarter of the 20th; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Please note: middle page loose but present. Book
Features: Rugged North American Series put Lighting Sailors to the Test - Bill Shore wins title; Schooner Days relived at Gloucester, Massachusetts; Finn - class close-up; The Columbia 52; Tartan 26; Invictus - a Trimaran; First to the Mark at Little Pidgeon Cay, Bahamas; One-sided duel on San Francisco Bay - Blackfin vs. Windward Passage; Ragtime Sails to La Paz; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: On a Schooner Gam - off Southern California; The Traveller 32 - a beautiful double-ender; Ericson 37 - from Bruce King; Tornado - first olympic cat; At play on Lake Erie's watery highways; Sailing on the bonnie banks of o'Clyde; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
16 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Russo-Japanese War Coverage; American Schooner PIcks up Survivors on Derelect Sampan at sea - Captain went mad, others starved; B.C. Mines and Mining article (mentions Tyee Copper Company, Ladysmith); The Spaniards of the North West Coast of North America - article by Provincial Historian E.O.S. Scholefield; Lovely photo of croquet on the beach at Foul Bay; The Meteoric Career of John Steele of Pennsylvania - Spent $3,000 a day; List of Victoria Tax Sale Properties, complete with legal description, registered owner and amount owing; large article entitled "Andrew Carnegie on Universal Peace; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "10 Acre Blocks (off Cook St.) For Sale from $140 to $200 in Tolmie Estate" Significant chipping along fold. Top of back page is devoted to 'Costly (Victorian) Garments for Evening Wear' and contains lovely illustrations. Bottom of back page illustrates and describes elaborate Home Wedding breakfasts. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Large clipping from page 3. Small advertisement clipped from page 6. Fatigue cracks to central portion of all pages. Book
Stories: Fifty years of the Wide World; when the fire came; trouble at Tonkiu; the runaway schooner; halibut fishing; the magic man; not according to plan; gypsy snake-charmer; the buffalo-shooters; Marriott's grave. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Features: Exploring the Green Hell - describes journeys to Brazil's Matto Grosso; Ning Wo Intervenes - reprint of a 1928 story involving a Chinese Sherlock Holmes; The Mystery of 'Lost Creek Mine' - sequel of a 1941 story of a lost gold mine in the wilds of British Columbia; The 'Man-Leopards of Malimbu - a Nigerian story; Among the Hairy Ainu of Japan; The Mosquito Net - another elephant hunting tale by Capt. B.B. Celliers; The Train Robbers - Indian Railway Thieves; The Accursed Island - landing on an uninhabited atoll to repair his schooner, the author made an amazing discovery; The Hirazawa Case - a strange mass murder/poisoning case in Japan; and more. Covers loose but present. Tape along backstrip. 2"x2" chunk missing from back cover. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy. Book
Features: "The Sky's No Limit," Continued - The First Fully Authentcated story of the test pilots and the hazards they face - Pilot Baled Out From Under the Sea; Arab Feud at Ahwar; Salt Their Sentence - The Salt Mine of Trapani in Sicily; Dirty Paddy - Croc-Hunter Extraordinary; Sing-Sing in By-and-By Land - Port Moresby; Butter on the Beach; Call of the Dancing Madness - Secret Beliefs of British Columbia Native Peoples; Waste-Land Double Crosser in Australia; All Plaice are Left-Handed; The Game of the Bull at Pemba, off the East African Coast; Isle of the Toiling Bell - onboard the schooner Joie de Vivre; Tiger in the Temple - Central India; Trapped on the Ocean Bed - Pearl Diving in the South Pacific; Heroes in Harness - Sled Dogs of the North; Woman of the African Bush - She Assumed Animal Form; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Wreck of the El Dorado - a four-masted lumber schooner enroute to Chile from Astoria, Oregon, goes down 700 miles from isloated Easter Island; Fear Saved My Life - a tiger brings death to the people of the Indian swampland; The Swallowing Swamp - a continuation of the Maufrais Saga in French Guiana; The Devil in the Cabin - a wolverine (carcajou) attacks a man in northern Canada; Caravan of Slaves - attempting to liberate a party of young natives destined for the slave market of Arabia; Jungle Takes the Air - wildlife escape mid-air over East Africa; Night of Horror - alone in the Papuan jungle; Curse of the Pagan Temples - a story from Burma; Isle of Devils - the natives were scourged by Elephantiasis; Gold on Their Backs - Man's desire for Otter fur almost drove them to extinction; Desert Ambush - a religious fanatic and his gang of ruthless henchmen brutally attacked the Colonial Administrator in the mountains of South West Arabia; and more. Small chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
160 pages. Features: The BOWDOIN Project - Admiral MacMillan's Arctic Schooner; Common Sense and the Energy 48; Boat Plans and the Public Domain; Rowing the Maine Coast in a Matinicus peapod; Building MARTHA's Tender, Part III; Ceilings; On Deck - details that look good and perform well; Old Wooden Thistles provide stiff comptetion for their fiberglass competitors; The Vineyard Haven 15; Keeping a Cutting Edge - Handsaws; The Barnegat Bay Sneakbox; Getting the Old Girl Back in Shape - an ingenious resteaming method for easing the tension in new frames. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
160 pages. Features: Walter McInnis - Part II - The Emergence of Eldredge-McInnis; The Weather Side of Gaff Rig; A New Coaster - the schooner HERITAGE; The theft of RANDOM SCOOT; Building the first Lightning; The Folding Kayak; Folding Boats at Sea; LILY - a cabinetmaker's Whitehall comes to life; ISKRA sails down east; Seven Bends - 7 ways to tie lines together, even in slick synthetics; Building the Beetle Cats, Part III - fitting and bending frames; Damaged Planks - their repair and replacement. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
160 pages. Features: Arno Day - from Master Builder to Master Teacher; The restoration of a 90-year-old fantail launch; Tom Wylie and hot ideas for cold-molded boats; Building the Kingfisher - Part III; The Hackmatack Schooner Janet May; The lifetime work of August Crabtree; Quick steps to spring painting, Part I; Manhattan's mystery merchant ship - The Ronson ship is unearthed; The careful creation of Mele Kai - Part I. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
