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108 pages. Features: Color-photo Volvo car ad; Nice color-photo ad for the Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 7000; Brooklyn Ghetto Child Baby Love; Ronald Reagan decides to build the MX missile and the B-1 Bomber - article with great color photos; Selling AWACS to the Saudis; Two-page Itt Canada ad features their numerous Canadian industrial applications; Is John Hinckley crazy about Jodie Foster?; South Florida swamped by refugee needs and violence; Graft in Oklahoma; How to cut benefits without hurting the truly needy - school lunches; Nissan Stanza ad; Nice one-page color photo ad for CP Air's Empress Class service; Ad for the Olivetti S6000 computer; Nice color-photo ad for the 1982 Mazda RX-7; Unemployment Plague in Western Europe; Solidarity sticks with Lech Welesa, but his policies are attacked; West Germany sends superspy Gunter Guillaume East; Bloodshed in the streets of Iran; Buick ad for the 1982 Riviera, Electra and Estate Wagon; First Person Account of Life in a Khomeini Prison; Wiser's Whisky ad features photo of master blender Keith Baldwin and many co-workers at the Thurlow Township distillery; Taipei rejects Beijing; 8-page color ad feature for Sheraton Hotels; Soviet Rockers - Woodstock, Yerevan style; Whiff of Panic on Wall St. - article with inset photo of Joe Granville; Sonny Cough and a once-only tax-free deal; Color-photo Luxman stereo ad features inset color photo of Boris Brott, conductor of the Hamilton Philharmonic; The Bath Iron Works in Maine; Color-photo ad for the 1982 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue; Coping with the high cost of moving employees; Art Feature, "Paris 1937-1957 - An Elegy"; Celebrity color photos of Chester Gould, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner and Alfred Kahn; U.S. Cities look to Europe for more livable streets (trying to tame the automobile); Nice color-photo ad for the Toshiba Beta V-8500 VCR; Two-page ad for the Peugeot 505SR car; Photo-illustrated article on singer Pat Benatar; Pulp industry ad includes color photo of waterbomber in action; Color photo ad for the Chevy Cavalier; Large protest for black colleges in Atlanta; Karpov and Korchnoi meet in chess; The Hinckley Case and the Insanity Plea; Passing of Romulo Betancourt, Robert Montgomery and Harry Golden; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
60 pages. Features: Operation Gallant Heads into Action - Canada sends forces to oversee the ceasefire in Vietnam; Glass Gold - recycling bottles; VW switches its Canadian deliveries to Halifax Harbour from Saint John; Stompin' Tom Connors; Feature Coverage of the end of the Vietnam War; Paris peace in nine chapters; A view of Henry Kissinger riding high; Last bombing show - Marine Air Group 12; What lies ahead for Saigon; The ICC (International Commission of Control and Supervision) - an extinct species reborn; Some of the Bravest People - the families of POWs; Looking back on the war; Nixon's Budget; LBJ / Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973; Frank Sinatra and his friends; The Lindbergh nightmare; Advantage, Mr. Brezhnev; Vienna the most important way station for Jews leaving the Soviet Union; Supporting Andhra statehood; Volcano on island of Heimaey; Amilcar Cabral - gentle African rebel; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Clinton Knox; Passing of Alexander Onassis, Lyndon Baines Johnson, J. (Joseph) Carroll Naish, Edward G. Robinson, George Graff, Edward "Kid" Ory and Dr. E. Stanley Jones; Two-page color photo CN ad shows how they use land for non-rail applications; Nice color-photo ad for Zenith Chromacolor TVs includes early remote control; L.B.J.'s Heart condition - with photos of nitroglycerin pill popping in Austin, TX; Stunning court approval of abortion by Harry Blackmun; Instant Champion - George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier in Jamaica; NBA all star game photo of Dave Cowens battling Wilt Chamberlain; The Three Rs in Brazil; Report on exiled executives, including Carter Burgess, Milton Mohr, George Keck, Robert Hansberger, Najeeb Halaby and Thomas Moore; Estate Mogul Arthur Carlsberg; Court ruling against Geritol; Umberto Agnelli of Italy; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1 brochure in-8, L'édition artistique, 1913, 10 ff. La date de la séance a été indiquée en page de titre par le spectateur, qui y a également conservé son billet. Etat très satisfaisant (couv. un peu frottée, rares rouss., bon état par ailleurs). "La Vivante Image" est l'adaptation par Jean-Joseph Renaud d'une pièce de la baronne Orczy évoquant les figures de Marie Tudor, du duc de Wessex et du Cardinal Moreno. Français
PARIS, Fayard - 2001 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée en couleurs - Illustrations NB et en couleurs HT - 394 pages - Propre
1 brochure in-12, J.A. Poincelin [ circa 1913-1914 ], 8 ff. et 1 f. volant joint (traduction des titres anglais et les grands voyages du Kinemacolor). Rappel du titre complet : Théâtre Edouard VII. Kinemacolor Tous les jours en matinée et en soirée. Le Spectacle le plus attrayant, la plus jolie salle de Paris. La Vie et la Nature en couleurs naturelles dans toutes leurs manifestations intéressantes. L'après-midi de 5 à 7 heures Kinemacolor-Thé sous la direction de l'Hôtel Edouard VII ainsi que les Bars et Buffets dans les Salons les plus sélects. Orchestre spécial Piano Pleyel, Lyon & Cie Très rare programme du Kinémacolor, procédé cinématographique mis au point par par George Smith et Charles Urban. L'obturateur de la caméra contenait un filtre orangé et bleu vert, donnant l'impression de couleur au film. Charles Urban fit construire le Théâtre Edouard VII à Paris en 1913 afin de projeter ses films en Kinemacolor ; la société de ce nom formée avec George Smith fit faillite en 1914. Le programme se compose de films de voyage ("La saison des bains à Ostende", "les chutes du Niagara", "le Lac de Lucerne", "Paris Pittoresque", "Le Japon" (avec tous les détails dans l'encart joint), mais aussi "La Lettre Infamante" (la lettre écarlate de Hawthorne), "Le Tentateur", etc... Bon état (couv. lég. frottée, très bon exemplaire par ailleurs) pour ce très rare document. Français
1 brochure in-8 illustrée (portrait de Mlle Régina Badet en couv.), 1913, 31 pp. Rare exemplaire du programme du théâtre Antoine, richement illustré et proposant alors encore à l'affiche "La Femme et le Pantin", pièce en 4 actes et 5 tableaux de Pierre Louys et Pierre Frondaie, avec l'actrice Régina Badet dans le rôle titre. Créée en 1910 en 1910 au théâtre Antoine, la pièce y rencontra un grand succès. Bon état (couv. lég. frottée, date ms. "Samedi 26 avril 1913" en couv.) Français
ca. 31,5cm x 24,5cm. 198, (1) p. Original illustrated boards (softcover) with title to cover and to spine. (= Plaisir de France). Edges with rubbing, inside only slightly worn. Good condition. With numerous, partly coloured illustrations. Text in French.
Several pages of black and white photos of McKuen. Songs include: Through European Windows; We May Never Touch the Sun; Going Down; I Love You, So I Haven't Been Myself This Week; If I Could Fly; The Black Eage; That Golden Summer By The Sea; Paris; The Women; On the Road Again; The Far West; And Tonight; The Far Side of the Hill; I'm At Peace; I Think of You; My Friend; Smell the Buttercup; Solitude's My Home; Forty Without Fear; To You; There Goes a Man Who Tried; The Sky's So Wide; Blessings of the Day; About the Time; I'll Say Goodbye. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Features: What is Man?; Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Kellogg's Corn Flake Crumbs - illustrated with fried chicken; Sensational one-page color (yellow) photo ad for the 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille; Nicol Williamson - interview with this serious film star who travels light; Super one-page color-photo ad for a dark green Pontiac Catalina; Your Annual Physical; Our Railroads are No Longer Safe; Can Anyone Predict the Future? - a scorecard on past preductions indicates too many misses; Nice one-page photo ad for LaSalle Extension University features lovely lady using Stenotype shorthand machine; The Hunt for Venus' Arms - Whatever became of the arms of the Venus de Milo statue housed in Paris' Louvre Museum?; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Special K cereal features 7-cent coupon; Recipes for travellers; Great color ads for Gracious Living feature funky retro products such as colored phones and two-position TV-stands; My Shadow Child - it took eight years to suspect Andrew's excessive activity was more than just being a boy; Nice one-page photo ad entitled "Oh, That Charlie" features vinyl record "The Best of Charlie Rice"; Great Moments in Indoor Sports - of all indoor sports, none requires the brain-power and ruthlessness as does "Monopoly"; Great one-page photo ad for Telepander muscle training features before and after photos of a (now) hunky guy; Champagne Living on a Beer Budget - money-saving tips for such things as conference calls, classified ads, brand X products, and many more; How to Keep Your Appliances Going; Should 18-year-olds Vote? - letters from readers. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. Features: Nelson Rockefelller explains how things are different since both his grandfathers quit school early to take jobs; Nice one-page color photo ad for Hunt's Catsup; The Last Basket - Wayne Estes of the Utah State basketball team had a strange premonition just before he died - article with nice photo of Estes at the basket; They Chose Paris - Six American career girls who moved there, and stayed - article with photos of Dorian Leigh, Janice Wells, Vicki Howard, Elmore Carruthers Richmond, Florence Gilliam and Rita Johnson; Nice 1/3-page color ad for Sophie Mae Peanut Brittle; The Baker's Art - recipes; Magic sciene tricks for kids; Diam "M" For Help - fictional story about when to tell your troubles to your Minister - and when not to; Zipcode USA - Teen Q&A - with photos of Lesley and Michael Gore; Inca Gold - historic items loaned to the U.S. by the government of Peru; Sensational color back cover ad for James Bond thriller books features action photos - including Pussy Galore pointing gun at James - a super Bond collectible! Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and lettered in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. With series catalogue preceding frontispiece and 4pp publisher's advertisement at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1 vol. in-4 br., WEA Filipacchi Music, Thierry Le Luron production, 1983, env. 40 ff. Ce spectacle connut un immense succès. Thierry Le Luron y imite soixante personnalité de la politique et du spectacle, dans des décors très luxueux, modifiés à chaque sketch. Français
Two volume set shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Each volume abut 330 pages, Vol. 1 1863 - 1905 : Life seen from the pit, Vol. 2: 1905 - 1936 Life seen from the stalls. Fold out map at back of Vol. 2 is in excellent condition. Both marked as first editions.
pp. 168 + Supplement detailing performances in Paris from September 1955 to July 1956, printed in blue. Wonderfully illustrated with monochrome and color photographs, and other designs. Large 4to. Quite XLib. Original dust jacketed wraps. "Theatre de France" was published once a year. It is a great pictorial album that contains a wide-ranging review of French Theater (plays; dramas; musicals; comedies; dance; ballets; operas) The photographs are notable. Especially interesting is the section on Avant-Garde theater. FR1
pp. 207 + Supplement detailing performances in Paris from October 1953 to July 1954. Wonderfully illustrated with monochrome and color photographs, and other designs. Large 4to. Quite XLib. Original dust jacketed wraps. Slipcased. "Theatre de France" was published once a year. It is a great pictorial album that contains a complete review of French Theater (plays; dramas; musicals; comedies; dance; ballets; operas) The photographs and colored chapter designs in this volume are especially powerful and interesting. FR1
350 p. Author grew up in Paris in the early 1900's. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
63 pages. Features: Nehru - Lonely leader of 500 million; Allen and Sharie Farrell built their vessel Ocean Girl - great photos and text; Carole Reinhart performs in a college orchestra and Salvation Army band in Miami, Florida; I love having my own zoo - Gerald Durrell; Men are Spoiling the Movies - Edmonton-born Dianne Foster; Lord Martin Cecil - Rancher Bishop of the Cariboo - he owns a town and is world leader of a sect that believes illness is caused by 'ill spirits' - 100 Mile House Lodge, British Columbia; Can you judge people?; Room that honour laughter - McGill University establishes a memorial to Stephen Leacock; The Balkheaded Society of Redcliff, Alberta is a highbrow service club that works for the community; Hollywood Boulevard - teenagers take advantage of traffic tangle to scout for dates (photos) - the new 'sport' of cruising; Boxer Tom McNeeley; Ginette Letondal of Montreal makes her mark in Paris; Busman's Holiday for Artists, with paintings by Gabriel Bastien; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
47 pages. Features: Prince Philip - Royal Patron of Science; Do-it-Yourself Broadway Musicals - twice a year a part-time Hamilton group stages a glamorous and glittering show - the Hamilton Theatre, Inc.; Winnipeg girl who belongs to Paris - Elaine Kennedy Gombault; Grasstronaut - an old space suit relieves a circulatory ailment and a man once bedridden can now walk again - John Pastor of Santa Monica; Raymond Massey Triumphs as a Doctor; Strong Arm Men - a wrist-wrestling contest held in Quebec produces two champions - O'Neil Corriveau and Andre Desbiens; A New Way with Glass - Artist Eric Wesselow creates stained glass with depth and dimension; Campaigning for Laughs - a cross-section of candidates tells about politics' lighter side - stories and pictures from eight political figures; Warren Spahn shows us baseball's $80,000 screwball; Britain brightens up - improving the appearance of buildings; Nipper by Doug Wright. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. 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
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
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: More Queer Fixes - A Meeting with a Meteor, In the Dark with a Mamba; A Night Attack; The Shot-Pickers; The Underground Pirates; Housekeeping Troubles in Annam; "In the Name of the Czar!" - I - A Subterranean Duel; Across Africa By Boat - I; Cupid and the Wire; Fallen Among Thieves; Remarkable "Follies"; Through the Black Canyon; Across Australia on a Bicycle; The Crop that Failed; Eight Days on an African Farm; Across Africa by Boat - II; More Queer Fixes - A Ride With Death - Sixteen Days Entombed - Lost in a Swamp; On the Roof of the Western World; Black Magic - A Weird Experience - Tambooze the Zulu; Life in the Sulphur Mines of Sicily; A Fight for Life Under Water; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger"; The Present that Went Astray; The Menace of the "Black Hand"; The Wreck of the "Dundonald"; The Experiences of a "Jackaroo"; The Story of Jasper Brown; Sporting Stories - A Brush with Elephants - The Senator's Tiger - A Ride on a Rhino; Buried Treasures in England; Six Months on a Drifting Ice-Floe; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger" - II; A Deal in Diamonds; Elk-Hunting in Sweden; How I Found My Wife; Across Africa by Boat - III; More Queer Fixes - an up and down affair - a battle with a shark; The Romance of Hermann Ochs; The "Night Riders" of Kentucky; "Captain Starlight"; More Queer Fixes - Imprisoned Under a Ship's Keel - A Motor-Boat in a Cyclone - An Uninvited Guest; A War Against a River; A Railway Stowaway; The Kauri Timber Industry; "Who Am I?"; My Ascent of Aconcagua; Running the Gauntlet; Eight Years in Babylonia - I; The Secret of the Castle; Ruined!; An Island in the Making; A Duel of Brains; Across Africa by Boat - IV; An Encounter with a Waterspout; The Ship that Disappeared; A Mountain of Gold; The "Vultures of Paris"; Eight Years in Babylonia - II; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - I; Caribou-Hunting in Newfoundland; More Queer Fixes - An Actor's Adventure - A Shifted Cargo; Through France in a Yacht; The Keeper of the Light; Flooded Out; The Bridge-Builders; Five Days in a Blizzard; A Holiday in Crete; A Short Cut; A Lion-Hunt in a Sewer; The Carriers of the Thames; How I Visited the Gouliot Caves; A Day with the South Sea Prince; More Queer Fixes - A Race Against a Leak - Two Hours in a Crevasse - The Millionaire's Messenger; The Perchten Dancers of Salzburg; The Wassmann Diamond; On the Frontier at Gibraltar;; A Romance of Two Islands - I; A Railway Smash to Order; The Ghost of the San Jose Mine; Up the Athabasca with the Fur-Traders; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - II. Average wear. Modest lean to spine. A sound copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); 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
