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Verlag: Quinn Publishing, Buffalo, NY, 1957
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SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good-. Vol. 7, No. 2. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover by Mel Hunter. Includes "Abbr." (short novel) by Frank Riley; "Nor Dust Corrupt" by James McConnell; "The Old Goat" by Charles Fontenay; "Ultimate Melody" by Arthur C. Clarke; "War Game" by Bryce Walton; "The Floater" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Cronus of the D.F.C." by Lloyd Biggle; "The Rumble and the Roar" by Stephen Bartholomew. Article: "Prognosis for Tomorrow" by Alan E. Nourse. M.D. Features: "Editor's Report"; "What Is Your Science I.Q.?"; "Science Briefs"; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Ed Emsh, Virgil Finlay, Paul Orban. Tanning; has been a little wet at lower edges, fairly minor; edgewear; upper front foredge corner scarred.dents and bumps to front; minor tear at heel.
Verlag: Quinn Publishing, Buffalo, NY, 1957
Magazin / Zeitschrift
SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good-. Vol. 7, No. 2. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover by Mel Hunter. Includes "Abbr." (short novel) by Frank Riley; "Nor Dust Corrupt" by James McConnell; "The Old Goat" by Charles Fontenay; "Ultimate Melody" by Arthur C. Clarke; "War Game" by Bryce Walton; "The Floater" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Cronus of the D.F.C." by Lloyd Biggle; "The Rumble and the Roar" by Stephen Bartholomew. Article: "Prognosis for Tomorrow" by Alan E. Nourse. M.D. Features: "Editor's Report"; "What Is Your Science I.Q.?"; "Science Briefs"; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Ed Emsh, Virgil Finlay, Paul Orban. Creasing; spine has been wet and is a bit stained; tanning; corner wear.
Verlag: Quinn Publishing, Buffalo, NY, 1957
Magazin / Zeitschrift
SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good+. Vol. 7, No. 2. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover by Mel Hunter. Includes "Abbr." (short novel) by Frank Riley; "Nor Dust Corrupt" by James McConnell; "The Old Goat" by Charles Fontenay; "Ultimate Melody" by Arthur C. Clarke; "War Game" by Bryce Walton; "The Floater" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Cronus of the D.F.C." by Lloyd Biggle; "The Rumble and the Roar" by Stephen Bartholomew. Article: "Prognosis for Tomorrow" by Alan E. Nourse. M.D. Features: "Editor's Report"; "What Is Your Science I.Q.?"; "Science Briefs"; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Ed Emsh, Virgil Finlay, Paul Orban. Bump to front; small adhesion to rear; small letter W in pink on rear cover; tanning; corner wear.
SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 33, No. 3. Final issue. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Alexander Samalman & Herbert D. Kastle.] Cover art by Emsh for "The Naked Sky" (complete novel; vt - "The Joy Ride") by James E. Gunn. Includes "Jungle Doctor" (novelet) by Robert F. Young; "The Glob" by Bryce Walton; "Lazarus" by Margaret St. Clair; "Compleated Angler" by Mack Reynolds; "Sediment" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Hay Fever" by Theron Raines; "The Sin" by Winston Marks; "I Like a Happy Ending" by Leslie Waltham. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Love Song" (verse) by Alex Samalman; "What's New Under The Sun" by Herbert D. Kastle. Illustrated by Finlay, Emsh & Schomburg. A little soiled; edge tears and creasing; corner chips.
SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good. Vol. 33, No. 3. Final issue. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Alexander Samalman & Herbert D. Kastle.] Cover art by Emsh for "The Naked Sky" (complete novel; vt - "The Joy Ride") by James E. Gunn. Includes "Jungle Doctor" (novelet) by Robert F. Young; "The Glob" by Bryce Walton; "Lazarus" by Margaret St. Clair; "Compleated Angler" by Mack Reynolds; "Sediment" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Hay Fever" by Theron Raines; "The Sin" by Winston Marks; "I Like a Happy Ending" by Leslie Waltham. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Love Song" (verse) by Alex Samalman; "What's New Under The Sun" by Herbert D. Kastle. Illustrated by Finlay, Emsh & Schomburg. Short closed foredge tear; cup ring and '29' written on cover; tiny bughole in upper edge.
Verlag: Quinn Publishing, Buffalo, NY, 1957
Magazin / Zeitschrift
SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good+. Vol. 7, No. 2. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover by Mel Hunter. Includes "Abbr." (short novel) by Frank Riley; "Nor Dust Corrupt" by James McConnell; "The Old Goat" by Charles Fontenay; "Ultimate Melody" by Arthur C. Clarke; "War Game" by Bryce Walton; "The Floater" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Cronus of the D.F.C." by Lloyd Biggle; "The Rumble and the Roar" by Stephen Bartholomew. Article: "Prognosis for Tomorrow" by Alan E. Nourse. M.D. Features: "Editor's Report"; "What Is Your Science I.Q.?"; "Science Briefs"; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Ed Emsh, Virgil Finlay, Paul Orban. Not quite square; dealer's marks in pencil; 'Piers and Carol', previous owner, written in ink on first page. Piers Anthony association copy. Association.
Verlag: Zondervan Academic, 2009
ISBN 10: 0310255775ISBN 13: 9780310255772
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SingleIssueMagazine. Zustand: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 33, No. 3. Final issue. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Alexander Samalman & Herbert D. Kastle.] Cover art by Emsh for "The Naked Sky" (complete novel; vt - "The Joy Ride") by James E. Gunn. Includes "Jungle Doctor" (novelet) by Robert F. Young; "The Glob" by Bryce Walton; "Lazarus" by Margaret St. Clair; "Compleated Angler" by Mack Reynolds; "Sediment" by Kenneth O'Hara [Bryce Walton]; "Hay Fever" by Theron Raines; "The Sin" by Winston Marks; "I Like a Happy Ending" by Leslie Waltham. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Love Song" (verse) by Alex Samalman; "What's New Under The Sun" by Herbert D. Kastle. Illustrated by Finlay, Emsh & Schomburg. Tanning; dealer's marks; minor pull.
Verlag: Fictioneers, Chicago, Illinois, USA., 1947
Anbieter: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Kanada
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Cowboy Painted Cover; (illustrator). ACE-HIGH (Pulp Magazine). June 1947; -- Volume 15 #1 Funeral Smith Deals Out Death by Tom Roan; Writers- Tom Roan; Lee E. Wells; Wayne D. Overholser; Will C. Brown; Joseph F. Hook; J. Walton Doyle; DeWitt Newbury; Hascal Giles; Kenneth L. Sinclair; James G. MacCormack; Robbins and Waggener ILLUSTRATOR - Cowboy Painted Cover; PUBLISHER - Fictioneers; PLACE- USA; DATE - June 1947; EDITION First by Publisher BOOK TYPE - PULP Magazine DESCRIPTION; ** THREE WESTERN NOVELS; Funeral Smith Deals Out Death by Tom Roan; Bullet Swap for Yuma Beef by Lee E. Wells; Pack Your Law on the Hip by Wayne D. Overholser; ** COMPLETE NOVELETTE; Lead Ballots Don't Count by Will C. Brown; ** FIVE SHORT STORIES; The Trap and the Bait by Joseph F. Hook; If the Hangnoose Fits by J. Walton Doyle; Hard Rock Men Are Loco by DeWitt Newbury; The Word of Railhead Smith by Hascal Giles; Last Draw by Kenneth L. Sinclair; ** TWO DRAMATIC FEATURES ; Smoky Verdict by James G. MacCormack; Second String Heroes by Robbins and Waggener; >> Chipping to cover edges; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Verlag: Pickwick Publications, 2020
ISBN 10: 1532693710ISBN 13: 9781532693717
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Verlag: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Sindall, A.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Inns, Kenneth; York, W.G.; Burns, Inder; Abbey, S.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Hiley, Francis E. (illustrator). First Edition. Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy.
Verlag: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Wightman, W.E.; Woodville, R.Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Nicolson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Gillett, Frank; Burns, Inder (illustrator). First Edition. Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy.
Verlag: George Newnes Limited, London, 1930
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Tresilian, S.; Goss, G.W.;Wenban, R.; Wigfull, W.E.; Soper, George; De Walton, John; Robinson, T.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, May 1930, Wilbert Hess, John Bymyer, Nelson Reymeyer, John Curry, The Secret Submarine, Spanish Main, The Largest Map in the World, Ferry Building - San Francisco, The Phantom Gunman, Johannesburg Police, The Last of the Sea Elephan.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Prater, Ernest; East, Laurence; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.W.; Wenban, R.; Wigfull, W.E.; Abbey, S.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Inns, Kenneth; Holloway, Cyril (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy in her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1925
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Gale, W.J.; Wightman, W.E.; Goss, G.W.; Tresilian, S.; Soper, George; De Walton, John; Wigfull, W.E.; Thompson, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. 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.
Verlag: Roadster Works, 2000
ISBN 10: 0972034714ISBN 13: 9780972034715
Anbieter: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, USA
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Verlag: The International New Company, New York, 1924
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (illustrator). First Edition. 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.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Caney, C.E.; Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Soper Geo.; Goss, G.W.; Thompson, Kenneth; Peddie, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Gale, W.J. (illustrator). First Edition. 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.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1922
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Prater, E.; Holloway, C.; Oakdale, E.G.; Hodgson; E.S.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Whitaker, W.G.; Coller, H.; Waddell, J. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.
Verlag: The International News Company, New York, 1928
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Lance; Sindall, A.W.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Spence, Percy; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Seper, George (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.