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Published by Univ of Alabama Pr, Tuscaloosa, 1961
Seller: Court Street Books/TVP Properties, Inc., Florence, AL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Printed Paper Covers. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Produced by the US Geological Survey and includes charts, graphs, black and white photographs, etc. The cover of the book is tattered and taped but the contents are okay.
Published by Dean & Son, 1111
Seller: Hessay Books, York, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Sutcliffe, G W Goss, H Mostyn (illustrator). First Edition. Probably circa 1930. Green cloth spine and paper covered boards with a coloured illustration of a smiling girl to the front board. 140 pp, the paper browning a little with age, 4 colour plates and b + w illustrations. Gift inscription to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. 12 adventure stories for girls.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Illustrated By J. E. Sutcliffe (illustrator). Red cloth with faded gilt titles and illusrations to spine. Very slightly rubbed to corners and edges. Spine sunned. No inscriptions. Good black and white illustrated plates. 572 pages followed by 4 pages of book lists. Pages clean and tightly bound. Size: 4.25" By 6.25" Tall.
Hard Back. Condition: Book Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Sutcliffe, J.E. (Illustrator) (illustrator). Reprint. 572 pages. Maroon binding, gilt titles & partial decoration to spine which has coloured lightened, slight wear wo spine-ends & corners, slight signs of fading with slight flecks/marks to boards. Ink inscription to top of title page dated 1926 - the only date on book. Dark red end-papers. Attractive b/w plates. Page-edges very slightly darkened. Nice respectable arrearance.
Published by Collins' Clear-type press, 1950
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sutcliffe, J E (illustrator). Undated c1950 Collins' Clear-type press pocket hardback; good+ lightly aged copy, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.
Published by The Infantry Directorate / The War Offi8, 1958
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 66 pages. Illustrated. Montgomery of Alamein "The Reorganization Of The Infantry" / The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst - News Letter / Captain D E N Cameron "Operation Muscat" / Major M W Sutcliffe "The Infantry Pilot in the Army Air Corps" / Weapons in the U.S. Armoury / Some Unit Medical Problems encountered During the Oman Campaign July - August, 1957 / Sir Brian Horrocks "The British Soldier of Tomorrow" / The Trucial Oman Scouts / Some Thoughts on Feeding of Infantry in War / Major A G Jones "Neutral, My Foot!" / Polo in Nigeria (SL#99).
Published by Literary Licensing, LLC 10/27/2013, 2013
ISBN 10: 149404742XISBN 13: 9781494047429
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Studies in Occult Chemistry and Physics, V1 0.66. Book.
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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 27.
Published by Literary Licensing, LLC 3/30/2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1497995272ISBN 13: 9781497995277
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Essays And Addresses On Theosophy And Science 0.72. Book.
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Published by Collins Clear - Type Press, London & Glasgow
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Frontispiece and Illustrations By J. E. Sutcliffe (illustrator). No Date. fading soiling on spine, shelf wear, binding tight. owners inscription, S2 3.
Publication Date: 1907
Seller: Veronica's Books, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. No publisher or date of printing listed, ca 1907. Compilation of Sutcliffe's theosophical essays. Pages fragile with a couple of tears forming. Last page missing with text ending in mid-sentence, hinges starting. Scarce. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book.
Published by Manchester University Press/Barnes & Noble, Inc, New York, 1969
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo. First printing. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ink name to the front endpaper, light edge-wear to the dust jacket, and a small chip to the spine head, but overall a good clean copy.
Published by Oxford University Press for the Yellowsands Press, 1935
Seller: Riley Books, Oswaldtwistle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Card Wraps. Condition: Very Good. G. Eyles, G. Kadleigh (illustrator). First. A slim volume, grey cad cover witg green cloth down spine, white labels with title and authors' names on front cover and spine. Very slight signs of wear, with faint stain near top left hand corner of front cover and a small bump to top of spine. This is a beautifully produced book, decorated with woodcuts and printed on very thick paper. Book.
Published by Collins, London, Glasgow
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sutcliffe, J.E. (illustrator). leather bound; full burgundy soft leather; lettering in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; all gilt is bright; 572 pages in Collins Clear-Type press; no date; ca 1920's.
Published by Manchester-New York, Manchester University Press-Barnes & Noble. 1969, 1969
ISBN 10: 0719003644ISBN 13: 9780719003646
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Book
Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt title spinbe, dustjacket, 8vo: frontispiece portrait, xiv, 314pp., 23 contributions, bibliography works Vinaver, notes, references, list subscribers, table of contents, list libraries. Fine copy.
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Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1969
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, small inscription on front endpaper, boards tidy, light chipping to edges of dust jacket but otherwise neat. Size: 8vo.
Published by Theosophical Publishing House, 1923
Seller: Ahab Books, Glencoe, CA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good/Ex-Library. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY copy, but with only a card pocket on ffep; no other library marks.
Published by Theosophical Publishing House, 1923
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1923. No Edition Stated. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Volume I. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Extensive pencil annotating to pages throughout, with notes mainly on front endpapers. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with soiling, staining and marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine.
Published by Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1922, 1922
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Paperback. Wear creasing and chipping, otherwise very good.
Published by Rider, London, 1930
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 139 pp. Text contains some ink markings. Binding firm, spine cocked with wear to ends. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked. Corners bumped. The publication date given above is an estimate only, there being no date given in the book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: New Age & Alternative; Science & Technology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48180.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1927
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Leigh, Conrad; Hiley, Francis E.; Robinson, T.H.; Wightman,W.E.; Woodville, Caton; Goss, G.W.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest;Soper, G.; Sutcliffe, Norman (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 169-252 + 20 pages of nice ads, Features: Lost in a Cave - three men suffer in a newly-discovered cavern in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky; "Ju-Ju" and its Spell - the notorious city of Benin and the ill-omened "Palace of Blood" where human sacrifice once took place almost daily - article with great photos; The Mountain of Gold - part1 - a trip to Canada; "Tinclad" - a boat constructed of stolen material for a daring prison escape; A Tenderfoot in Canada - part 1 - H.P. Musson ventures across Canada and secures his first job; The "Devil-Leopard" of Poosapally - it killed 30 people; The Uninvited Guest - an Indian Panther tale; The Ming Jar - what happened after a collector purchased a choice example from a temple near Canton; Mazulla and his Sahib - part 2 - an inspiring record from India - with photo of Mazulla and two of his children; In Quest of the "Bearded Boar" - in search of a trophy of this rare species located on an island in the Dutch East Indies; Across North America in a Motor-Boat - conclusion - Triumphant arrival in New York City - article with photos; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, January (Jan.) 1927, Vol. LVIII, No. 345 - Across North America in a Motor Boat Lost in a Cave - three men suffer in a newly-discovered cavern in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky; "Ju-Ju" and its S.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1920
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Somerfield, T.; Hodgson, E.S.; Sheldon, C.M.; De Walton, John; Sutcliffe, J.E.; Whittaker, W.G.; "Robin"; Elcock, Howard; Small, A.G.; Wright, Frank; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, Ernest; Paxton, R.B.M.; Morrow, Albert (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: My Rest-Cure - experience on a house-boat in Kashmir; The Saving of the "Cardium" - what happened with this oil ship caught fire with 12,000 tons of benzene aboard; The Hinton Murder Case, and George W. Pendleton; "Little Woman of Flame" - what happened with two solitary white women took up farming in East Africa; Photo of steeplejack Jack Hassler climbing a building in Philadelphia; "My Strangest Experience"; The Lifted Veil, part 6 of a strange story of two British officer POWs in Turkey; The Temple of the Tapirs - an exciting trip into the wilds of Mexico; "Draw Poker" - a detective recounts a New York story; Among the Bolshevists - an R.A.F. officers interesting sidelights on the operations against the Bolshevists in North Russia - with great photos; Into the Unknown - part 2 - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea; A Cowboy Adrift; A Kedah Buffalo-Fight - photo-illustrated story of this little-known Malay (Malaysian) sport; Photo of huge (dead) gorilla in the Cameroons; Anthropop-Apology; The Long Arm of the Law - murderers who were detected years after their crimes; The Battle of Ludlow - strikers battle state militiamen in the Colorado coalfields. Covers detached but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1929
Book
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Norman Sutcliffe; T.H. Peddie; W.J. Gale; Dudley Tennant; John De Walton; E.J. Kealey; S. Tresilian; Cyril Holloway; S.H. Vedder; Francis E. Hiley; G.W. Goss; Nicolson (cover) (illustrator). American Edition. Pages 254-336 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: Biggest Hold-up on Record - robbery of the U.S. Mail at Toledo, Ohio in February, 1921; Salvaging a God - a tale of South Sea natives and one of their gods; Pekin (Peking / Beijing) to London, Mostly by Car- Fantastic photo-illustrated article on Capt. D.M. McCallum's 15,000 mile adventure, including photos of Angkor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada (part 3 of 3) - H.P. Musson's homestead turns out to be all rocks and precipices!; The People of Pierre Le Loupe - George E. Stuart-Reid volunteers with the North-West Mounted to finally capture a half-breed murderer after a long and arduous hunt; A Day in the Life of a South African Farmer; Over Niagara Falls in a Rubber Ball! - Amazing photo-illustrated article on Jean Albert Lussier and his daring exploit; How I Won My Horse - Margaret S. Coffman and her challenging 300-mile Texas ride; The Big Leopard - John de Bruin recounts how he was attacked - with photo; When Raj Mungal Saw Red - a valuable elephant goes rogue in Sabalpur, India; The Snake Worshippers - a story from Calcutta about the Ooriyas, natives of the province of Orissa on the east coast of India; Through the Heart of Afghanistan - Part 2 of 2 of this photo-illustrated account of Emil Trinkler and his trip to this strange land of desolate mountains and fertile valleys, with photos of the huge cliff carvings at Bamian; Following the Frontier Trail - Newspaperwoman Edith Ammons Kohl recounts her experiences in the vast range country of Wyoming; My Strangest Experience - a story of the occult by a trooper in the B.S.A. police. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1929
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: 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.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1926
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Wood, Stanley, L.; Nicolson, W.C.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Eyles, D.C.; Kane, Thornton; Peddie, Tom; Sutcliffe, Norman (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Cowboy in Trouble - A tale from Indian Territory which is now part of Oklahoma; The Seminoles of Florida - An interesting photo-illustrated account of these hermits of the Florida wilds; The Longest Voyage on Record - An authoritative account of the "Maria Madre", presently moored at Paysandu, Uruguay - with photos; The Way of the Wild - Photo-illustrated article by cinematographer F. Ratcliffe Holmes about his adventures filming wildlife; Filed - Until Found - The daring escape of John Kelly from the Worcester, MA jail; My First Rhino - After V.G. Bell bagged his first, he was nearly bagged by a nearby rhino; The Wild Tribes of Malaya - Edward E. Long visits unknown stone-age tribes - article with wonderful photos; "Stope Number Five East" - Grim story from the Golden Gleam Mine in Nevada; Among the "White Arabs" - Photo illustrated article on the Shawiya Berbers of Algeria; The Ju-Ju Man's Vengeance - The death of a German by hypnotism in West Africa; Painting Pictures Beneath the Sea - Well-known landscapte artist Tilden Dakin paints submarine 'seascapes' from a diving-bell of his own design; "Ginger" To the Rescue! - A story of the old 'blackbirding' days in the South Seas, when the recruiters were not always over-scrupulous as to how they obtained native labour for the plantations; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part II - Jack McLaren spent eight years with savages on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula in Australia - with photos. 88 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1925
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: 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.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1928
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; gale, W.G.; Sindall, A.W.; Moorsom, F.G.; tresilian, S.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Carruthers, G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1927
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Gale, W.G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. 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.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1928
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Moorsom, F.G.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Goss, G.W.; Potts, Leonard (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Hidden Bay - A member of the Cape Police investigates a series of missing boats and their crews; The Parson - A Tale of old frontier days in Marshall, Texas; A Gambling Raid in Malaya - A white police officer single-handedly attempts to raid a gambling-den in the Malay States; Through Arctic Seas - Part III - The continues adventures of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo in the Western Arctic as it studies the Eskimos and wild life - with map and many nice photos; Among the Kazak Nomads - Matthew Edwards describes his time with these hardy riders of the plains, who enjoy hunting with trained eagles - including many very nice photos; On Tour With a Puppet Show - Part I - Walter Wilkinson travels through the West of England with his glorified Punch-and-Judy outfit; George's Crocodile - an amusing tale from the coast of China; "Bimbo" - Russell Afzal's dog killed a sacred monkey, was cursed, and died a mysterious death; Pat the Teacher - He drifted to a remote Australian sheep station and proved his manhood to the full; The Isle of Rip Van Winkle - A visit to the quaint and beautiful island of Banda, the "Pearl of the Moluccas" - with photos; The Romance of Pearls - An excellently photo-illustrated account of the fisheries of Ceylon, with some interesting stories concerning pearls; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part II - The continued tale of Major Jackson's year-long, 6,000 mile trip from Beira to Banana - with interesting photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1925
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Eyles, D.C.; Hiley, F.E.; Soper, G.; Skelton, J.R.; Woodville, R.C.; Sutcliffe, N.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; De Walton, J. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The "Black Cat's" Kitten - a story from the cattle lands of Brazil; Fighting Forest Fires with Seaplanes - an interesting photo-illustrated account of new developments in Canada; Mulga Tom's Secret - a curious Australian quest; In Quest of the Unknown - part 2 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on adventures among the Chucunaque Indians; The Haunted Room of Tower HIll Barracks - a remarkable story from the early days of Sierra Leone; "Mad Mike" - part 2 - his romantic association with Laumona in the South Seas; Sergeant Ralph F. Douglas hangs by a rope in mid-air; The Two Inseparables - a tale from the Punjab of two men, four rugs and criminal convictions; The Case for the Sea-Serpent narratives of reliable witnesses to sightings of 'sea-serpents' over the past 25 years; The Whisky Pirates - a prohibition tale from the U.S.; Through Savage Europe - part 4 of 4 of the humourous account of a painting vacation in the Balkans; A Deal in Cocoa - an amusing story from the Gold Coast. Covers detached as one but present. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.