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Men Only Magazine. April 1948. Front cover caricature: President Truman
J E Morpurgo !Give 'em the Axe" / R J Martin "Pocket-Money" / Llewellyn Pridham "The 'Big Uns'" / George Maracco "Merry Widows" / A G Street "April Pike" / R C Robertson-Glasgow "Esses (cricket)" / Sir Seymour Hicks "Eros" / Hylton Cleaver "Professor" / R P Odell "Rich Reward" / George MacLeod "Cutting Walking-Sticks" / R C Newton "Toujours La Politesse"Kai Lowry "Manolo and the Bull-fight" / Roderic Graeme "Sixty Seconds of Run" / John Witney "Up in Orkney" / Laurence Wild "Off the Peg"
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1948
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 116 pages. Illustrated. J E Morpurgo !Give 'em the Axe" / R J Martin "Pocket-Money" / Llewellyn Pridham "The 'Big Uns'" / George Maracco "Merry Widows" / A G Street "April Pike" / R C Robertson-Glasgow "Esses (cricket)" / Sir Seymour Hicks "Eros" / Hylton Cleaver "Professor" / R P Odell "Rich Re…ward" / George MacLeod "Cutting Walking-Sticks" / R C Newton "Toujours La Politesse"Kai Lowry "Manolo and the Bull-fight" / Roderic Graeme "Sixty Seconds of Run" / John Witney "Up in Orkney" / Laurence Wild "Off the Peg" (SL#19).
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The Captain February, 1921
Cleaver, Hylton; Brightwell, L.R.; Green, Oliver; Leverage, Henry; Perry, Lt.-Col. A.B.; Melville, Fred J.; Bird, Richard; Sewell, E.H.D.; Hopcroft, G.E.; Reeves, Robert
Language: English
Published by George Newnes Ltd, London, 1921
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Add to basketMagazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains The Pace-Makers by Cleaver, How They Played Rugger in America, When the Zoo Laughs written and illustrated by Brightwell, A Dog's Chance by Green, The Skywaymen by Leverage, Lofe in the Canadian Mounted Police by Perry, Chats on Stamp Collecting by Perry, Hooligan Hall by Bird,…The Field of Play by Sewell, How to Make a Model Lighthouse by Hopcroft, Buccaneers of the Desert by Reeves, The Laugher Shop and an Editorial by The Old Fag. The spine has some surface wear, a one inch closed tear at the top and a two inch closed tear at the bottom. The covers have some browning, a few light stains and light surface and edge wear Browning to the insides of the covers and the pages with light rusty stains around the staples but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Bernhard Hugh. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Hugh, Bernhard; Brock, H.M.; Brightwell, L.R.; Whitwell, T.M.R.; Wright, Frank; E.H. Thomas; Peddie, Tom (illustrator).
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Contemporary Superintendent : Preparation, Practice And Development
Bjork, Lars G. (EDT); Kowalski, Theodore J. (EDT); Barnett, Bruce G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Brunner, C. Cryss; Fusarelli, Bonnie C.; Fusarelli, Lance D.; Glass, Thomas E.; Grogan, Margaret; Gurley, D. Keith; Keedy, John L.; Petersen, George J.; Simmons, Juanita Cleaver; Young, Michelle D.
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Contemporary Superintendent : Preparation, Practice And Development
Bjork, Lars G. (EDT); Kowalski, Theodore J. (EDT); Barnett, Bruce G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Brunner, C. Cryss; Fusarelli, Bonnie C.; Fusarelli, Lance D.; Glass, Thomas E.; Grogan, Margaret; Gurley, D. Keith; Keedy, John L.; Petersen, George J.; Simmons, Juanita Cleaver; Young, Michelle D.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the crucial yet often overlooked challenge of waterproofing concrete, a practice that was in its infancy in the early 20th century. While the author acknowledges the plethora of patented and often secretive waterproofing preparations available, they also emphasize… the skepticism surrounding their effectiveness among prominent cement experts of the time. The book explores the various approaches to waterproofing, from surface coatings to the incorporation of specialized additives directly into the concrete mix. The author meticulously details the shortcomings of each method, highlighting the difficulties of achieving uniform and long-lasting protection. Through a series of rigorous experiments conducted at the Armour Institute of Technology, the author meticulously evaluates the performance of several popular waterproofing compounds. This in-depth analysis examines factors like tensile strength, absorption rates, and resistance to water pressure, providing invaluable insights into the true efficacy of these waterproofing solutions. The book's detailed examination of the scientific principles and practical challenges associated with waterproofing concrete offers a unique historical perspective on the evolving field of building materials and construction practices. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
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Playboy Magazine. Vol 15 No.05 - may 1968
John D. Mac Doald; Isaac Bachevis Singer; Ken W. Purdy; William Wiser; Robert L. Green; Daniel Mannix; Gerald Cleaver; J. G. Ballard; Len Deighton; Alan Westin; Thomas Mario; Jules Feiffer
Language: English
Published by Hugh M. Hefner, Chicago, 1968
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Add to basketTapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Primera edición. John D. Mac Doald; Isaac Bachevis Singer; Ken W. Purdy; William Wiser; Robert L. Green; Daniel Mannix; Gerald Cleaver; J. G. Ballard; Len Deighton; Alan Westin; Thomas Mario; Jules feiffer. MUY BUEN ejemplar. 226pp.
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Contemporary Superintendent : Preparation, Practice And Development
Bjork, Lars G. (EDT); Kowalski, Theodore J. (EDT); Barnett, Bruce G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Brunner, C. Cryss; Fusarelli, Bonnie C.; Fusarelli, Lance D.; Glass, Thomas E.; Grogan, Margaret; Gurley, D. Keith; Keedy, John L.; Petersen, George J.; Simmons, Juanita Cleaver; Young, Michelle D.
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Contemporary Superintendent : Preparation, Practice And Development
Bjork, Lars G. (EDT); Kowalski, Theodore J. (EDT); Barnett, Bruce G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia; Brunner, C. Cryss; Fusarelli, Bonnie C.; Fusarelli, Lance D.; Glass, Thomas E.; Grogan, Margaret; Gurley, D. Keith; Keedy, John L.; Petersen, George J.; Simmons, Juanita Cleaver; Young, Michelle D.
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Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the origi.
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Dissociating and Ionizing Gases in Engineering, Cambridge, 8th April 1964, A Symposium Arranged by the Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Group
Clarke, J. F.; & J. W. Cleaver, G. M. Lilley, I. E. Smith, J. A. Shercliff, J. K. Wright, B. C. Lindley
Published by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London:, 1964
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. First Edition. London:: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1964. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. A solid copy. Square and reasonably tight. Inner hinges are perfect. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No mar…gin notes. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Proceedings 1963-64, Volume 178, Part 3H, containing an introduction and five papers: 1) A REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF REACTING OR RELAXING GAS FLOWS by J. F. Clarke, J. W. Cleaver, and G. M. Lilley; 2) THE EFFECT OF DISSOCIATION IN ROCKETS, RAMJETS, AND WIND TUNNELS by I. E. Smith; 3) THE DYNAMICS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING GASES IN MAGNETIC FIELDS by J. A. Shercliff; 4) PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF MHD GENERATION by J. K. Wright; 5) MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC GENERATION -- THE FUTURE POWER PLANT by B. C. Lindley. Illustrated with figures/diagrams. Tables. Graphs. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original brick red cloth, lettered in bright white on the spine. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No jacket. vii, 70pp.
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The Theatre at Work Fireworks & Fetes Animals of Australia Zoo Birds Living Pictures Signs and Symbols A History of the Countryside Wild Flowers Pottery and its Making Mountain and Moorland Birds A Book of Trains
James Cleaver; Alan St. H. Brock; Webster Murray; Sheila Hawkins; David Seth Smith; John Maddison; G. E. Pallant Sidaway; Margaret & Alexander Potter; Paxton Chadwick; R. B. Talbot Kelly; W. J. Bassett-Lowke; F. E. Courtney
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. [1947]; [1946]; [1947] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library); 1951; 1950; 1953; c.1947; [1949]; [1950]; [1947] (Undated, dated from copies held by the British Library); 1949, Middlesex; New York, 1947
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A charming set of richly colour illustrated Penguin Picture books, including several uncommon, and first edition titles. A charming selection of 11 nostalgic 'Puffin Picture Books', all in original binding.Including a title divulging the magic of cinema - detailing common contemporary spec…ial effects and the practicalities behind film cameras - and a varied selection of zoological and historical titles.Illustrated in an array of vivid colour and monochrome vignette illustrations on almost every page.Including a number of first editions, in volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9, volume 2 being very scarce, and most of the collection being uncommon. Bound in original paper covers. Externally, very smart. Small graze to vol1 front cover. Original price stickers to rear covers of vols 1, 2, 10. Original price sticker to vols 3 and 7 front paste down. Original price sticker to vol11 front cover. Infrequent chipping to cover extremities. Occasional rubbing to spines. Notable loss to paper of vol2 front cover, and slight corresponding age toning to front page. Colour pencil marks to vol2 rear cover. Moderate stain to vol3 front paste down. Slight crease to vol6 rear cover. Occasional creasing to vol6 pages. Single small handling mark to vol10 front cover. Internally, firmly bound. Occasional slight rusting to stapled binding. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Maurice Wilson; Phyllis Ladyman; Not Stated (illustrator). book.
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August 1927 - Through Spain in Disguise
Malmignati, The Countess Guerrini; Mossman, Frank; Bowen, Patrick; Low, Captain John; Martyn, Frederic; Sprange, Grace; Clarke, Charles J.L.; Willard, Reta G.; Terry, Michael; Ingwersen, A.; Beaman, Sir Frank; Hawkes, Ernest W.; Stuart-Reid, G.E.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Features: Through Spain in Disguise - Part I of the story of an odd wager, by the Countess Guerrini Malmignati; The Tiger-Man of the Whynooche - locals of Chehalis and Mason counties in Washington state feared this killer; The Ghost of Ozwatini - a strange story from Natal;…"Quarrelsome Mac" - a nautical story; The "Hell-On-Earth" Legion - five years with the French Foreign Legion; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Our experiment in orange-growing (with wonderful photos) - part II; Nature's Nightmares - ugly animals; Nurse Warburton's Ordeal - she became lost while tramping from Hope to Princeton, British Columbia; Hunting the Australian Buffalo - article with super photos; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part III of a trip from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a forty-foot yacht; Trial by Jury - an awkward trial in India; Tuk-Took - a little Eskimo girl, her step-mother, and her dog - with nice photos; A Dead Man's Diary - an unknown white man perishes in the African wilds, but leaves his diary; The Mystery of "Dutch Henry" who was wanted "dead or alive" by two governments; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Cleaver, Reginald; ZMoorsom, F.G.; robinson, T.H.; Wightman, W.E.; Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Sindall, A.; Tresilian, S.; Piffard, H.; Mills, Reginals (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, April [Apr.] 1929, Vol. LXII, No. 372: A Trip to Eskimo-Land / The White Brother of the Sheik
Seabrook, W.B.; Warren, C.V.; Chinnery, E.W.P.; Tench, C.V.; Gibbons, John; Luke, Claude F.; Tweedie, John T.; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Faltersack, Fred P.; Wilson, J.F.; O'Beney, T.H.; "Billy See"
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part I - W.B. Seabrook's strange experiences among the nomad Bedouins - the Brethren of the Black Tents - and the weird sects of the Whirling and Howling Dervis…hes, all on his way to meet Mitkhal Pasha El Fayiz, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr - with photos; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part II - C.V. Warren describes a tea-planter's life in Ceylon; The Blank Space on the Map - A district officer ventures into the unexplored interior of British New Guinea; A Trip to Eskimo-Land - C.V. Tench had a memorable summer vacation steaming 2,000 miles from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik in the Arctic Circle - with many nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II - The continued amusing account of John Gibbons' tramp from the coast of France to Lourdes; Captured by the Liquor-Pirates - A British ship is seized and its entire cargo stolen by American prohibition-era thugs; In Search of a "Missing Link" - A trip to the Republic of Dominica to observe the world's rarest animal, a strange beast called the Solenodon Paradoxus The Strangest House in the World - "Spirit Home", built by Sarah L. Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California - with photos; Mistaken Identity - A Canadian trapper in the Rockies has an unpleasant ordeal; Recalled to Life - Certain castes of Hindus firmly believe that the wandering priests known as Yogis have uncanny powers in connection with snakes which can even restore the dead to life!; Sandy Haggett's Secret Mine - Seeking to retire from the strenuous goldfields to the life of a storekeeper, the author and his brother are soon enmeshed in a puzzling affair. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald; Silas, Ellis; Hall, Tom; Sindall, A.; Litchfield, G. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, May 1928, Vol. LXI, No. 361: Hunting the "Moonshiners" / Fire-Walkers of Mauritius / America's Murder Gangs Unmasked
Maule, D.; Musson, H.P.; Shaw, Mrs. M.; Brands, W.J.; Mills, John E.; ferguson, Ronald Muir; Mossman, Frank; drewet, Jeese Carr; Koh, Edith Ammons; Etherton, P.T.; Watt, Frederick B.; Parsons, Anthony; Jones, Lieut. Archibald; Beals, Carleton
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1928
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. 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; M…y 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. 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).
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct.] 1927, Vol. LIX, No. 354: Passages with Pachyderms / On Foot Through South America
Mackenzie, Lieut.-Colonel; Carden, Peter; Reid, Capt. C. Lestock; The Countess Guerrini Malmignati; Fitzpatrick, Capt. J.F.J.; Thompson, G.C.; Macpherson, Margaret; Reitz, Colonel Deneys; Dickie, Francis; Macdonald, Alexander; James, Robert; Ingwersen, A.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1927
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 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 'horse…man' 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. Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, March [Mar.] 1930, Vol. 64, No. 384: A Himalayan Marriage Market
Lees, Frederic; Gibbons, John; Shah, Sirdar Ikbal Ali; Reid, Major C. Lestock; Svartengren, Dr. T. Hilding; King, Walter F.; Gibson, Herbert J.; Bradley, K.G.; Batson, Alfred; Rayne, Major H.; Melville, Fred J.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1930
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 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 t…our 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. Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Perinni; Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Peddie, T.H. (illustrator).
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The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, March 1920, No. 263, Vol. 44
Foster, Harrison L.; Philby, H.St. J.B.; Shaw, Captain Frank H.; Walmsley, Lieut. Leo; Webster, Capt. F.A.M.; Noble, Lieut. W.; Moss, Capt. T.R.; MacAttammany, A.B.; Heighton, Joseph; White, Captain T.W.; Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak
Published by George Newnes, London, 1920
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 362-448, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol…Fighter Squadron; Queer Fixes - Falling Ten Thousand Feet; What Happened to Marshall Mabey; Gassed on a Chimney; My Two Years of Captivity Among the Turks - part 3; Among the Dyaks; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - part 3; On Foot Through South America, part 4; Silas Seeks London; In Little Known Afghanistan; Odds and Ends. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, March 1920, No. 263, Vol. 44 The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol Fighter Squadr. Illustrated by Broadhead, W. Smithson; Cleaver, Ralph; Reynolds, Warwick;Avis, W.; Thomas, E.H.; Elcock, Howard; Soper, G; Prater, Ernest;Brightwell, L.R.; Horne, A.E.; Ambler, C. Gifford (illustrator).
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The Wide World - True Stories of Adventure, April (Apr.) 1928, No. 360, Vol. LX - The Mitimoni Man-Eaters
O'Brien, R.; Verrill, A.; Galloway, F.; Stuart-Reid, G.; Shepherd, P.; beals, Carleton; Herschin, A.; Nolan, J.; Et al
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1928
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 422-504 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Ten Months Overdue - a stirring account of the luckless voyage of the Liverpool ship Denbigh Castle, which finally reached her point nearly a year overdue; Hunting the Tapir; Imam Baksh's Escape - a murder sto…ry from India; Sanna's Eagle - the strange fate that befell a South African lammarfanger, or lamb-eating eagle, which attacked a little Boer girl and caused her death; The Death Circle - two men wander in a Canadian prairie blizzard - one finds shelter, the other dies; In Quest of Gold - gold-seekers from San Francisco on their way to the land of the Yaqui Indians are forced to turn back; Levenson's Ordeal - Albert S. Levenson, a prominent California merchant, goes missing for five days while on a mountain holiday; Life in a Land of Death (part II) - adventures among the head-hunters and other picturesque inhabitants of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea - article with great photos; The Way of the East - a curious story from Vancouver's Chinatown; The Mitimoni Man-Eaters - two white men get involved with African native witchcraft, resulting in their responsibility for fatalities caused by two man-eating lions; "Square Pegs" (part II) - This absorbing tale will teach prospective immigrants more about Canadian prairie life than stacks of guide-books and official pamphlets; Wind - a tale told at the Roscoe Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. which explained why a man dreaded wind; The Yellow Box - a missing box sets a whole West Africa colony seething; The Smallest Park in the World. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. York, W.G.; Goss, G.W.; Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Tennant, Dudley; Cleaver, Reginald; Inns, Kenneth; Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian; Gale, W.G.; Soper, G.; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV - No. 261, January (Jan.) 1920 - Two Balloonatics
Brand, J.B.; Bourne, George;Franck, H.A.; Yerburgh, The Rev. W.H.B.; White, Capt. T.W.; Thomason, Hugh; Pocock, R.; Chinnery, E.W.P.; Mander, Lionel; McMahon, (MeMahon?) T.J.; Et al
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1920
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 177-272, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Blue Bandits - Part 1 - Elusive thieves operate in the Franco-Italian villages on either side of the frontier in the French department of the Hautes Alpes and the Italian district of Monte Viso; How I Lost My Christmas… Dinner - hilarious story of a Christmas spent with the Maori adherents of self-styled "prophet" Rua - article with photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 2 - photo-illustrated account of Harry A. Franck's visit to Quito and his tramp through Ecuador; The Last Voyage of H.M.S. "Drake" - a vivid glimpse of the perils of convoy work and the "price of Admiralty"; ; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 1; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 1of Airman Capt. T.W.White's adventures and daring escape; The Moonshiners - what happened when the author stumbled into a camp of Tennessee moonshiners; Photo of thousands of snakes at breeding time in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area; The Wonderland of the Arctic - description of a trip to Danish Greenland, with photos; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 3 - exploration and adventure in unknown New Guinea; Photo of German "Death Clock" constructed primarily of skulls and other bones; Two Balloonatics - an exciting balloon adventure from just before the war (WWI); Treasure Island - great photo-illustrated article about the remote South Pacific island of Nauru; The Mad Millionaire - how vast wealth came unexpectedly to a poor Mexican Indian, and the tragedy that ensued; The Sacred Mountain - photo-illustrated account of a picturesque Tibetan pilgrimage; The Resurrection of "Red" Wilson - an exciting story of the old days in the south-west, when the Apaches were still a terror in the land; Photo of a lakatoi (lakatois) New Guinea boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Robinson, T.H.; Gillett, F.; Horne, A.E.; Cleaver, Ralph; Brightwell, L.R.; Prater, Ernest; Tennant, Dudley; Webb, Arch.; Black, A. & M.; Soper, G.; Coller, Hy. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, April 1927 - American Crime - The RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment
Charnley, W.; Gilhespy, W.; Lambe, A.J.; Lee, Herbert Patrick; Richardson, Leslie; Macdonald, Robert M.; Barkas, Geoffrey; Vivian, Herbert; Reekie, A.S.; Stuart-Reid, G.E.; Desmond, Shaw; Parsons, Captain Anthony
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1927
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. 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 C…raig 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. 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).
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, November 1929
Hives, Frank; Bailey, Elliot;; Marshall, James Vance; Gibbons, John; "Indian Agent"; "Nemo"; Carr, C.B.; Morritt, W.B.; Dudgeon, A.M.; Dwyer, Harry H.; Dunn, H.H.; "The Captain"; Melville, Fred J.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1929
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 87-168 plus 32 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the author's train-h…opping adventure from Vancouver, British Columbia to New York before he carried on to England; Update on the "Harpist of Alexandria", made famous in the July 1928 issue of this publication; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - part II; "Lo! The Poor Indian" - An amusing account of the ways and wiles of the Red men of British Columbia - with photos; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery - one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the West Australian Police; The Elephant-Slayer - an amusing story from Kenya colony in 1905-6; A Weighty Problem - young Captain Gillon and the vessel Saragossa; Piano Tuner Kenneth J. McCombie's Adventure; In a Hole - the author fell into a hole at a New Mexico gravel pit; "Wide World" Sequels; The "Fleet of the Lost" - great article about the old windjammers residing at Alameda, on the shores of San Francisco Bay - article with nice photos; Man and his Needs; House and Garden; Stamps of the World. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian, S.; Peddie, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Prater, Ernest; Williams, Fleming; Bendall, C.; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine, June 1923, Vol. LI No. 302: Bali - Isle of Wonder
Thomason, Hugh; Walmsley, Leo; Collins, Dale; Meng, I.; Osborne, H.C.; Vivian, H.; Shepstone, H.J.; Lane, R.W.; Holloway, W.H.; Casserly, G.; Collinson, C.W.; Alexander, A.; Masters, D.; Gilhespy
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 89-176, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The House of Death - how an Oklahoma rancher saved his own life; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 6 - the continued story of this European adventure trip; Bali - Isle of Wonder - wonderfully photo-illustrated article;… Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - part 1of the adventure of Mrs. Idelle S. Meng and her husband on one of the loneliest islands in the Pacific; The Six Feathers - the unfortunate experience of a New Guinea trader who tried to smuggle the forbidden bird-of-paradise plumes out of the country; The Wood-Carvers of the Tyrol - great photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Groden VValley; The Romance of the Fur Trade - photo-illustrated article on fur trapping and fur farming in North-west Canada, including photo of a large polar bear being hauled into a boat; A Woman in Unknown Albania - part 3; The Trail of the Lonesome Postman - letters being delivered to some of the world's most remote locations; Caught by a Crocodile a British officer attempts to fill his water bottle at a river; The Idol That Jumped - the author purchased a 'devil-devil' figure from a Solomon Island chief, then startling things happened; The Merepur Mystery - a mystery is solved in India; The Man Who Fell Six Miles - Major R.W. Schroeder and his airplane - article with photos; The Written Word - Jim Carter saved himself in India with some clever writing. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Wood, Stanley L.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, F.E.; Sherie, E.F.; Woodville, R. Caton; Holloway, W.E.; Gillett, F.; Sindall, A.; Tennant, Dudley; Prater, E. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine, January (Jan.) 1923, Vol. L, No. 297 - The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere
Walmsley, L.; Buckley, H.C.; Darling, E.; Pound, R.; Richards, S.H.W.; Grimshaw, B.; Denys, C.; Donovan, T.B.; Carline, R.; Lees, G.F.; Masters, D.; Sutherland, H.M.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot i…n Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Cleaver, Reginald; Campbell, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, E.; Broadhead, W. Smithson; Hiley, Francis C.; Paxton, R.B.M.; Soper, G.; Robinson, T.H.; Skelton, J.R. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine, March (Mar.) 1923, Vol. L. No. 299 - With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea
Vivian, H.; Verrill, A.Hyatt; Walmsley, L.; Elliot, H.W.; Bailey, H.P.; Masters, D.; Dowsett, J.M.; Lampson, Sir Curtis; "Awudu"; Hogg, J.E.; Lees, G.F.; Utecht, B.C.; Herschin, A.
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrene…es - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Reynolds, Warwick; Carruthers, G.P.; Tennant, Dudley; Holmes, Fred; Brock, H.M.; Soper, Geo.; Brock, H.M. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine, July 1923 - The Mystery of Ayers Valley
Patterson, Walter G.; Spencer, Charles; Pound, Reginald; Dirking, E.J.; Lane, Rose Wilder; Leo Walmsley; Hogg, John Edwin; Meng, Idelle S.; Pound, Reginald; St. Lawrence, Bernard; McMaines, Frank M.; Spry, Graham
Published by George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1923
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a… Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M.; Carruthers, G.P.; Woodville, R. Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, F.E.; Sherie, E.F. (illustrator).
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, December [Dec.] 1927, Vol. LX, No. 356: Through Arctic Seas / Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger
Sheppard, W.H.; Kenworthy, J.M.; Gillingham, Donald W.; Malmignati, The Countess Guerrini; White, W.J. Penberthy; MacNab, Alexander; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Carson, Jesse C.; Sprange, Grace; Clinning, T.O.; Lee, Herbert Patrick
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1927
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River, British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon…. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati, disguised as Arab beggars, sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world, fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery, of Main Street, Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment, disillusionment, and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam, near Pretoria, South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, December 1927, Point Barrow, The "Goldenburg Coward", Spruce River, British Columbia, goldrush, summer 1900, Long-Haired Chinese Tiger, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy, tiger hunting - China, Through Arctic Seas, Hudson Bay C. Illustrated by Wood, Stanley L.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Cleaver, Reginald;Dowd, Leo P.; Holloway, Cyril; Moorsom, F.G.; Prater, E.; Wightman, W.E.;Briault, S. (illustrator).
