Cooper Sergeant a R (2 results)
Published by Jarrolds, Shelf 3, 1933
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 288 pp, portrait frontis, illustrated, all 16 plates present, bound in green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, sl crease bottom of 1 page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept.] 1930, Vol. 64, No. 383: Kitwancool Valley Survey / Round the World in a "Baby" Car
MacLeod, Jack; Ruxton, J.L.; De Havilland, Gladys; Gibbon, John; Sinclair, David; Reid, Major C. Lestock; Kohl, Edith Ammons; Melville, Peter; De Risse, Mark; Cooper, Sergeant A.R.; Lamond, Henry G.; Melville, Fred J.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital durin…g WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Tresilian, S.; Robinson, T.H.; Wenban, R.; Bestall, A.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Cleaver, Reginald; Peddie, T.H.; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Abbey, S.; (illustrator).
