Published by John Avery, London, 1918
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Good plus copy in the original colour-printed, stiff-card wraps. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and light wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong; 32 pages; A wonderful collection. Subjects: Dunn, Jas. R. - Poetry. 3 Kg.
Published by John Avery, London, 1918
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Good plus copy in the original colour-printed, stiff-card wraps. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and light wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong; 32 pages; A wonderful collection. Subjects: Dunn, Jas. R. - Poetry. 1 Kg.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1917
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: How I Saved My Husband From Execution - Mr. Yaro Galvon had been condemned to be shot by the Mexican Government; An Unknown Switzerland - Canada's Unknown Alpine Wonderland - The Canadian Rockies; Across the Atlantic in a Tug - Captain J.W. Penberthy spent 2.5 months taking a tug from Argentina to England; A Flying Man in South America - Part I - John G. Barron imported a monoplane to South America and spent 2.5 years their giving exhibition flights, often to people who had never seen an airplane - article with great photos; The Third Attempt - How I Escaped From Germany - Corporal John Southern explains how he succeeded on his third attempt; Seaman Blake Discovers Coney Island - an exciting day for two unsophisticated bluejackets of the Royal Navy; The Dogs of War - All abou the "Four-Footed" Soldiers of France, with nice photos; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part II - E.W. Hawkes travelled 3,000 miles in Labrador and Hudson Bay, gaining a vivid impression of its lonely trading ports and mission stations, and the curious manners and customs of the Eskimos - article with photos; "Back to the Land" - city-worker Frank Hemstreet decides to try his luck as an extra hand on a farm during harvest near Vanguard, Saskatchewan; "Red Rube" - an account of the lurid career of one of the most daring and successful train robbers to plague American railroad and express companies; The Saving of Paris - how the wit of a humble woodman's widow led to the preservation of the Western Railway of France in the early days of WWI; "What Happened to Glenholme" - a merchant ship is sunk by a German U-boat in the Mediterranean; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 483-572, [16] ads. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.