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Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Illustrated by Saville Lumley; Francis E Hiley; K W Coales; W B Handforth; Ilustrador. 4to; hardback; G++; red cloth spine; cover corners a little worn; nice bright covers this book has some gorgeous plates, as well as stories ; some Louis wain style cat line drawings (uncredited) to the last story 'Why there was no ice on the Duck Pond'; fascinating articles; another really interesting mixture of items that give an insight into the time it was written. ; The Children's Companion; Vol. 1; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. Gordon, Alexandre; Somerfield, T.; Wood, Stanley L.; Ogle, R.B.; Coller, Hy.; Elcock, H.K.; Leake, Gerald; Simmons, Graham; McCormick, H. Ilustrador. First Edition. Pages 401-498, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: "Hoodlum" - the plucky deed of fireman Roger Berry aboard the tug-boat "Elmer" on Lake Erie one stormy night - article with photos; Some New British Climbs - George Abraham describes a new route up the famous Pillar Rock and more, illustrated with remarkable photos; Like a Rat in a Trap - a nerve-trying adventure from 1888 near Southall, Middlesex finding leaks in a sewer pipe; Hurri Singh's Cobra - an adventure from the lake district of Kumaon; A Remarkable Open-Air Theatre at Interlaken, Switzerland; The Ship of Death - a strange story of the awful experience which befell a party of Royal Navy officers and men who boarded a mysterious barque on the high seas in 1908; East Africa As I Saw it (part IV) - photo-illustrated adventures illustrate life in Portuguese East Africa; The Swift Saskatchewan - what happened to a man who fell asleep in a canoe in the mighty Saskatchewan River in 1907; "Back to the Land" - a man in South Africa discovers he is not likely to become a successful farmer; The Poacher-Catchers - adventures of the five-man teams which guard the fur-bearing animals of Yellowstone Park; Pedro the Ladrone - an exciting story from the Philippines told by an officer of the U.S. Army who was in charge of a company of native scouts, with photo of the surrender of General Ramon Santos at Liago; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part I) - the first and only attempt ever made to cross canada from Ocean to Ocean - this marvelously photo-illustrated article deals with Thomas Wilby's experiences on the way to Winnipeg, where his worst troubles began; The Fight in the Moonlight - H. Randolph Spencer and his adventure with two bears in the Olympic Mountains in 1905; Photo of huge floating (?) Burmese pagoda in the form of a hen; Photo of large metallic anklets riveted to young women of Southern Nigeria; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.