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The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - October 1929 - No. 378, Vol. 63
(Various); Alex, Donald R.G. Cameron, G.H. Mummery, Charles J.L. Clarke, Captain S.H. Woolf, et al
Editorial: George Newnes Limited, London, 1929
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Librería: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaBookwood
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Añadir al carritoPictorial Wraps. Condición: Fair. First Edition. The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - October 1929 - No. 378, Vol. 63. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Alex, Donald R.G. Cameron, G.H. Mummery, Charles J.L. Clarke, Captain S.H. Woolf, & several others. Cover story is "Find the…Woman", by "Alex", & illustrated by John de Walton. Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Front cover artwork by W.C. Nicolson. Front & rear covers printed in colour. Printed & published in Great Britain. "The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine, & it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black & white drawings." Staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A FAIR to GOOD COPY ONLY. Much handling wear, soiling & wear & creasing to covers & spine, covers loose, large (7cm) horizontal closed tear to rear cover, lacks spine ends, faint marginal staining throughout with associated rippling to pages, mild foxing, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally GOOD. 423-504pp + 28pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. Price reflects damage. SB-29.
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, September [Sept.] 1929, Vol. LXIII, No. 378: At Grips With the Desert / My Trip to Devil's Island
Cameron, Donald R.G.; Mummery, G.H.; Clarke, Charles J.L.; Woolf, S.H.; taylor, Carl N.; Sheppard, Sir William; Royal, Ken J.; Waldorf, N.J.; Mills, Arthur; Kohl, Edith Ammons; Stuart, Murray; Charles, R.G.; Verrill, A. Hyatt; Melville, Fred J.
Editorial: The International News Company, New York, 1929
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Librería: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Añadir al carritoSingle Issue Magazine. Condición: Fair. 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. 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 (ilustrador).
