The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - December 1929 - No. 380, Vol. 64

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The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - December 1929 - No. 380, Vol. 64. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Nemo, Frank Hives, Anton Hauptmann, Elliot Bailey, James Vance Marshall, John Gibbons, & several others. Cover story is "The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery", by "Nemo", & illustrated by Ernest Prater. This mystery is set in Western Australia. The introduction notes it's "the story of one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the Western Australian police". Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Great 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 almost detached, insect nibbling & staining & rubbing to rear cover, mild foxing, slight rippling to pages, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally VERY GOOD. 87-168pp + 32pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. SB-29. N° de ref. del artículo 029614

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