Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 223-290 plus ads. Features: The Taxi-man's Revenge - officers shot at Prince Rupert, British Columbia Court House in 1937; The Miracle; The Shooter; The Man Who Waited - a story from Oto in southern Nigeria in 1911; Loot From Peking - an important ring and tablets circa the Boxer Rebellion; The Human Tiger; First Blood - an amusing tale from India; Burton's Boots; My Wife; The Clue of the Single Finger-print, Part II - the hold-up of the First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado, and its bloody aftermath; O-I-L - a story from the wilds of Patagonia; Diamond Cut Diamond - A Gold Coast mining struggle; The "Debbil-Debbil" Stone - what happened when the grave of a medicine man was unearthed; short article on the "Padley Martyrs" with photo; many nostalgic ads; and more. Covers present but detached as one. Bit of price sticker remnant on front cover. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy.
Verlag: George Newnes, London, 1935
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Stott, W.R.S.; Nicolle; Golden, Grace; Soper, George;Cuneo, T.; Osmond, Edward; Holloway, Cyril; Nicolson, W.C.; Wigfull, W.E.;Tresilian, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 1-84, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - What the Palmist Foretold; Our Japanese Burglar; The Pickle-Bottle; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, April 1935, No. 445, Vol. 75 Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things -.