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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 412pp + publisher book ads. Red cloth HC with gilt lettering and paste-on color picture. B/W and color illustrations. No library stamps. Written presentation inscription on front blank endpaper [John P. Schorr and Clarence A. Schorr]. Map of Panama Canal facing Title Page is loose and has damaged lower corner. 29.5 cm x 23 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. 412 pages; Over 600 illustrations. Mostly B&W illustrations. Some color illustrations and maps. Light fading on spine. Light shelf wear on cover edges and on spine's extremities. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. 1st Edition (Unstated); No Printing Stated.

Zustand: fair to good. E. J. Read & Gordon Grant (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, 413, illus. (16 full-page color), color fold-out map, address stickers inside boards, some soiling inside boards & flyleaves. Boards worn and scuffed, board corners quite worn and threadbare, spine edges worn and small tears, small tear in margin of title page. Subtitled "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world-famous canal--the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. " Profusely illustrated, including 16 full-page color plates.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy.