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185 pp., Beiliegt Manuskript: Lucky Land of Lassen. Enclosed is the manuscript: Lucky Land of Lassen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320 Groß 8°, Original-Karton (Softcover), Einband leicht knitterig, insgesamt gutes Exemplar, (alltogether good copy),

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Evison, G.Henry; Henry, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Gillett, F.;Wood, Stanley L.; Coller, Hy (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 474-560 + 32 pages of ads. Features: The Six Skulls, Part II (sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings";The Reformation of Bill Allerday - an amusing Australian story; The Human 'Tank' - Mike Inik constructed a suit of armour out of solid steel and schemed revenge for twenty years; The Boat-Dwellers - wonderful photo-illustrated article on the thousands of British families who live on boats; "R.N.-W.M.P - The Riders of the Plains - authoritative stories of some of their exploits; Strange Stories of the War, including "Maroc", mascot of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; On the Borders of Tibet, Part VI - article with amazing photos; The Trouble at Punta Gorda - a planter's struggle with drink-crazed labourers in British Honduras; Circumstantial Evidence - the October 4th, 1900 tragedy at Rochester University, New York state; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; Railway Building in the Wilderness, Part II - fantastic photo-illustrated article on the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad through the Canadian Rockies; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with openings to bottom of backstrip. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, October 1917, Vol. XXXIX, No. 234 - The Human Tank Tong Royal North-West Mounted Police of Canada Inspector W.J. Beyts Sergeant Calkin Six Skulls, Part II (sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings";The Reform.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Somerfield, Thomas; Wood, Stanley L.; Gillett, Frank; McCormick, H.; Campbell, J.; Wigfull, W.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection, leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine, sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia, Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction, only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires (per cover illustration); A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land (part III) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost, but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing', with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Gillett, F.; Pape, Frank C.; Reynolds,Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, Arch.; Holloway, W.H.; Gillett, Frank;Prater, Ernest; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 290-380 pages plus 36 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver" which shot its men from its torpedo tubes! (per cover illustration); The Fetish Man's Downfall - a tale from Accra in 1899 involving prisoner Yao Dwirra; Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line - marvelously photo-illustrated article about the engineering and scientific wonders of the first phone line connecting New York to San Francisco; "Black Tom" - an exciting story from the early days of the Pennsylvania oil-fields; "On the Wing" - extraordinary adventure with a big rattlesnake in southern Mississippi; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth (part V) - incredible tales of a party working its way through hostile svages and the forces of nature; The Train-Robbers - the tragic story of a hold-up on the Northern Pacific Railroad and the long man-hunt which followed, 1892-1894; Wicks's Ordeal - the terrible menace which a man-eating tiger constitutes to a community; Two Girls on a Ranch (part II) - two young ladies try to win fortune by running a ranch in the wilds of Arizona; The Secret Post Office - an amusing echo of the Boer War showing how the well-known 'slimness' and fertility of resource of the Boers were for once turned against them; Concerning Camels - some amusing stories; A South Pacific Piracy - an account of the tragic voyage of the brig "Moa," of Auckland, New Zealand in 1870; The beacon of the Gulf - photo-illustrated article on Bird Rock, which lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Photo of a 'home-made' train run on the only railway in British North Borneo; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, February (Feb.) 1916, No. 214, Vol. 36 - Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line / The Fetish Man's Downfall vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver".

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Gilbert, A.; Holloway, W.H.; Rountree, H.; Somerfield,Thomas; Buchanan, Fred; Soper, George; Evison, G.H.; Pride, Sid; Gillett,Frank (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 194-286 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Floating Death - a North Sea trawler skipper's heroic battle with a mine entangled in the trawler's nets; The Darkest Hour - Part II - experiences in the great Serbian (WWI) retreat to Albania (with photo of the Serbian Cavalry fording the River Drin and more); The Snake-Hunter - John Rolliston's terrible fight; The Sheriff's Ruse - how the Sheriff of Deadwood tricked three desperadoes; Real-Life Romances of the War (WWI) - Part II; A Year In Arctic Siberia - Part III - amazing article and photos taken by Polish authoress M.A. Czaplicka as she travelled 6,000 miles researching the nomadic Yenisei tribes; Baiting the "Boche" - the people of Brussels turn their humour upon the humourless huns who have taken possession of their city; Remarkable Rocks - photo-illustrated article of remarkable rocks around the world; The Girl Sergeant - young Zoe Smirnova joined the Russian Army at age 15 and fought in the battlefields of Galicia; From Job to Job Around the World - Part V - two young Americans spend time in India, with great photos; A Theatre in Cannibal-Land - Papuan savages entertain themselves with amateur theatricals! (article with great photos); A Black Outlaw - a native desperado gives Natal Police much trouble; On the Way to War - the adventures of two young Americans, Herbert H. Hope and Jack Heward, who struggle to make their way to England to fight the Germans; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Wide World - The Magazine for Men, July 1916, No. 219, Vol. XXXVII: The Floating Death (Mines) North Sea trawler skipper's heroic battle with a mine entangled in the trawler's nets; The Darkest Hour - Part II - experiences in the great Serbian (WWI) retr.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Gilbert, A.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby; Montford, C.E.; Somerfield, Thomas; Evison, G.H.; Prater, Ernest; Montford, C.E.; Gillett, F. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Somerfield, Thomas; Pride, Sid; Evison, G.H.; Gilbert, A.; Wigfull, W.E.; Gillett, F.; Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Knife-Haft Clue - a tale of murder at Cavadiera Camp in Brazil; The War in the Dolomites - article and photos of extremely challenging terrain in Italy; Stalked! - L. Rogers was stalked on a lonely trail by a big mountain lion; The Return Match - follow-up to October 1915 article "A Prize-Fight in Mexico" by N.E. Guthrie, one of the principals in the fight; Two Girls in Camp in British Columbia - Miss H.W. Paul and her friend Fatima, two English nurses, describe their month-long holiday in the wilds of the B.C. coast; In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - part III - an American businessman was also a member of a Chinese tong; The Mutiny of the Z.___ - part I of a tragic story related by the first mate; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part II - exploring America's newest national reserve, Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Disappearance of Charlie Westcott - WWI story of a lucky escape; From Job to Job Around the World - Part IX - Alfred C.B. Fletcher recounts his voyage to Spitzbergen, his coal-mining experiences in the Arctic, and his final return to the U.S., with fascinating photos; "Mike" - The Story of a Mounted Police Sled Dog that rescued a man who had fallen unconscious in a blizzard; and more. pp. 5 [ads], [2], 96, 6-24 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Gilbert, A.; Elcock, Howard; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, Arch;Buchanan, Fred; Somerfield, Thomas; Gillett, Frank; Evison, G.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 385-480 plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: In the grip of the "Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; The fatal wood - a graphic account of a dramatic episode in the great Battle of Verdun; Minnie Florea's ordeal - a hurricane swept her to sea where she, the only member of her father's party of 13 to survive, battled the storm for 24 hours; The heart of Sweden - an interesting description of rural Sweden with wonderful photos; Three men in a tree - how they survived a flood in Australia; Comedies of the war - WWI anecdotes; Sandy McLain's Log-Jam - how a young Scotsman broke up one of the biggest log-jams in the history of Minnesota; Our adventures at the Chincha Islands - a lively time picking up a load of guano; From Job to Job around the World - part VII - Alfred Fletcher describes his adventures in Constantinople, his trip through Italy and across Europe to Paris - where he was shut in Voltaire's tomb for a night!; Where Grass is King - a woman's account of her live on a homestead in a region of America where grass is used for everything - with nice photos; My Romance - how Miss L.V. Smith saved a crowded train from destruction; Photo of a six-foot shark caught in the Tigris at Baghdad Great full-page ad for the Red Cross Line. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backsrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, September 1916 in the Grip of Hip Sings Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; Th.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Somerfield, Thomas; Pride, Sid; Holloway, W.H.; Gillett, Frank; Evison, G.H.; Pitcher, Sotheby; Prater, Ernest (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Two Men's Madness - six lives and a fine ship, the Frank N. Thayer, are lost through the unaccountable frenzy of two Indians; In Wildest Ireland - A.W. Cutler describes and photographs "unspoilt" regions of the Emerald Isle - with many fascinating photos; The Guardian of the Line - the ordeal undergone by a humble railway-crossing keeper's wife in Lithuania on the Russian Front; In Search of the Unknown Land - The tragic story of the Stefansson Arctic Exploration Expedition, twelve-page article including many photos; The Tales of Golab Khan - some amusing stories of Indian life; The Airman's Escape - two British aviators raid a Bulgarian town, then one is shot down and must be rescued by his companion; From Job To Job Around the World - part VI - Two American wanderers make there way through the Holy Land to Constantinople - with photos; The Trouble at Crib No. 2 - a tug-boat fireman recounts an exciting story of a winter rescue on the Great Lakes; Australia's Water Miracle - article and photos describe how the Government of New South Wales has created a miracle of irrigation; The Story of Count Seilern - A Tragedy of the Hapsburgs; Alpine Acrobats - A vivid account, illustrated by some very remarkable photographs, of the first ascent of the needle-like "Cigar Rock" in the Italian Alps; Lovely one-page illustrated ad by Canada Steamship Lines promotes their Niagara to the Sea all-water route; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [3], 290-385, 7-32 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. Soiling to back cover. Covers beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue.