VIVIAN, HERBERT; TAYLOR, MERLIN MOORE; WALMSLEY, LIEUT. LEO; CARLINE, RICHARD; CASSERLY, LIEUT.-COL. GORDON; HENDRICKSON, W.E.; DARLING, EUGENE; STEELE, HARWOOD; DE BELABRE, BARON; HARVEY, K.H.; POUND, REGINALD - The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct. ] 1922, Vol. 49, No. 294: Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central AfricaNew York: The International New Company, 1922. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Stanley L.; Prater, E.; Holloway, W.H.; Brock, H.M.; Soper, G.. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hypnotist Detective - Dr. Leopold Thoma of Vienna is a new kind of detective; Knocking at the Cannibals Door - a very dramatic story of the "white man's burden" near the Kunimaipa River in British New Guinea; My Misadventures in Finistere - an amusing account of a holiday sojourn on a little island off the northern coast of Brittany; Through the East by Air - Part III - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; The Tiger Calls - an account of what befell two Indian teaplanters; Our Little Outing - An exciting story from a P. Burns and Co. beef camp southeast of Olds, Alberta; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part III - the remarkable story of a man who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever occur in America; The Ship That Disappeared - The perilous adventure of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer "Canadian Importer"; The "Human Leopards" - A Terrible secret society in Sierra Leone, West Africa; The Blue Spot Theory - a funny story about checking for birthmarks on Burmese babies; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part I - Oscar Olsson's aim was to shoot big game with a film camera; My Fishing Trip - a British Officer's touch and go experience in Sopor, a village in Kashmir; and more. 86 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, October 1922, Medium, Megalis, Otto Alexander, Roskoschny, Von Ribary, Abaridi, Wadi Fara, Baroda Gorge, Don McFee, Minnie Carlyle, Dan Dale, George Keene, Swedish Biograph Company, Hypnotist Detective, Dr. Leopold Thoma, Vienna, det. Very Good . USD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 339.75 | £UK 293 | JP¥ 58245] Book number 346h5228is offered by:
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