MALCOMSON, F.A.; CHARNLEY, W.; VERRILL, A. HYATT; VIVIAN, MAJOR V.; ELWYN, JACK; JOHNSTON, CAPT. BERNARD; WARD, CAPT. F. KINGDON; JEROME, JEROME V.; DUNNE, PATRICK; CLEAVER, HYLTON; HAYTER, C.N.C.; THE COUNTESS MALMIGNATI; STRADLING, JACK; DUBOIS, JEAN - The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, June 1926, Vol. LVII, No. 338: Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia / Behind the Himalayas / Among the Amazons

New York: The International News Company, 1926. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, Ernest. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Car No. 13 - A routine train trip enmeshes F. A. Malcomson aboard Car No. 13 of the "Californian Limited" at Los Angeles; My Mad Mate - The reason why young Harry Neild's hair was white; Among the Amazons - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of the Wai-woi, a little-known tribe of Indians; My Buffalo - How a hunter's first shoot was nearly his last in the Himalayan foothills northeast of Ghaggar; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - Part I - Jottings from a recently emigrated young farmer who took the plunge and began farming ; The Mozampur Dacoity - A curious robbery in India; Behind the Himalayas - Part II of II - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of an exploration to the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Cannon Idol of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; A Duck-Shooting Adventure - Using ice-scooters to hunt ducks on the Great South Bay of Long Island; The Black Hand - A recent adventure in Kuling, China, which is currently experiencing a wave of serious brazen crime; Two Girls in a Typhoon - The trying experience of two young ladies aboard a tramp steamer from Hong Kong to British North Borneo; A Matter of Promotion - The story of a long, hard chase , in the depths of winter, of two half-breed outlaws by a constable of the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - Part I - The exciting adventures of the Countess Malmignati, the first European woman to penetrate the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia - this part describing her time in Damascus before the journey - with photos; Letters; The Phantom Tiger - Jean M.F. Dubois, a former planter in Lokop Province, Sumatra, explains what happened when he pursued a tiger which had caused a local reign of terror - with photo. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, June 1926, Wai-woi, Parakuto, Tibet, Car No. 13, F. A. Malcomson, Californian Limited, Los Angeles, My Mad Mate, Harry Neild, white hair, Among the Amazons, Wai-woi, Amazon tribes, My Buffalo, Hunting - Himalayan foothills, Ghaggar,. Very Good .

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