HOGG, J.E.; MACKENZIE, D.; COLBY, E.; BUCHANAN, A.; WHITTAKER, J.; REID, C.; MCLAREN, J.; LAING, N.H.; READ, O.; GILL, E.H.N.; MITCHELL-HEDGES, F.A.; VERRILL, A.H.
The Wide World Magazine, September (Sept. ) 1924, Vol. LIII No. 317 - Pig-Sticking Thrills / Roaming the Wild South Seas
London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Woodville, R.C.; Hiley, F.E.; Cameron, J.; Leigh, Conrad; Prater, E.. Pages 354-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Bear-Hunt - Part 1 - the author encounters outlaws in the High Sierras of California; Ning Wo Takes a Hand - a detectives story from the Malay Peninsula; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia - the Americans take extraordinary measures to capture the man who killed one of their citizens in a Central American republic; Across the Great Sahara - part 1 - Captain Angus Buchanan traverses the Sahara south to north on camel-back; A Miracle of the Air - Rosalie Gordon is saved after hanging to a rope beneath a plane at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas; A Canadian Wonderland - Jasper Park - article with wonderful photos; Roaming the Wild South Seas, part 2; "Dreamy Draw' - great photo-illustrated story of how a Londoner set up house in the Arizona wilderness for the health of her husband, only to see a settlement of health seekers set up around her; A Girl Among Brigands - Miss C. Berenguer is kidnapped by bandits in the Pyrenees; Pig-Sticking Thrills - high adventure and humour hunting wild pigs in India; In Search of Sea-Monsters - part 6 of 6 of this photo-illustrated article which describes F.A. Mitchell-Hedges' travels to catch the world's largest fish - incredible photo of huge male saw-fish; Some True Snake Stories; Nice one-page muscle-building ad by Earle E. Liederman of New York; Crazy back cover ad for the Allied Merke Institutes, Inc. shows man with what looks like a jelly mould on his head - purportedly in an effort to regrow his hair. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, September (Sept.) 1924, Vol. LIII No. 317 - Pig-Sticking Thrills / Roaming the Wild South Seas My Bear-Hunt; Ning Wo Takes a Hand; The Hunting Down of Manuel Garcia; Across the Great Sahara - part 1; A Miracle of the Air; A Canadi. Good .

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