GILMER, EMILE; WHITTAKER, JAMES; BAKER, R. ST. BARBE; FITZGERALD, SIDNEY; COWIE, J.S.; MITCHELL-HEDGES, F.A.; EUSTACE, ROBERT; CAMPBELL, DANIEL G.; MCMILLAN, R.D.S.; CARLINE, RICHARD; FRENCH, VERA M.; PATTERSON, WALTER G.; BUCHANAN, CAPTAIN ANGUS; BAILEY,
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, December [Dec. ] 1924, Vol LIV, No. 320: My Wife's Double / the Forest Dwellers of Arabuko
New York: The International News Company, 1924. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, December 1924, Earle E. Liederman - The Muscle Builder, Robert H. Braun, Superintendant E.J. Brophy. Tarso Burchianti, Mad Mike, South Seas, Laumona, The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko, East Africa, Sanya, My Wife's Double, Sidney Fitzge. Good .

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