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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, July 1928: Vol. LXI No. 363: To Lhasa in Disguise / Down the Colorado River, the World's Most Dangerous
New York: The International News Company, 1928. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Brock, R.H.. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, July 1928, Dead Men's Tracks, Western Australia, lost mine, To Lhasa in Disguise, Tibet, Alexandra David-Neel, Forbidden City, Lhasa, Stumbling Pete, Peter Dawson, trappers, British Columbia, Down the World's Most Dangerous River, whi. Good .
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, May 1928, Vol. LXI, No. 361: Hunting the "Moonshiners" / Fire-Walkers of Mauritius / America's Murder Gangs Unmasked
New York: The International News Company, 1928. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World magazine, May 1928, Gangsters, graft, racketeers, mafia, Al Capone, Frank Mossman, Sheriff Deggler, America's Murder Gangs Unmasked, murder-gangs, criminal syndicates, New York, Chicago, My Menagerie, D. Maule, pet animals, Rhodesia, Square-Pe. Good .
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Keywords: 1928 Back Issues Travel Exploration & Crime
Great Bear: a Journey Remembered
Yellowknife: NWT, Outcrop, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919315003. Fine in Very Good ++ jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.231. Great Bear Lake, the rush of 1932, a mining rush in Canada but the lake was cruel. This is one man's story who went to Great Bear. clean tight copy d/j top edge slight creases and tears. Fine/Very Good.
Judith Patton BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 003373
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In All Respects Ready: The Merchant Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1945
Prentice Hall of Canada Ltd, 1985. Hardcover. 221p illustrated. In near fine unmarked condition as is the unpriceclipped d/w. See scans (ISBN: 0134536304).. Near Fine
Creaking Shelves BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 011055
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Keywords: 0134536304
Who dare to live
London, Macmillan, 1943. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) 1st ed. Gift inscription; spine faded & browned; board edges faded & discoloured; a little scattered foxing. Photo:.
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Who dare to live
London, Macmillan, 1943. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket 1st ed. An epic poem about the Merchant Navy. Dust jacket a little worn. Photo:.
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