SYKES, P.; SCHRADER, F.; JONES, E.; LAWRENCE, B.; FAGAN, D.; WRIGHT, H.; BECKMAN, R.; RAY M.; LAMBERT, T.; BURNS, W.; WEBSTER, F.; ET AL
The Wide World - the Magazine for Everybody, July 1920, No. 267, Vol. XLV - the Largest Camera in the World / Timber-Cruising in California
New York: The International News Company, 1920. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Webb, Arch; Carruthers, G.P.; Prater, E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Valda, J.H.. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, July 1920, No. 267, Vol. XLV - The Largest Camera in the World / Timber-Cruising in California E.H. Jones Yozgad Beckman, Roy C. Leelanau County Jacob Flees Father Bienowski Isadore The Mysterious Heart of. Good .

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