Fairley, John / Welfare, Simon - ARTHUR C. CLARK’s CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGE AND MYSTERIOUS .

London, Guild Publishing, 1987. 1st edition 191 pp. cloth with dustjacket. Do wild men roam the mountains of China? Does a puma stalk the leafy lanes of Surrey? Did two girls from Yorkshire really photograph fairies at play? What can explain the extraordinary reports of people who suddenly catch fire and are consumed by flames while their surroundings - even in some cases their clothing - remain virtually untouched? Did Chinese explorers reach the coast of California centuries before Columbus? Does a vast octopus, strong enough to tow a trawler, lurk on the seabed off Bermuda? Did four British holiday-makers spend a night in a phantom hotel in France? These are just a few of the mysteries which Arthur C. Clarke has added to his famous files since his two acclaimed television series Mysterious World and World of Strange Powers. 19,5 x 26 cm. Name first enpaper. Otherswise near fine.