Author: SAFONT, PAUL
Title: The Wide World - True Adventures for Men
Description: London, Macmillan. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 1405049316). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A marvellous collection of stories from 'The Wide World' magazine, which ran from the late 19th century to the 1960's, each issue being filled with amazing but true tales of survival, catastrophe and derring-do gathererd from around the world. A thrilling testament to an age when men kept their upper lips stiff and truth was more dangerous than fiction. Coloured illustrated endpapers of past magazine covers and illustrated with the original drawings from the magazine, together with original advertisements. 11. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: True Tales of Survival Anthology, the Wide World Magazine 1405049316


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