Author: LEES, FREDERIC; GIBBONS, JOHN; SHAH, SIRDAR IKBAL ALI; REID, MAJOR C. LESTOCK; SVARTENGREN, DR. T. HILDING; KING, WALTER F.; GIBSON, HERBERT J.; BRADLEY, K.G.; BATSON, ALFRED; RAYNE, MAJOR H.; MELVILLE, FRED J.
Title: The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, March [Mar. ] 1930, Vol. 64, No. 384: A Himalayan Marriage Market
Description: New York: The International News Company, 1930. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Kenneth; Perinni; Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Peddie, T.H.. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, March 1930, Clement Passal, Knights of Themis, Angkor Wat, The Man Who Was Buried Alive, Marquis de Champaubert, Fool Afoot in Italy, John Gibbons, Southern Italy, Himalayas - Marriage Market, Filming in the Wilds, Major C. Lestock Re. Very Good .

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