The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct.], …

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Bey, A.M. Hassenein, "Onex", Macmunn, Jajor-General Sir George, Rawson, John, O'Mahony, Eve, Dyott, G.M., Sterling, H.D., Pound, Reginald, Bates, G.L., C.V.T., Hayter, Sergt.-Major D.N.C., Brands, W.J., Bowen, Patrick, Mola, Arnold, Ellis, Dr. C.E.

The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct.], 1925, Vol LV, No. 330: In Search of the Lost Oases / Lost in the Heart of Peru

The International News Company, 1925

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Anno di pubblicazione

1925

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New York

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The International News Company

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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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F First Edition

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Wide World Magazine, October 1925, Rosita Forbes, Kufra, Rohlfs, Senussi, Siwa, Sayed Idris Sennusi, Qayi-m-qana, In Search of the Lost Oases, Sahara desert, Sollum, El Obeid, Sudan, Smugglers Three, Swan eggs, Swan Egg Poaching, Azizun the Dancing-Girl, Sir George MacMunn, frog-girl, India, The Odyssey of the "Olga", Nome Alaska, Seattle, Gomateswara, Sravanbelgola, Left Behind, Rhodesia, Lost in the Heart of Peru, G.M. Dyott, Amazon, The Thirteenth Sample, abandoned mine, Mexico, A Bird-Hunter in the Wilds, G.L. Bates, Cameroon, Central Africa, The Voice in the Darkness, bootlegger, Prohibition, Brigson Alberta, Brigson, Sinbad the Sailor, Swindlers, Winnipeg, Tiger Tales, Assam, Sumatra, W.J. Brands, What Was It?, Patrick Brown, monster, South Africa, Crocodile Charmers, Java, witch-doctors, The Two Strangers, Dr. C.E.Ellis Nautical Travel, Exploration & Adventure Magazine Back Issues

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S Single Issue Magazine

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Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: In Search of the Lost Oases - Part I of a wonderful trip across the desert from Sollum, on the Mediterranean, to El Obeid, in the Sudan, mostly through unexplored territory, with photos; Smugglers Three - Poaching swan eggs; Azizun the Dancing-Girl - Sir George MacMunn owned an uncanny little "frog-girl" in India; The Odyssey of the "Olga" - A trip from Nome, Alaska to Seattle ended up taking over three months!; Photo of sixty-foot-tall statue of the god Gomateswara being annointed with oil on the great hill of Sravanbelgola; Left Behind - A young white woman is left behind at a lonely wayside station in the heart of Rhodesia; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part I - G.M. Dyott was abandoned by his guide in the trackless upper reaches of the Amazon and endured an ordeal to return home - with photos; The Thirteenth Sample - A nerve-trying adventure in the depths of an abandoned mine in Northern Mexico; A Bird-Hunter in the Wilds - G.L. Bates describes a seven-month journey in the remote Cameroon country of Central Africa - with great photos; The Voice in the Darkness - A tragic story of an encounter between a bootlegger and the law during prohibition in Brigson, Alberta; "Sinbad the Sailor" - An American university professor becomes a swindler in Winnipeg; Tiger Tales - Tales from Assam and Sumatra by W.J. Brands; What Was It? - Patrick Brown encountered a mysterious monster in South Africa which appeared to be a survivor of some prehistoric species; The Crocodile Charmers of Java - Javanese witch-doctors 'make love to them, induce them to follow them like pet dogs, and lead them to their deaths'; The Two Strangers - Dr. C.E.Ellis thought he knew a 'bunco man' but then he met two harmless prospectors. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book