The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1922, Vol. 50, No. 295: Restoring the Dead to Life! - A Secret Japanese Science Revealed
by Woolley, C. Leonard; Pound, Reginald; Read, Oliver; Masters, David; Carline, Richard; Trolle-Steenstrup, H.; Brandreth, J.B.; McLaglen, S.L.; Hogg, John Edwin; Darling, Eugene; Barr, Will
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About This Item
New York: The International New Company, 1922. Book. Illus. by Elcock, Howard; Hodgson, E.S.; Tennant, Dudley; Prater, E.; Holmes, Fred; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue..
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- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 346H5229
- Title
- The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1922, Vol. 50, No. 295: Restoring the Dead to Life! - A Secret Japanese Science Revealed
- Author
- Woolley, C. Leonard; Pound, Reginald; Read, Oliver; Masters, David; Carline, Richard; Trolle-Steenstrup, H.; Brandreth, J.B.; McLaglen, S.L.; Hogg, John Edwin; Darling, Eugene; Barr, Will
- Illustrator
- Elcock, Howard; Hodgson, E.S.; Tennant, Dudley; Prater, E.; Holmes, Fred; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The International New Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Wide World Magazine, November 1922, Shock, Michel, Spy, World War 1914-1918 - espionage, Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa, big game -photography, A Bid for a Bride, Mersa Matruh, Egypt, Four-Figure Milestones, Seeking Six Million Pounds, Whit
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Travel, Exploration & Adventure;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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