Gibbon

The Wide World Magazine True Stories of Adventure September Sept. 1930 Vol. 64 No. 383: Kitwancool Valley Survey / Round the World in a "Baby" Car

1930 · réf. 346H5276 — New York: The International News Company 1930. Book. Illus. by Tresilian S.; Robinson T.H.; Wenban R.; Bestall A.E.; Holloway Cyril; Cleaver Reginald; Peddie T.H.; Goss G.W.; Inns Kenneth; Prater Ernest; Abbey S.;. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II of II of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield Berger and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. The International News Company Paperback