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1954Features: Captain Jan's Christmas-Tree - as told by the former captain of a well-known British liner; Lone Wolf - Roy Gardner, a remarkable American criminal; Our Snake-Hunt - An amusing excursion into the West African bush in quest of a big boa-constrictor; The Ha'porth of Tar - An amusing story of how an excise officer outwits a gang of Burmese opium-smugglers; Killer Cats of British Columbia - Cougars or Mountain Lions have become a serious menace on Vancouver Island - photos; Australia's Mounted Police - they have tamed the formerly hostile aborigines; The Jungle Man - a remarkable character who lived among South American head-hunters; Exploring the "Skeleton Coast" - Searching Southwest Africa for underground springs; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story involving a prospector in Western Australia; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Quality copy. Book
1954Features: Captain Jan's Christmas-Tree - as told by the former captain of a well-known British liner; Lone Wolf - Roy Gardner, a remarkable American criminal; Our Snake-Hunt - An amusing excursion into the West African bush in quest of a big boa-constrictor; The Ha'porth of Tar - An amusing story of how an excise officer outwits a gang of Burmese opium-smugglers; Killer Cats of British Columbia - Cougars or Mountain Lions have become a serious menace on Vancouver Island - photos; Australia's Mounted Police - they have tamed the formerly hostile aborigines; The Jungle Man - a remarkable character who lived among South American head-hunters; Exploring the "Skeleton Coast" - Searching Southwest Africa for underground springs; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story involving a prospector in Western Australia; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1954Features: Fate and Billy Barker - vivid glimpses of life on the once-famous goldfield of British Columbia - photos; Six Year in Sail - a deep-water seaman describes his experiences aboard some of the last surviving sailing ships; The World's Oddest Witch-Doctor - a story from the Transvaal; The Reindeer Man - Grady Carothers, of Goldthwaite, Central Texas; The "Phantom" Jeep - an amusing tale of the last war; Dead Men's Tracks - reprint of a 1928 article - an exciting prospecting story from Western Australia; Terror by Night - "Man-Leopard" killings in Nigeria (conclusion); Down the Zambesi on a Raft - an adventurous holiday - photos; The "Island Lights" - strange superstitions linger in remote Ireland; The Spirit Festival - Cheung Chau, Hong Kong; Antarctic Tragedy - narrative by a radio-operator with the Australian research expedition on Heard Island; and more. Average wear. Lower portion of front cover open. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
1955Features: Wise old man - tales from the Amazon remote jungle vastness; A Sailor on Horseback - the adventures of a young British Seaman who tries his luck ashore in the U.S. with a logging outfit in Arkansas... but must hitch-hike 1,200 miles to get there; A Grim Story of Dope-Running on the Egyptian Border; Lunch-time Tiger at a Pathan Village; The Castaways of the Dundonald - one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - great photos; Three firemen, tired of the food and work on their tramp steamer, jump ship in South America; Ghost Town Memories of the Western States of America; Across the Kalahari Desert in motorcar by the dried-up bed of the Kuruman River - nice photos; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1953Features: The Death-Bore - A nightmare experience on a railway in the Andes of South America; Wilderness Wandereres - the barren ground caribou of Canada, many photos; Terror by Night - visiting the lonely northwest coast of Australia in search of the alleged footprints of a prehistoric dinosaur; The Spell-Binder - a Natal farmer describes a curious incident related to an African courtship; The Rest Cure - recuperating from tropical fever, the author takes an open-air job hoping it will aid his health...; A Papuan "Pig Festival", with great photos; Time is Money - a story from Bombay by P. Stones; The Steamer will not call; Stolen Gold - ramifications of Far East Gold Smuggling as revealed in Western Australia; The Onlooker - making the only pleasure cruise of his life, a ship's officer is unable to enjoy himself; Slumach Lost Creek Mine Ltd.; and more. Average wear. Chips and openings along backstrip. Binding intact. Book
1954Features: North Sea Gale - coast sailors face perils just as great as those that menace the deap-sea men; The Mystery of the Dutch ship "Gilt Dragon" - a quest for long-lost wealth; Tasmanian Experiment - searching for valuable minerals; Dead Men's Tracks - An exciting story from Western Australia; Gun-Tied - an odd little story from Ceylon; High Adventure in Yugoslavia - adventure in the Julian Alps by Tom Weir; Big Game Means Easy Money - It's tough to keep poachers in check with high prices offered for ivory and horn; With a Bicycle in Babylonia - great photos; Samandar Khan - an amusing account of a personal servant in India; Australia's "Pedal Radio" - operating a radio with bicycle pedals in Australia; and more. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
1955Features: Unknown New Zealand - misadventure leads to one of the most remarkable and difficult rescues in New Zealand annals; Saharan Adventure - A memorable camel journey right across the Sahara; Six Wild Sheep - experiences while capturing Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo - several photos; The Pirates of the 'Ethel' - An authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Slippery - a cat goes to sea; Oakhill's 'Souvenir' - Crocodile hunting on the Gregory River; The Tame Bandit - a Chinese achieves vengeance during the troubles in Malaya; Phases of Life from all over the world - Cockeye, ex-inspector, British South Africa Police; Guardians of the Mountains - the Warden's of Canada's western National Parks; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
1952Features: Land of Nightmare - savage war between French troops and Viet Minh rebels in the "Green Hell" jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave' creates problems for an Australian bushman; Roles Reversed - a female climber saves the life of her male guide in New Zealand, by Elsie Morton, with photos; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with many photos; The "Devil-Leopart"; Jumbies - an interesting experience in Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a foreigner gets a few surprises; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases in the history of the Boston police; Shore Gang; A couple of Fools - a story showing how easy it is to become 'bushed' in Western Australia; What happened at Makene - a curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
1957Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
1954Features: Diamond Fever - an adventurous trip into little-known country on the Upper Mazeruni in British Guinana; The Coffin-Ship - reprint of a 1929 story from Malaya dealing with a murderous Chinese secret society, a steamer and more; Saharan Adventure - a memorable journey through little known areas; Buster Burton - the amazing career of a most remerkable character known to the police of 5 continents; The Perfidious Plumber - a tale from Southern Rhodesia; The Captain's Night Out - this captain was the first to get off his ship; Kabul Bazaar - life in Afghanistan - photos; Diamonds for the Picking! - on the inhospitable western coast of South Africa lies Tom Tiddler's Ground; Meat for the Pot - curare, the deadly dart-poison of the South American Indians; The Seymour "Fish Day" - Seymor, Texas locks up for a day and goes fishing!; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1954Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Backstrip almost entirely missing. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Decent copy. Book
1952Features: To the Edge of Beyond - Searching for a missing airplane several hundred miles upriver in the Brazilian province of Amazonas, with photos; Hattie's Escape - an air trip from Egypt to India; Trail of the Alpine Sheep - sheep farmers of southern France drive their flocks from the arid plains to the high mountain pastures on the Italian frontier, with photos; House of Terror - a most terrifying experience for G.E.G. Plant; Black Frost - the hard life of the Newfoundland fisherman; When the Flood Came - an English farmer has an adventure; The Hunting-Down of Eissa Battat - an Arab bandit who gave the Palestine Police a lot of trouble; Safwa Seeks Vengeance - a touch-and-go affair in Tanganyika; These men are tough - Aboriginal stockmen of Australia's northern territory; Sailor's Hobbies; Operation Water-Gun - dynamiting fallen trees to clean out western African river; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from and openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Book
1954Features: The Deserted Farm - an amazing story from a holiday cycling tour in Northern France; That Night in Singapore - reprint of a 1932 story of an exciting nocturnal adventure connected with opium-smuggling; Saharan Adventure - A memorable trip through little-known regions; Doing a Perish - the grim search for water by a mounted constable and his prisoner in Western Australia; A Day with Ostriches - a trip to the Ostrich Breeding district in the Cape Province of South Africa; Magic Books - passport issues and Jugoslav frontier officials; Arctic sparks - the world's northernmost radio station at King's Bay, Spitzbergen; "Wee Eck" - a quaint tale of British Army life in India during the late war; Escape by Sea - Marooned in Somaliland, the author charters a native dhow; Bad Neighbours - A Finnish immigrant, Helles Forsman, in British Columbia brings over his family... and they meet up with bears at their logging camp; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1970Nice Wurlitzer organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Photos of the majestic interior of the Oriental Theatre, Portland, Oregon. My Great Adventure 'Up Over' - Australian organist Tony Fenelon's 31-day tour of the U.S.A in the fall of 1969. The Story of Rosa Rio - wonderful 4-page article with photos. What is Unification? - 4-page technical article. Don Thompson Concertizing in Western U.S. The Young Radical Comes of Age - bring understanding of the Theatre Organ up to date, given its return to the international music scene. Pipe'n Pizza makes Southwest Scene - the "Pasta with Pipes" Phenomenon. Hollywood Cavalcade. New chapter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has smash hit first concert. Tenth Home Organ Festibal at Hoberg's woodland resort in Northern California. *Marvelous* three-panel glossy colour centerfold ad for the Rodgers 33-E Theatre Organ. Reader contributions. Obituaries for Douglas Erdman and Mrs. Felix (Jean) Wiener. The Pipe Piper - a listing of any theatre pipe-organs known to be playing. Chapter news. Letters. Lyn Larsen's Fall Concert Tour. Record reviews. The Music of Jerry Mendelson Captivates Rahway Audience. CATOE members restore Pickwick Wurlitzer. Roland J. Treul moves Barton to his home - story with photos. Nuggest from the Golden Days. A Tribute to Dan Papp. California Miss Debuts on Covina "Wurlimorton" - Carol Jones. Classified ads. Chapter news. Conn Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Bonus: prior owner's A.T.O.S. membership card stapled to table of contents. Book
196966 pages. Cowboy Issue. Features: Story of the Cowboy; Massacre at Bear River; Legend of the Lariat; The Day the West Went Fence Crazy; Cattleman's War Against the Gray Killer; The "Ten Gallon" Umbrella of the West; The Hired Killer; The American Bronco; Guns That Tamed the Western Frontier; The "Million Dollar" Jackass. Magazine
195616 pages. Features: Mike Fetchick wins Western Open; Wiffi Queen of Trans; Patty Berg Triumphs; Wilfred Reid guide to hand action; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Carneys; Photo of J.A. Ward and Bill Webb; Photo of Wiffi Smith with Richard S. Tufts; Five nice photos of Association officials, stars and others at Monterey Peninsula Country Club; Photo of Lois Hayhurst of the Wilson sporting goods company; Nice photo of Mr. and Mrs. James Ferrie; Vintage subscription blank; Photo of Desert Inn CC pro Howard Capps with Helen Doyle and Toni Clark; Photo of winner Patty Berg; Back cover map of the golf courses of the Pinehurst Country Club; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
195616 pages. Features: Ted Kroll hits jackpot; Marlene tops Proettes; Shoemaker breaks leftie record; Stevenson wins USGA title; Clifford Ann Creed takes western; Importance of putting; Nice photo of Clifford Ann Creed; Photo of Robert Romberger; 12 photos from Tam O'Shanter include Dutch Harrison, Ed Furgol, Johnny Palmer, Jerry Barber, Peter Thomson, Bo Wininger, and more; Photo of Ed Tutwiler and Richard E. Holtzman; Nice photo of Walter Hagen, Walter Hagen, III, and Walter Hagen, Jr.; Titleist ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
195620 pages. Features: Jackpot for Thomson at Dallas; Rudolph wins western amateur; Marlene Hagge Spurts; Correcting a swing; Nice one-page two-color ad for MacGregor clubs with the new Tri-Tac Grip; One-page Foot-Joy ad features photo of PGA champ Doug Ford; Classy one-page men's fashion ad for Palm Beach tailored sportswear features photo of Cary Middlecoff with Gene Littler in Palm Springs; Nice one-page photo ad for Dunlop Maxfli balls features photos of trick shot artist Paul Hahn; One-page ad for the X2F-energized liquid center ball; One-page ad promoting the 1956 Canadian Open, July 5-8 in Montreal; Two photos of Gary Player illustrate his grip and backswing; Back cover ad for Acushnet / Titleist balls; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1984325 pages. Index. Bibliography. "An in depth examination of such fondly remembered comic character actors as George 'Gabby' Hayes, Smiley Burnette, Andy Devine, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Slim Pickens, Max Terhune, Fuzzy Knikght, Pat Brady, and many other sidekicks of the B Westerns - thirty-nine in all!" - from dust jacket. Many wonderful black and white photos. Sure to entertain! Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
192550 pages. Features: Intimate glimpses of our native trees - article with photos; Beautifying the small home grounds; How to carry the home expense; Christmas wreaths of native materials; Homes of Famous Americans, XXXVI - Fort Hill, the home of John C. Calhoun at Clemson, South Carolina - photo-illustrated ad; Hardy wild plants for northern gardens; Winter injuries to trees and shrubs; The lure of early New England dressers; A homelike house of shingles (house plan); Unit house number four is a Dutch colonial - house plan; Holiday gifts for home use; 2/3-page illustrated ad encourages readers to buy western crop land in Canada; American women in the world of music; Cookies for Christmas; How to carve dinner meats; Last minute embroidered gifts for the home lover; Nice color ad inside back cover by the Oak Flooring Bureau; Nice color-illustrated Kohler ad on back cover features illustration of child peeking beneath shower curtain. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
1993Features: Dick Laidman - from Bush to Boardroom; E & B flies the R44; Liberator VY241 - Chris Weicht recalls a tragedy in the lonely peaks of the BC Coast Range; Painting Klee Wyck - mural on Helijet's S-76 by Tony Coon; B-36B Bomber #2075 is ditched in B.C. in 1950 - The very first accident with nuclear weapons, as listed in the DOD summaries of accidents involving US nuclear weapons 1950-1980 - *little known B.C. history*; First Flight at 81!. Sound copy. Magazine
195764 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
195934 pages. Features: Nice illustrated ad for the Western Fishing Line Company shows fisherman smooching with mermaid; Mailbag; Old Vienna one-page ad features photo of Cutthroat and asks what is a good fly to use?; The Unbeatable Trio - Shuswap-Mara-Mabel - article with map and photos; Ink doodles and small clipping from ad on page 13; Transcontinental Outboard Cruise - 5,286 miles from New York to Oregon!; Poison Ivy; Sportsman's Corner; Spring Fishing the Cheakamus - with two photos of Don Lewis; Nice one-page ad for Old Style beer features illustration of old style bare-knuckle boxer; Clay Chips - includes photos of Mrs. Victor Spencer and Charlie Hyde, "Turk" Brandt of Bellingham, Ralph Hennes and Poldi Bentley; Mr. & Mrs. Vic. Spencer with Bill Jones; Several pages of boat information and ads; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194356 pages plus fold-out drawing of "hay-wire bay" which features diagrams of a wide range of logging scenes of the day. A book of verse concerning the trials and tribulations, lives and ways of the loggers living and working in the Great Northwest of America. Contains: "The Loggers Sweetheart", "The Wise Donkey Puncher", "The Answer to a Hooker's Prayer", "The Dying Logger's Lament", A Logger's Dictionary, and much more. Moderate yellowing to edges of pages and some damage to upper corners of front cover. Average wear. Bookplate inside front cover. Book
195722 pages. Features: Nostalgic illustrated ad for Johnson outboards inside front cover; A Creed for Philosophy in Conservation; Editorial - "Comes the Revolution"; Mailbag; Illustrated ad for the B.S.A. Bantam motorcycle; Western Fishing Line Co. ad features photo of Wayne Quayle and his massive world record 148-lb California Giant Black Sea Bass; Of Nature, Deer, and Man - article by James G. Teer - article by the Texas Game and Fish Commissioner, James G. Teer; Bull Session - Weyerhauser and its CHEC (Co-operative Hunter Experimental Control) Program; Personal message from Minister of Recreation and Conservation Earle C. Westwood (former Mayor of Nanaimo), including his photo; Fish and Game Convention, Penticton, May 15-18, with photo of Chairman Frank Butler; Photo of Dr. Dave B. Turner - well-known as a famous Canadian soccer player - recently appointed acting Deputy for the Dept. of Recreation and Conservation; Report on the new Department of Recreation and Conservation; Photos of conservation workers Jim Bacon, Bob Armstrong, G.F. Abear, Mort Paige, Jim Murray, John Weldon and Bruno Reimer; Clay Chips - shooting article with photo of Cy Borne; Boat article; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
