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1950Features: Great cover photo of Miss Seattle speeding across Lake Washington at over 100 mph. Features: Cruising Mexican Waters - From the Sea of Cortes to Acapulco - Part II; Seattle Bids for Harmsworth Trophy race - Stanley S. Sayres' Miss Seattle is groomed as a possible 1950 defender of the international trophy - article with photos of Sayres and his boat; Coasting Home the Hard Way - Clarence E. Walter describes his solo voyage of 1188 miles, from San Pedro to Olympia, with two LCVPs (article with photos of Walter and his converted LCVP, Thomas Kestle); Duwamish - The World's Most Powerful Fireboat - article with photos; Remote Ocean Falls, B.C. Yacht Club - article with photo; New Sardine Research Vessels - the Crest, Horizon, and Yellowfin study the life cycle of the Sardine - article with photos; NCPCA Honors Cruiser Skippers; Julie - A Model Craft for Judge John J. Miller; "Perhaps You Might Fish a Man Out of the Drink" - A Story of Flotilla 21 - USCGA; Imperial Makes Her Last Mail Delivery to Communities on the Columbia River - article with photo; Mourning the Loss of the old "S.S.Tacoma"; Pleasure and Commercial Boat Plans; Two 28-Foot Chris-Craft Patrol Boats Equipped for S.E. Alaska Waters - article with photos; and more. 52 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Numerous fantastic vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1924Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Red Witch of Modjaji - A weird story related by a member of the old South African Constabulary on the edge of the Great Bushveld; In Search of Sea-Monsters - Part I - In 1921 F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out on a two-year trip to the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea to discover the world's largest big-game fish - photo-illustrated article; The Convict Who Captured a Prison - Murderer Tom Slaughter was able to escape from the Arkansas State Penitentiary's "death cell" and escape from the prison, leaving all other prisoners and guards lock up! - article with photos; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part III (conclusion) - Winifred S. Blackman spent three winters with local people in Upper Egypt - article with photos; Photo of man in India who has committed to roll his body for two thousand miles from Rameswara to Benares! Trade-Wind Cay - Three men find themselves stranded on an uninhabited islet, once the lair of pirates, in the Spanish Main; Our Andean Adventures - Harriett Chalmers Adams travelled into the region across the Peruvian Andes and the mysterious "inside" country beyond, which she was the first white woman to penetrate - article with photos; The Great Dog Derby of La Pas - Photo-illustrated account of the annual race for men and dog-teams over two hundred miles of snow-covered wilderness at La Pas, Manitoba; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part IV - The story of a British officer's journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; The Bell of Solavetski - Ralph Durand spent twenty pounds to travel to faraway Archangel and the ice-covered Arctic wastes of Nova Zembla - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part IV - A bull-terrier spared from death rewards his new owner, Count Nils Cronstedt, by saving him multiple times during his time as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; Across the Atlantic in "Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton's racing yacht travels an adventurous 3,000 miles home to Britain for a refit (with photos; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part IV - Beatrice Grimshaw explored up the Sepik River of New Guinea where she dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; The Grey Devils - A grim story of hungry wolves in the Canadian North-West; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1911Features: Extensive Terminals at Vancouver, B.C. for Great Northern; Work begins on long bridge at San Pedro Harbor, CA; Interstate Commerce Commission Decides Spokane-Reno Rates Case; Scathing Editorial against an article by Teddy Roosevelt regarding the development of Alaska; Professional biography of Charles M. Levy of the Western Pacific, with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; Railway Personals; Growth of the Modern Ocean Liner - article with photo of the Olympic entering New York Harbor on her first voyage; Port Expenses of Puget Sound Make Favorable Comparison; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo and brief article on the Sovereign, fastest yacht in the world; Local Shipping Interests Opposed to Railroad Ave. (Seattle) Viaduct Over Waterways; Steamer Nisqually Develops Great Speed - article with photo; Scientific Discussion of the Tides by J.F. Ruthven; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911Features: Tacoma's Union Station Thrown Open to the Public - two-page article including grainy photo of the new station; Oregon-Washington Station To Formally Open May 20 - new passenger station in Seattle (article with photo inside the main waiting room); Professional biography of self-made man Carl R. Gray, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (includes photo of Mr. Gray); First Marine Producer Gas Installation on Pacific Coast - on the Barkentine Archer; Ongoing construction by Johnson Brothers & Blanchard, Georgetown of deep-sea motor cruiser designed by Seattle naval architect L.E. Geary for O.O. Denny of Seattle - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Speediest Steam Yacht is Launched - brief article and photo of the Sovereign; News of Tacoma; One page ad for the new steel trains "The Olympian" and the "Columbia" which represent "The New Steel Trail to the East Through the Golden West, commencing service 29 May, 1911; Nice illustrated one-page ad for "The Finest Train in the West, The Shasta Limited" which speedily connected Seattle with San Francisco; Excellent half-page photo ad for Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke while she pumps two heavy streams of water from her hoses; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
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