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The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, August 1919, No. 256, Vol. XLIII - The Theft of the Zuni God / Flying in Central Africa / Our LIfe at Holzminden

By: 'Woodpecker'; Rose, Frank; Heald, T.; Webster, F.; Martyn, F.; randall, S.; Somerset-Lister, H.; Thomason, H.; Evans, E.; Et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: New York, The International News Company: 1919

Seller ID: 123h0764

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventure...
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The Canadian Magazine, July 5, 1975 - Norman Bethune Cover Illustration

By: Allan, Ted; Cobb, David; Gormely, Sheila; Grescoe, Paul; Benoit, Jehane;

Price: $195.00

Publisher: Toronto, Southstar: 1975

Seller ID: 316g2183

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

28 pages. Features: Norman Bethune - The Sinner Who Became a Saint - article with many illustration in colour and black and white; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Benson & Hedges cigarettes features fishermen holding their catch; Plain Jayne - Actress Jayne Eastwood - with great full-page colour photo; Scotiabank centerfold ad; Joseph Sedgwick - Master of Advocacy - article with full-page colour-photo portrait of this great Canadian lawyer; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Crown brand corn syrup; The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Mailman - How Ottawa cut Tom Howard's Olympic Chances in...
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The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, September (Sept.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 329 - A Woman in Unknown Morocco

By: Anstruther, Charles; Lugrin, N. De Bertrand; McMillan, R.D.S.; Richards, H.G.; Brennan, W.; Stuart, J.K.; Cook, O.; Harries, C.L.; Stuart, F.S.; Taylor, M.M.; Charnley, W.; McMahon, R.; Hayter, C.N.C.; Dickie, F.

Price: $299.95

Publisher: London, George Newnes, Ltd.: 1925

Seller ID: 123g4372

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atla...
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Jetwings International, April 2009: Monthly Magazine of Jet Airways - Music Trails from Dublin to Perth

By: B, Ravi

Price: $49.95

Publisher: India, Jet Airways: 2009

Seller ID: 543g1750

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

88 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: Photo featue on glacial Alaska; Western Classical Music in Prague; Romantic Paris; Ireland's great literateurs; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy.
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The New York Times Magazine, August (Aug.) 30, 1964 - Long Island is Becoming Long City

By: Baldwin, Hanson W.; Lipset, Seymour Martin; Smith, Hedrick; Crankshaw, Edward; McCarthy, Joe; Payne, Robert; Benjamin, Philip

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times & Arno Press: 1964

Seller ID: 202g4012

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

76 pages. Features: 25 Years Ago - Hitler Strikes and WWII begins - article with photos; A Private Opinion on the Polls; How the President Keeps Informed - the LBJ way; Strange alliance between East and West as Cold War continues; Long Island is becoming Long City; What's In a Flag? - Everything; Early Camera-maker Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre - photo-illustrated brief article; Yoga is the fashionable way to keep in shape; Airy Manhattan apartment of Aivi Gallen-Kallela and David Kenneth Specter; That First Day of School; Broxodent automatic toothbrush ad; Beautiful color-photo fashion ads; a...
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The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct.) 25, 1970 - Richard Ottinger / Ronald Reagan / Militants Who Play with Dynamite are White

By: Barthel, Joan; Tiger, Lionel; Greene, Wade; Buckley, Tom; Roberts, Steven V.; Friedman, Saul; Brenton, M.; Crenshaw, M.A.; Claiborne, C.; Reif, R.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times & Arno Press: 1970

Seller ID: 202g4112

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

132 pages. Features: Adam and Eve cover; Great color fashion ads; Blackglama; Quana ties; Swank cuff links of the world; How to Merchandise an Actor on TV - article with photo of Dick Linke and his star client Andy Griffith.Miracord 770H ad features photo of Doc Severinsen; Alaska fur seal coat by The Fouke Company; Photo of Gomer Pyle (another Dick Linke client) being yelled at by his sergeant (Frank Sutton); Swakara black lamb coat from South Africa; Is Male Dominance a Sexist Plot?; The Militants Who Play with Dynamite - with mush shots of Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Rae Dohrn, Dwi...
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Sawasdee, September 2004 - Thai Airways Magazine

By: Bassett, Peta; Yee, Jennifer

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Thailand, Thai Airways: 2004

Seller ID: 543g1720

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

76 pages. Lovely colour photography throughout. Text primarily in English. Features: Gisele photo in Jaspal ad; Excellent spas are plentiful around Thailand; Rock climbing in the stunning Krabi setting; World's top tennis stars stop off in Bangkok; Inflight service information; How to stay in good shape while in the sky; Royal Orchid Plus; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.
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The New York Times Magazine, November (Nov.) 8, 1970 - Leroy Johnson, The Most Powerful Black Politician in Dixie

By: Benchley, Peter; Keniston, Kenneth; Lerner, Michael; Moraes, Dom; Hellman, Peter; Lesher, Stephan; Schiro, A.; Berman, A.; Cohen, L.; Hewitt, J.; Reif, R.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, The New York Times & Arno Press: 1970

Seller ID: 202g4110

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Good

148 pages. Features: Cover photo of barred Harlem bookstore window; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Royal Copenhagen Porcelain offered by Swank; Qiana Ties; Blackglama Mink; Piaget watches; Two-page Lan-Chile ad (Chilean airline) features three beautiful women and heading "The Savages of South America"; Zodiac SST watch; Movado watches; Five spots for New York's Midnight Chic - Maxwell's Plum (with photo of owner Warner LeRoy), Elaine's (with photo of owner Elaine Kaufman), Raffles (with photo of operator Derek Hall-Caine), Le Club (with photo of Oleg Cassini) and Hippopotamus (with photo...
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, November (Nov.), 1921, No. 283, Vol. XLVIII: Businessman Becomes Amateur Robinson Crusoe

By: Bootes, H.; Rutzebeck, H.; Golden, R.; Frings, J.; Dunlop, A.; Cunningham, E.; Dyer, C.; Forbin, V.; McKechnie, N.; Repp, E.

Price: $295.00

Publisher: New York, The International New Company: 1921

Seller ID: 123h0552

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

88 Pages plus 16 pages of ads. Features: A Girl of the Island - a beautiful girl is shipwrecked on a lonely tropic island; A Man's Luck - Part III - Hjalmar Rutzebeck story of life and love in the Far North; The Mystery of Charlie Ross - tragic story of the kidnapping of four-year-old Charlie Ross from his home near Philadelphia; My Island of Dreams - Part I of the adventures of amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings - with his photos; Taming the Head-Hunters - author and a party of ten police enter the little-known hill country of British North Borneo to punish a tribe of head-hunting Dyaks; T...
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV - No. 261, January (Jan.) 1920 - Two Balloonatics

By: Brand, J.B.; Bourne, George;Franck, H.A.; Yerburgh, The Rev. W.H.B.; White, Capt. T.W.; Thomason, Hugh; Pocock, R.; Chinnery, E.W.P.; Mander, Lionel; McMahon, (MeMahon?) T.J.; Et al

Price: $295.00

Publisher: London, George Newnes, Ltd.: 1920

Seller ID: 123g4358

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Pages 177-272, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Blue Bandits - Part 1 - Elusive thieves operate in the Franco-Italian villages on either side of the frontier in the French department of the Hautes Alpes and the Italian district of Monte Viso; How I Lost My Christmas Dinner - hilarious story of a Christmas spent with the Maori adherents of self-styled "prophet" Rua - article with photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 2 - photo-illustrated account of Harry A. Franck's visit to Quito and his tramp through Ecuador; The Last Voyage of H.M.S. "Drake" - a vivid glimp...
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The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, December (Dec.) 1914, No. 200, Vol. 34 - Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals / Penelope Visits Finland

By: Browne, J.; Heighton, J.; Thomas, T.; Armour, C.; Hollingsworth, F.; Ranee of Sarawak; Fagan, D.; Et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: New York, The International News Company: 1914

Seller ID: 123h0756

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 102-196 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mutiny of the "Ziba" (part I) - a brutal captain and mates are murdered by their crew; Among Head-Hunters and Cannibals - great photo-illustrated article on some of the experiences of Captain W. Sinker who for years cruised the South Sea Islands in command of the Melanesian Mission steamer "Southern Cross"; The Rivals - two men were in love with the same lady; The Bluffing of Din Mahomed - a rascally Indian postal worker is brought to justice; The Runaway Train - story from a branch line of the C. and N.W.R....
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The Illustrated London News, August (Aug.) 4, 1962 - Barry Brewster Dies Climbing the North Face of Eiger

By: Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd.: 1962

Seller ID: 338h1199

ISBN: B000KH9SV0

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 161-196 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover photo of the Eiger, where Barry Brewster lost his life, plus text and more photos; Russian dock collides with the South Goodwin lightship; Photo of Simon Paterson coming ashore after swimming the English Channel underwater in just under 14 hours; Photo of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the pro--fascist union movement, being knocked to the ground by demonstrators in Manchester on July 29; Four photos of the Queen at Plymouth and Dartmouth; Indian forces attack Chinese post in Ladakh - article with photo; Photo of Egyptian tank and Conquerer rock...
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The Illustrated London News, August (Aug.) 10, 1963 - Photos of Early Dubai

By: Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; et al

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News & Sketch: 1963

Seller ID: 338h1200

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 185-220 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Sensational page of six photos, with text, illustrating Dubai, the primary port and one of the most progressive towns in Trucial Oman - includes the Customs Building, the new bridge, Shaikh Rashid Bin Said, a general view of the town, the Al-Gaz Hotel, the old palace, and more; Cover photo of the Queen Mother upon her 63rd birthday; Article on the Moscow Test-Ban Treaty with photo of DeGaulle; Photo of the Vickers Hovertruck in action; Photo of the Corporal missile on parade at Larkhill; Photo of Mr. David Tapp driving his tractor, The Seahorse, ac...
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The Illustrated London News, January (Jan.) 4, 1947: Racial Minorities of Indochina

By: Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd.: 1947

Seller ID: 338h0982

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

32 pages. Features: Cover photo of miner at work 1000 yards below grade in the Milliard Seam at Snowden Colliery, in Kent; Amazing photo of crashed Dakota aircraft atop houses at South Ruislip; Five photos of Husky and Malemute dogs which will help Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd's new Antarctic expedition; Miracles of salvage in Italy - five photos of monuments rebuilt from fragments; Photos of brilliant results of Italian buildings and frescoes rebuilt after the war; Article entitled Some Service Landmarks of 1946, which includes two photos from troubled Jerusalem; Six photos of an Allied force...
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The Wide World - The Magazine For Everybody, August (Aug.) 1924, No. 316, Vol. LIII - The Fire-Walkers of Fiji / Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico

By: C.V.T.; Johnson, G.; McLaren, J.; Hogg, J.; Wilkins, B.; Walmsley, L.; Charles, B.; Et al

Price: $299.95

Publisher: New York, The International News Company: 1924

Seller ID: 123h0766

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone f...
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The Saturday Evening Post, January (Jan.) 10, 1953: Commuting Through Red Germany / Baseball's Biggeset Winner, Robin Roberts of the Phillies

By: Carson, R.; O'Donnell, J.; Perry, G.; Paston, H.; Lubell, S.; Smith, H.; Sherrod, R.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The Curtis Publishing Company: 1953

Seller ID: 201h0776

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

100 pages. Features: Nice snow angel cover illustration by John Falter; I Ride Nightmare Highway - James P. O'Donnell drives from Helmstedt to Berlin in 1952 and must deal with surly, unpredictable Russians at checkpoints; Debonair Dan - Dan London and his St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, The Magnificent Innkeeper; Baseball's Biggest Winner - Robin Roberts of the Phillies; Who Elected Eisenhower?; Why Pay for Advice?; The Tiger at Red China's Heels - Color-photo-illustrated interview with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa (Taiwan); We Made the Impossible Voyage (2nd of 3 articles) - Dr. Thomas Da...
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The Illustrated Weekly of India, February 6, 1949, Volume LXX, No. 6 - Manohara Joshi Colour Art Feature

By: Collett, H.J.; Sivaram, M.; Kelen, StephenThacker, Manu;Hamblett, Charles; Loo, Van; et al

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Bombay, The Illustrated Weekly of India: 1949

Seller ID: 301g3828

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Goa Street Scene" by Manohara Joshi; Full-page ad for Gemini's movie "Chandra Lekha"; Coverage of President Harry Truman's Inauguration; Durban Riots - photos and text; Photos of Pakistani dignitaries involved with Inter-Dominion Rapprochement; Nice two-page article on the Chor Bazar; Saurashtra Assembly Meets - photos; Photos of people in the news, including Sheikh Mohammed Abdullay, Prime Minister of Kashmir; Bathing the Beauty - fiction about a python; Animal Albinos; One-page colour photo of Jaipur Milkmaid with two brass pots of ...
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The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, June, 1916, No. 218, Vol. 37 - A Holiday in Mongolia

By: Corson, A.; Treacher, M.; Fletcher, A.; Askew, A.; Czaplicka, M.; Lees, G.; Shepstone, H.; Rigg, W.; Bredon, J.; Lincoln, R.;

Price: $299.95

Publisher: New York, The International News Company: 1916

Seller ID: 123h0750

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 97-192 plus 32 pages of vintage ads. Features: A Battle With a Bear - a young sportsman drops into a lively rough-and-tumble fight with a big black bear; Real-Life Romances of the War (part I) - Malcolm Savage Treacher, a sergeant in a famous regiment who has been invalided to England after an exciting time in the Near East sets down stories - cameos of the Great War - told to him by soldiers during his seven months' sojourn in various hospitals (part I); From Job To Job Around the World (part IV) - the continuing remarkable adventures of two young Americans who set out from San Francis...
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The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, Vol. XXXV - No. 208, August (Aug.) 1915 - A Woman Alone in China / My Chinese God

By: Davidson, R.V.; Willoughby, J.; Stock, R.; Gaunt, M.; Hamilton, H.A.; Shepstone, H.J.; Banks, R.; Et al

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, George Newnes, Ltd.: 1915

Seller ID: 123g4361

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate' rages down through the mountains; "Washing-Day" All Over the World - article with many fantastic photos of (mainly) woman washing their clothes in outdoor waters in many countries around the world; In Search of Adventure - Part 1 - the story of a chequered cruise to the South Sea Islands by "The Firm", "Freckles", and "The Spinster"; A Woman Alone in China - Part 3 - photo-illustrated travels of Mar...
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The New York Times, Section 10, October 2, 1960 - Special Advertising Section: Japan - Today and Tomorrow

By: Dentsu Advertising, Ltd: Co-Ordinator

Price: $199.95

Publisher: USA, The New York Times Company: 1960

Seller ID: 449g1137

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

32 pages. Cover photo of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko playing with their infant son, Prince Naruhito Hironomiya. Many great vintage ads for Japan's major manufacturers. Many photos. Articles include: Close U.S.-Japan Relations Important to Free World; Japan's Electronics Industry Helps Set World Pace in Price and Quality; American Cities Have 23 Sisters in Japan; Japan Leads the World in Shipbuilding; Japan's Dam Construction Expertise; Japan's National Parks; Japan one of the best U.S. customers; Five million TV sets in use - Radio vying for audience; Tokyo Metropolis; Japane...
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Category: Asia