The Wide World - The True Adventure Magazine for Men, July 1957 - Cat Trains
by Maynard, Frank; Conway, Philip; Andrew, Jay; Laroyan, Scott; Delacroix, Robert; Dodgson, Brian; Stewart, Leslie; Batham, Guy; Keighley-Bell, G.H.; Hennessey, Michael;
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- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
London: The Wide World, 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to Destruction - a ten million dollar smuggling operation in the Mediterranean - article with photos; Red Eyes of Evil - hunting a 15' crocodile on the Zambezi; The Temple of Snakes - five white men filming a documentary amongst the savage Arusi tribesmen find trouble; Murderers in my Kitchen - the author's two jungle workers were convicted murderers; Trapped in a Floating Tomb - an astonishing sea story from off the Prussian coast involving the "Aurora"; Tooth for a Tooth - a Scotish flyer creates trouble in the city of Kandy on Ceylon when he violates a sacred shrine; Squeeze to Freedom - the amazing escape of a British P.O.W. from a German train in WWII; Caught in a Whirlpool in the Vialala river in Eastern Papua - article with photos; Sports Day with the Veiled Warriors - the Oulliminden Tuaregs of the French Sudan - article with photos; Jungle Guinea Pigs - Sgt. Ken McConnell's Auster crashed in Malaya - his nightmare trip to safety; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 346H2551
- Title
- The Wide World - The True Adventure Magazine for Men, July 1957 - Cat Trains
- Author
- Maynard, Frank; Conway, Philip; Andrew, Jay; Laroyan, Scott; Delacroix, Robert; Dodgson, Brian; Stewart, Leslie; Batham, Guy; Keighley-Bell, G.H.; Hennessey, Michael;
- Illustrator
- Nicolson, W.C. (cover)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Wide World
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- The Wide World - The True Adventure Magazine for Men, July 1957 - Cat Trains Cat-Skinning Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Travel, Exploration & Adventure;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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