Goss O W (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. 26 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages, illustrated. The Wide World Magazine (1898-1965) captured the thrill of real-life adventure, bringing readers daring tales of exploration, survival, and discovery from across the globe. From treacherous expeditions to remote lands to gripping escapes from danger, it showcased the spirit of adventure that defined its era. The magazine also documented historical events and emerging travel trends, immersing readers in the unknown. With vivid illustrations and detailed narratives, it inspired generations to dream of far-off places, embodying the belief that "Truth is stranger than fiction." A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Illustrator: G. W. Goss. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). G. W. Goss (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Very pretty cloth backed picture boards of children reading on window seat by Cicely M Barker. Lovely colour plates and a multitude of illustrations in tone and b/w. The original owner has contributed with an illustration of The Pied Piper on the inside back board, to add to the charm! A delightful annual, very much of its time. Boards rubbed as always, but still a decent copy. JOYCE L BRISLEY, CICELY BARKER, B BUTLER, HELEN JACOBS, HARRY ROUNTREE, JOHN HASSALL, STANLEY LLOYD, A H WATSON, G W GOSS, GORDON ROBINSON, FRANK HART, WOOLLEY, and More! (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HBDJ, Sept 1926. Stated 8th impression, Lists Thru this Title PreText & on Back DJ, Hardcover Grey, Blue & Dark Green Cloth with Color oval Pasted Near Top lettered in Red . Book Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+. 8vo - VG/GOOD+ , DJ spine has 1/2" loss to crown plus external tape repair, other dj chipping, weak dj folds, , light foxing, otherwise clean and binding tight, NOT EXLIB, mylar protected. 283 pgs + listing of other publications ends with Little Gardening book for Little Girl, Spine ends small chips Ends Affecting Title & Tape RESIDUE, Small stain & 2 small round holes Middle Spine DJ , Interior Nice tight Clean with Smudge here & There, LiGht FOX, Wear, the cloth is blue and the front cover has an oval color picture of Blue Bonnet and is surrounded with 7 stars and some flowers. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 474-510. Features: Hon. Hosea A. Parker - article with one-page illustration of subject; Query; The Crime of Isaac Dole, and his Punishment; Cloud-land; Hon. William Henry Haile; Lake Village; Pleasant Pond; The Name and Family of Tulloch; Sketch of Keene; A Garden; New Hampshire Men in Michigan; A Slight Mistake in the History of New Hampshire; Letter of James Madison to Gen. John Stark, and his Answer; Record of Marriages and Births in the Town of Canterbury, N.H.; Book Notices. Back cover partly loose. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. A worthy reference copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 422-504 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Ten Months Overdue - a stirring account of the luckless voyage of the Liverpool ship Denbigh Castle, which finally reached her point nearly a year overdue; Hunting the Tapir; Imam Baksh's Escape - a murder story from India; Sanna's Eagle - the strange fate that befell a South African lammarfanger, or lamb-eating eagle, which attacked a little Boer girl and caused her death; The Death Circle - two men wander in a Canadian prairie blizzard - one finds shelter, the other dies; In Quest of Gold - gold-seekers from San Francisco on their way to the land of the Yaqui Indians are forced to turn back; Levenson's Ordeal - Albert S. Levenson, a prominent California merchant, goes missing for five days while on a mountain holiday; Life in a Land of Death (part II) - adventures among the head-hunters and other picturesque inhabitants of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea - article with great photos; The Way of the East - a curious story from Vancouver's Chinatown; The Mitimoni Man-Eaters - two white men get involved with African native witchcraft, resulting in their responsibility for fatalities caused by two man-eating lions; "Square Pegs" (part II) - This absorbing tale will teach prospective immigrants more about Canadian prairie life than stacks of guide-books and official pamphlets; Wind - a tale told at the Roscoe Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. which explained why a man dreaded wind; The Yellow Box - a missing box sets a whole West Africa colony seething; The Smallest Park in the World. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. York, W.G.; Goss, G.W.; Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Tennant, Dudley; Cleaver, Reginald; Inns, Kenneth; Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian; Gale, W.G.; Soper, G.; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August (Aug.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 328 - Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano / Two Years in Borneo Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man'. Illustrated by Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Goss, G.W.; Hiley, F.E.; Gillett,Frank; Skelton, J.R.; Briault, S.; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Dewar,W.; Carruthers, G.P.; Carruthers, G.P.; Eyles, D.C.; Holloway, Cyril;Goss, G.W. (illustrator).…