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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 94 pages. Illustrated. Baily's Magazine was the premier publication for the British gentry, focusing heavily on traditional country pursuits, equestrianism, and field sports. Superb period advertisements: Historical adverts for sporting equipment, taxidermy, estate sales, equestrian gear, and luxury goods of the Edwardian era. R F Ball "Dandy White" / Professor J Cossar Ewart *Prehistoric British Ponies" / Lionel Hewson "Advance of Golf in Ireland" / Cragsman "An Afternoon with the Woodpigeons" / Blue Vinny "The Fly-fisher's Rod" / L C R Cameron "Last Season's Otterhunting" / Lincoln Wilbar "Record Moose-heads" (U.P.).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Barton's Grizzly - Well-known Western hunter and guide J. Barton sets out to single-handedly capture a live California grizzly bear (includes cover illustration); In Search of Adventure - Part IV - the story of a chequered cruise; Kidnapped - A Tale of the Burmese Border in which Sir Robert Carson retrieves his kidnapped daughter; An Interrupted Holiday - John Hawkins was tramping through Idaho in 1886; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part II - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their journey from the source of the Amazon to the Atlantic, fighting for their lives along the way; Three Years off the Beaten Track - H.E. Weller spent three years in Northern Canada running a small steamer for the Hudson's Bay Company among fur traders and Indians - article with many interesting photos; A Prize-Fight in Mexico - amusing story of what happened when a Spaniard fought an American; Life Among the Eskimos - Clint Wiseman describes a visit he paid to these hardy little hunters of north, complete with photos; The Story of the Missing Fingers - the awful experience of Melvin Parker who fell overboard and clung to a bell-buoy for many hours in the depth of winter; Fallen Among the Theives - exciting adventures of two novice rubber-collectors in Central America, by Rowland W. Cater; Hotel-Keeping in the Wilds - two ex-members of the Cape Mounted Rifles and their hotel-keeping adventures out on the veldt; and more. pp. 9 [ads], 94, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Somerfield, Webb, Arch.; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.; Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, W.H.; Buchanan, Fred (illustrator).…