Luce Philip Winter (4 results)
The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, January (Jan.) 1951, Bill Miner - Bandit
Rea, George; Kellar, David; Sinclair-Lockhart, Sir Graeme; Luce, Philip Winter; Russell, J.J.; Gillum, John; "Dutch"; Lorant, Michael
Published by The Wide World, London 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. xxiv, 129-190 pages. Features: Cover illustration of scene in the Macpherson Range, Queensland, Australia; The Raft - George Rea and his employer's family are driven from an isolated Queensland homestead by a flood; The Haunted Tanker - Third Officer David Kellar relates wha…t happened; The Black Pearls of Fatu-Hiva - a South Seas ocean floor treasure cave and a vanished fortune; The Life History of bandit Bill Miner, one of the most notorious outlaws to trouble Canada and the Western States - article with photos of Lewis Colquhoun, "Shorty" Dunn and the Dominion Penitentiary at New Westminster, B.C., from which Miner made his sensational escape; Act of God - an experience in Karachi; Shooting Star - an amusing tale from the Sudan; River of the Dead - violence in Brazil's interior involving missionaries and the Chavantes people; The "Village of Ladders" - photo-illustrated article on the tiny Swiss hamlet of Albinen; The Live in Trees - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the people of Travancore State in India who live in tree houses; Living Native in the South Seas; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); (illustrator).
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, January [Jan.] 1929, Vol. LXII, No. 369:
Hichens, Captain W.; Trinkler, Emil; Macdonald Robert M.; Musson, H.P.; Macpherson, Margaret; Schramm, W. Peter; Jefers, Tom; Baker, Ben F.; Newton, A.; "Nemo"; Royal, Ken J.; Luce, Philip Winter; Mossman, Frank; Dickie, Francis
Published by The International News Company, New York 1929
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Africa's Mystery Beasts - Remarkable stories concerning what may be the progeny of prehistoric monsters, several of which appear to be formidable opponents for any hunter; Through the Heart of Af…ghanistan - Part I - Emil Trinkler had exceptional opportunities for travelling in untrodden regions, with photos; The Dancing Dead - A veteran gold-seeker's account of a weird and terrifying experience that befell a party of prospectors in New Guinea, with photo of witch-doctor; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part II; "King Kauri" - The Kauri tree is to New Zealand what the oak is to England - article with photos; The Two Sheriffs - A strange murder situation is encountered by a veteran cow-puncher in the wilds of Montana; My Wild Boar - A newcomer to India is warned not to shoot wild pig; "Next Time" - An amusing story from the Yukon country; Lachmee's Vow - A tiger tale from Hindustan; The Sacred White Crow of Yaunghwe - brief article with two photos; The Great Boulder Murder Case - The story of one of the most remarkable murder mysteries in the annals of Australia, with photo and map; Photo of salt prospecting in Cheshire; "Bushman's Luck" - A remarkable story from New Zealand; Out of the Deep - The strange story of a famous schooner that sank off Sable Island, the "graveyard of the Atlantic," to reappear in most dramatic circumstances; Sequel to the "Lost Cabin" Mine Mystery - New information regarding this story which appeared in the September, 1920 issue; Trailing the Beaver-Poachers - Game law enforcer Frank Mossman relates some of his experiences with illegal trappers in the North-west, who often do not hesitate to shoot - with photos; "Baldy Red's" Come-Back - A bootlegger smuggles illicit whisky into the forbidden Northland of Canada. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Lower half of backstrip missing. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Gale, W.J.; Wightman, W.E.; Goss, G.W.; Tresilian, S.; Soper, George; De Walton, John; Wigfull, W.E.; Thompson, Kenneth (illustrator).
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, July 1928: Vol. LXI No. 363: To Lhasa in Disguise / Down The Colorado River, The World's Most Dangerous
Charnley, W.; David-Neel, Alexandra; Case, P.B.; Moller, C.W.; Stephens, Thos. C.; Eddy, Clyde L.; Luce, Philip Winter; Chadwick, W.S.; Watt, Frederick B.; Stuart-Reid, G.E.; Fitzpatrick, Captain J.F.J.; Kohl, Edith Ammons
Published by The International News Company, New York 1928
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Fo…rbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Robinson, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Leigh, Conrad; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Wightman, W.E.; Tresilian, S.; Sindall, A.W.; Brock, R.H. (illustrator).
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1928, Vol. LXII, No. 367: Bill Carlisle - Train Robber / Foie Gras / Julius Weinberg - Bolshevik Financier
Thomas, T.J.; Burden, W. Douglas; Vivian, Herbert; Begbie, Garston; Parsons, Capt. Anthony; Goldsmith, Maj. G.M.; Thorenfeldt, Kai; Luce, Philip Winter; Day, Jeanne; Todd, C.T.; Winbush, Chas. S.; Mahoney, E.H.J.; Craddock, F.
Published by The International News Company, New York 1928
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of t…he Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Lance; Sindall, A.W.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Spence, Percy; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Seper, George (illustrator).
