THE WIDE WORLD The Magazine for Men JUNE 1954 Australian issue

Description: The WIDE WORLD The Magazine for Men see THE LAND OF WONDERS JUNE 1954 Published by George Newnes, London. Original price 1/9 in Australia. Cover illustration: Anatolian Rock Dwellings. W. C. Nicolson (1880-1965) was a Scottish artist who did 100s of cover illustrations for The Wide World. Includes A Tigress for Escort by Lieut.-Colonel Keith Horan - an amazing story of Indian big-game hunting; (illus by Tresilian) Football Crazy by Hay Darnell - An amazing story of the merchant navy in South Africa; (Holloway) Seeking Sunken Gold told by Paul Suveran - may be regarded as a long-delayed 'sequel' to "The Wreck of the General Grant", originally published as far back as 1899; Garcia - by Kerry Wood of Red Deer, Alberta; (Holloway)Saskatchewan "Snowplanes" – by M.B. Evans includes photo of the winner of the 1938 'Derby Cup' race; The Land of Wonders by Malcolm Burr D.Sc.- a visit to a little-known region in the heart of Turkish Anatolia; Diamonds Cut Diamonds by N.A.R. - a quaint story from Queensland involving beachcombers collecting loot from a wrecked steamer; (N. Dear) Search and Rescue by Lieut-Colonel Harwood Steele, M.C., F..R.G.S., - stirring stories of rescues by the Royal Canadian Air Force; Alpine Killer by Paul Carey - an unusual story from the Austrian Tyrol by a chamois hunter - involves a savage ibex; The Death-Track by T. Rumsey - a white man seeks to develop land considered sacred. (Nicolls) Pages numbered 66 - 130 + 22 pages of advertisements; b/w illustrations including photographs; 24.5 x 18 cm; 195g I COMBINE POSTAGE: please use the cart or wait for invoice for multiple items The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine (such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Morton Stanley, Douglas Reeman etc.) and it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black and white drawings by such artists as Terence Cuneo, Cecil Stuart Tresilian, Alfred Pearse, Chas Sheldon, Paul Hardy, William Barnes Wollen, John L. Wimbush, Charles J. Staniland, Joseph Finnemore, John Charlton, Warwick Goble, Tom Browne, Ernest Prater, Gordon Browne, Edward S. Hodgson, Norman H. Hardy, Inglis Sheldon Williams, and Harry Rountree. Australian (and presumably New Zealand and South African) readers and collectors should note that the issue numbers were, from some point in the 1920s or 30s, a month behind the English issues. RETURNS POLICY: Refund given if item significantly not as described, not for change of mind– email seller first to discuss any problem using the “contact seller” option. The ACCC advises Consumer guarantees do not apply if you: (a) got what you asked for but simply changed your mind, found it cheaper somewhere else, decided you did not like the purchase or had no use for it (b) misused a product in any way that caused the problem (c) knew of or were made aware of the faults before you bought the product (d) asked for a service to be done in a certain way against the advice of the business or were unclear about what you wanted

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