Author: BRENTON, RICHARD; MAYNARD, BRIAN; BEAMISH, HULDINE V.; WALLABY; RYDER-SMITH, ROLAND; KEGLEY, HOWARD; MACMUNN, SIR GEORGE; GREIG, CAPTAIN C.; "CAPRICORN";
Title: The Wide World - the Magazine for Men, January (Jan. ) 1948 - "Lucky Tremaine" / "Buster" Brown's Brain-Wave
Description: London: George Newnes Ltd, 1948. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Nicolson, W.C. (cover). 18 [ads], 189-250 pages. Features: On the Edge of the World (part 1) - adventures of a Wolverhampton office worker who travels to Tierra del Fuego to hunt and pirate furs; The Australian Stockman - photo-illustrated article; Picturesque Portugal - photo-illustrated article; Buster Brown's Brain-Wave - delightful yarn of the old sailing-ship days involving the crew of the 'Pride of London'; The Baker and the Bears - photo-illustrated article of the bears which feed from the cooks at Stevens' Gulch Road Camp on Mount Rainier in Washington state; The "Rockologist" - photo-illustrated article on "Chuckawalla Slim", otherwise known as Edwin H. Vose; Wardens of the Marches - deals with the wild Afghan border where blood feuds last generations; Ju-Ju C.I.D. - a curious story from West Africa; The Big Eel - fish-spearing at night near Mauritius; Abdul the Impeccable - getting even with a young rogue in northern India; "Lucky Tremaine" - An R.C.M.P. member is promoted due to a fluke of fortune; Great photo shows men of Hallaton and Medbury competing to get mini-beer barrel over the brook between the villages; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, January (Jan.) 1948 - "Lucky Tremaine" / "Buster" Brown's Brain-Wave On the Edge of the World (part 1) - adventures of a Wolverhampton office worker who travels to Tierra del Fuego to hunt and pirate furs; The Austr. Good .

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