THE WIDE WORLD The True Adventure Magazine for Men JANUARY 1956 Australian edit.

Description: The WIDE WORLD The True Adventure Magazine for Men January 1956 Published by George Newnes, London. Original price 2/- in Australia. Cover art by W.C. Nicolson - illustration for The Sky's No Limit story. W. C. Nicolson (William Campbell Nicolson 1880-1965) was a Scottish artist who did 100s of cover illustrations for The Wide World. Features: The Sky’s No Limit: the thrill-packed story of today’s faster than sound test pilots – First Chapter “He Flew Through A House”; by Roger J Richardson; (photos)Witchcraft by Radio by Alastair Scobie: Adventurer’s Paradise – strange tribes, eccentric characters and savage beasts of death. (photos) (illustrations by Holloway)Murder at Saltash Tavern by Sergeant Olive Bascombe: to get his man, A Mountie matches a killer’s toughness with his own, plus keen powers of observation; (photos) (illus by Holloway)Reluctant Treasure by W.W. Bride: for 160 years men have poured out labour and money in frantic efforts to unearth a hoard of wealth, that may not even exist. (illus by John Roberts)Two Shirts and a Gun by Lawrence Morgan; the breath-taking beauty of the Ouled Nail dancers spells delight and danger in Algeria; Shipwrecked on the Seine by “Lardy” Dadd: second coxswain of the Walmer lifeboatTurkey for Christmas by Gilbert Harris, M.R.S. - a flock of panic-stricken turkeys loose in an aircraft over the sea. The Man Who Bluffed Hitler by Anthony Annandale - Andorra’s Great Man had the courage and the ingenuity to deal with any crisis40,000 Miles Behind Me: Peter Pinney arrives in Bulawayo. (illus by Tresilian) (photos)Riddle of the Golden Reef by A J Forrest – three times he located the reef; three times he clutched the gold – but could not hold it. Australia – Harry Lasseter’s lost gold. Lights Out! by George Goldsmith Carter: the concluding instalment of the story of a lightshipman who helped to man the North Goodwin in the early days of the warPages numbered 138 to 202 + 24 pages of advertisements; cameo advertisements with:Dai Dower, British Empire and European Flyweight champion (Empire Watches); and Mike Lithgow, Chief Test Pilot for Vickers-Armstrongs (Capstan Cigarettes) b/w illustrations including photographs; 25 x 18 cm; 200g 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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