{"id":8769,"date":"2019-07-01T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:40:53","slug":"bedford-jones-pathways-to-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2019\/07\/01\/bedford-jones-pathways-to-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedford-Jones’ Pathways to Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An early series of chapbook reprints from Black Dog Books<\/a> collected adventure stories from H. Bedford-Jones<\/strong> (1887-1949). Titled “Pathways of Adventure,” the series included six volumes.<\/p>\n

Running from 2001 to 2006, the first four volumes had black & white covers on colored paper, with full color on the last two issues. The volumes ran 60-80 pages each. They also included the original interior artwork as well.<\/p>\n

The Pathways to Adventures series:<\/p>\n

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  1. “Pearls from Macao”<\/li>\n
  2. “The War Lord’s Gold”<\/li>\n
  3. “The Ship of Shadows”<\/li>\n
  4. “Jewels of Java”<\/li>\n
  5. “Gods Guards the Brave”<\/li>\n
  6. “The Ocean Bastille”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The first volume has “Pearls from Macao,” reprinted from Oriental Stories<\/em> from 1933. It features a tale of several parties after a cargo of a derelict vessel.<\/p>\n

    The second volume has “The War Lord’s Gold,” this time from Short Stories<\/em> in 1930. Another treasure hunt, this time after the sunken gold of a Chinese war lord in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

    The third volume has “The Ship of Shadows,” from Blue Book<\/em> in 1920. A strange group is found on a Chinese vessel: a former minister, six Russian revolutionaries, and a former Russian aristocrat.<\/p>\n

    The fourth volume has a collection of four short stories, starting with the title work of “Jewels of Java” then “Loot of the Vesper,” “Siamese Gold,” and “Pebbles of Fire.” These are from Short Stories<\/em> in 1930 and 1931. This is another volume I don’t have.<\/p>\n

    The fifth volume is “Gods Guard the Brave,” which also has “The Pearl of Price.” Both are from Blue Book<\/em> in 1933 and are nautical adventures.<\/p>\n

    The sixth volume is “The Ocean Bastille,” from Popular Fiction<\/em> in 1932. Unlike other stories, this one is set in 1707 and is a buccaneer tale. A prisoner is rescued from Mont St. Michel by his followers, returning to the sea. A bonus story is “The Isle of Trouble” from Man Stories<\/em> in 1931.<\/p>\n

    I wish when Black Dog Books moved to using print-on-demand that they had recollected these works as a single volume. These are all out of print and may be hard to find. I guess we’ll have to wait for Altus Press<\/a> to reprint these works at some point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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