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Wraps. Condition: Poor. [2], 445-482 pages plus covers. Illustrations and map, and folding map at the back. Occasional footnotes. Cover is worn, torn, chipped and soiled. Rear cover with folding map is separated but present. The contents include: Map of the Region of the Panama Canal in 5 colors, 24 x 33 inches; The Panama Canal by Read Admiral Colby M. Chester., Progress on the Panama Canal, and The Great Canals of the World. Signature and comments on the front cover. Signature is of Mrs. F. V. Abbot, wife of General Henry L. Abbot's son. Ink notations in her hand : Page 462, "General Henry L Abbot went over to Paris in 1897- as Consulting Engineer & remained there 8 years until Canal was sold to America. I went with him, returned, & his daughter was with him the rest of the Time. J.D. Abbot; there is also an ink correction on page 462; Page 463 states "Gen. Henry L. Abbot presented a minority report- which was accepted & acted upon; Page 471 "Mr. Taft met my husband, Gen. F. V. Abbot, on the st in W. and said to him ' "The Canal is being built according to your father's plans"--meaning Gen. Henry L. Abbot. Ink mark on pate 473. Frederic Vaughan Abbot (March 4, 1858 - September 26, 1928) was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of brigadier general, and was most notable for his World War I work as assistant to the Army's Chief of Engineers, a post in which he organized, trained, and deployed Engineer soldiers for service in France. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from July 1875 to June 1879 and graduated ranked first in his class of 67. He attended from July 1875 to June 1879 and graduated ranked first in his class of 67 Abbot specialized in rivers and harbors improvement and coast artillery defenses. During the Spanish-American War, he served on many boards which conducted surveys of harbors and coastal defenses in the eastern United States and made recommendations to improve them. Colby Mitchell Chester (February 29, 1844 - May 4, 1932) was a United States Navy admiral. He is the only naval officer to have actively served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1863. In 1864, Chester participated in operations against Mobile, Alabama, aboard the Richmond, part of the squadron commanded by Admiral David G. Farragut. He served in the Navy for 46 more years. He was Commandant of Cadets at the United States Naval Academy in 1891-94; commanded the Cincinnati, flagship of the South Atlantic squadron during the Spanish-American War; became commanding officer of Kentucky upon her commissioning on May 15, 1900, until 1901, and became superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory in 1902, and retired on February 28, 1906. Chester's active-service record was extended to February 28, 1909, to round out a full 50-year service career with the U.S. Navy. He was recalled to special duty in 1917, during World War I, as the first commandant of the Navy ROTC units at Yale University and Brown University. In 1923 he traveled to Turkey at the head of the Americans who participated in an agreement called the Chester concession. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A fantastic edition to the collector's library. fully complete through the above dates in very heavy stock very nicely printed and bound.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. MAGAZINE SEPT. 1944, 1ST EDITION, VG, including 8 photos by J.H. "Doc" Ball "Surf-Boarders Capture California" at pg. 355 PHOTOGRAPHY ,Doc Ball photos he took near end of Magazine , Including 8 photos by J.H. "Doc" Ball "Surf-Boarders Capture California" at pg. 355 , Surf-boarders surfboarders Capture California, BURROS OF HAITI, WHEN GI JOES TOOK LONDON ETC DOC BALL , Including 8 photos by J.H. "Doc" Ball "Surf-Boarders Capture California" at pg. 355 , Surf-boarders surfboarders Capture California, BURROS OF HAITI, WHEN GI JOES TOOK LONDON ETC DOC BALL AKA JOHN HEATH BALL. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 88 Volumes from number 27 though to 1963 with just 11 volumes missing (29-35, 39,40,41,95) 3 different bindings (see photographs) Leather, embossed leatherette and cloth) As far as I can see (too many volumes to go through each one) complete. Very good clean condition. Very rare to get such a long run. These cannot be posted and will have to be collected by the buyer or a collection arranged unpacked. If collection was arranged packed then there would of course be a packing charge. Please feel free to email me with any questions.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [32 pages of advertisements], pages 239-356, [and 34 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Slight wear at bottom of the spine. Small tear at top of back cover at top of spine. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. In this issue is one of Joseph Conrad's last essays, Geography and Some Explorers (pp. 239-274, including 13 illustrations to text and 16 full page illustrations). This is its first appearance--it was included in the posthumously published Last Essays (1926). Conrad died later in 1924. Articles also included are: Beyond the Clay Hills by Neil M. Judd (29 Illustrations); Among the "Craters of the Moon" by R. W. Limbert (24 illustrations); and Australia's Wild Wonderland by M. P. Greenwood Adams (37 Illustrations). Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

First Edition. Good to very good copies bound in half, gilt-blocked aniline calf over buckram boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Contents: Volume 1 (Jan - June 1922), Volume 2 (July - Dec 1922), Volume 3 (Jan - June 1923), Volume 4 (July - Dec 1923), Volume 5 (Jan - June 1924), Volume 6 ( July - Dec 1924), Volume 7 (Jan - June 1925) and Volume 8( July - Dec 1925). Physical description: 8 volumes. Subjects: Geography ; Periodicals. Photojournalism ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good to very good copies bound in half, gilt-blocked aniline calf over buckram boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Contents: Volume 1 (Jan - June 1922), Volume 2 (July - Dec 1922), Volume 3 (Jan - June 1923), Volume 4 (July - Dec 1923), Volume 5 (Jan - June 1924), Volume 6 ( July - Dec 1924), Volume 7 (Jan - June 1925) and Volume 8( July - Dec 1925). Physical description: 8 volumes. Subjects: Geography ; Periodicals. Photojournalism ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [8 pages of advertisements], pages 441-536, [and 8 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Large folding map present. Map does not appear to have been opened. Maps. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling noted. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor. In this issue: The Races of Europe, An Account Which Removes the Padlock of Technicality from the Absorbing Story of the Mixture of People in the Most Densely Populated Continent by Edwin A. Grosvenor, With a Map of Europe and Adjoining Portions of Asia and Africa in 19 Colors (Size, 20 X 24 Inches), Together with 62 Illustrations of Racial Types, a Relief Map of Europe, and a Political Map of Germany. Edwin Augustus Grosvenor (1845-1936) was a historian, author and chairman of the history department at Amherst College. Fascinating look at racial "knowledge" in 1918. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. [32 pages of advertisements], pages 461-568, [and 36 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations. Maps. Diagram. Cover worn and soiled, with tears and chips to the spine. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. This issue includes: At the Tomb of Tutankhamen by Maynard Owen Williams with 38 Illustrations; Egypt, Past and Present with 16 Full-Page Illustrations in Duotone; East of Constantinople by Melville Chater with 27 illustrations; and A Visit to Three Arab Kingdoms by Junius B. Wood with 30 Illustrations. Maynard Owen Williams (September 12, 1888-June 1963) was a National Geographic correspondent from 1919. He explored Asia and witnessed the Russian Revolution. Williams was the Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and his reports include a description of the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1923. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

1st edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering, tiny areas of paling, pages and over 100 illustrations and maps very clean, trifling flecking to the text blocks, in a clean, unclipped dustjacket, a little nibbling at the spine ends and corners. Overall, a near fine copy. Accompanying the book are two scarce articles by Thesiger, the first in the September 1954 issue of The Geographical Journal, in fine condition, containing his ten-page article entitled 'The Marshmen of Southern Iraq', with 20 of his photographs, in which he recounts his travels around the junction of the Tigris and the Euphrates, during which he came to know intimately the Marsh Arabs of this unique landscape; the second in the February 1958 issue of The National Geographic Magazine containing his 34-page article with maps and 29 photographs, 18 in colour taken by Gavin Maxwell, which Thesiger has signed on the front cover and again at the first page of the article. Together, all three items provide a fitting record of the last remnants of a proud people and their culture, and as a trio are exceedingly scarce.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [6 pages of advertisements], pages 371-494, [and 20 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Large folding map present. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling noted. Map may never have been fully opened. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication and became well known for this style. This issue includes: National Geographic Society Map of the Western Theatre of War Presenting a Complete and Authoritative Survey of All Places, Forests, and River Systems Figuring in the Press Dispatches from Western Front [size, 27 x 31 1/4 inches; Scale 7 1/4 Miles to Inch]; and Smaller North American Mammals by Edward Nelson and Louis Agassiz Fuertes, An Intimate Study of the Smaller Wild Animals of North America [32 Pages in Full Color and other Illus.]. Edward William Nelson (May 8, 1855 - May 19, 1934) was an American ethnologist. Louis Agassiz Fuertes (February 7, 1874 - August 22, 1927) was an American ornithologist and artist who set the standards for naturalist depiction and is considered as one of the most prolific American bird artists. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A collection of Maps published by the National Geographic Magazine. India and Burma 1946,Germany 1959, NorthWestern United States 1960, Lands of the Bible Today 1956, Mexico and Central America South 1961 A Map of New England 1955, Land of the Maya 1989, Poland and Czechoslovakia 1958, Greater New York, 1964, Suburban Washington 1964, Historical Map of the United States ND, The United States 1961 A Map of California 1954, Southern South America 1958, Eastern South America 1958,North Western South America 1964, Eastern South America 1955, Round About the Nations Capital 1956, South Eastern United States 1958, North America 1952, North Eastern including Great Lakes Region 1959, South America 1960, France, Belgium and the Netherlands 1960,The United States 1956, Mexico and Central America 1953, North America 1964, Battle Fields of the Civil War 1962, British Isles 1958, The Great Lakes Region of the United States 1953, Eastern Soviet Union 1967, Land of the Maya, A travelers map 1989. No fold tears evident maps housed in National Geographic custom designed Folder.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. [20 pages of advertisements], pages 1-122, [and 26 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Included in this issue are: Seeing America from the "Shenandoah" by Junius B. Wood (41 Illustrations); The Palace of Versailles, Its Park and the Trianons by Franklin L. Fisher (4 Illustrations); Versailles, the Magnificent by Gervais Courtellemont (14 full color Autochromes Lumiere); Chichen Itza, an Ancient American Mecca by Sylvanus Griswold Morley (36 Illustrations); and Interviewing the Stars by William Joseph Showalter (21 Illustrations). This includes the Account of the Record-making 9,000 Flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast and Return by the Navy's American-built, American-manned Airship "Shenandoah" Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Edward S. Curtis (some of the Native American phot (illustrator). [2], 428-492, [and 6 pages of advertisements] pages plus covers. Folding map inside the front cover. Illustrations and maps in text. Occasional footnotes. Cover is worn and soiled. Ink notation on spine. Spine torn and chipped at top and bottom. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Map of the North Polar Regions prepared by Gilbert H. Grosvenor is present and is in good to very good condition. This was prepared to accompany the Scientific Report of the Zeigler Polar Expedition of 1903-1905)The first major article is entitle Some Recent Instances of National Altruism by Secretary of War William H. Taft! This was from an address to the Miller's Convention in Saint Louis, Mo., May 30, 1907.There are also articles on Seventy-five days in the Arctics by Max Fleischman (illustrated), Nearest the Pole (this is the substance of an address to the National Geographic Society By Commander Peary describing his explorations of 1905-1906), Peary's Twenty Years Service in the Arctics (reprinted from the Handbook of Arctic Discoveries by Major General A. W. Greely and copyrighted by Little, Brown & Co.), and, Spitzbergen, Arctic Expeditions Commanded by Americans (Illustrated), The East Indians in the New World (illustrated), and North American Indians (illustrated). Harriet Chalmers Adams (October 22, 1875 - July 17, 1937) was an American explorer, writer and photographer. She traveled extensively in South America, Asia and the South Pacific in the early 20th century, and published accounts of her journeys in the National Geographic magazine. She lectured frequently on her travels and illustrated her talks with color slides and movies. In 1904, Adams went on her first major expedition, a three-year trip around South America with her husband, during which they visited every country, and traversed the Andes on horseback. The New York Times wrote that she "reached twenty frontiers previously unknown to white women". In a later trip she retraced the trail of Christopher Columbus's early discoveries in the Americas, and crossed Haiti on horseback.Adams served as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine in Europe during World War I. She was the only female journalist permitted to visit the trenches. From 1907 to 1935, she wrote twenty-one articles for the National Geographic Society that featured her photographs, including "Some Wonderful Sights in the Andean Highlands" (September 1908), "Kaleidoscopic La Paz: City of the Clouds" (February 1909) and "River-Encircled Paraguay" (April 1933). She wrote on Trinidad, Surinam, Bolivia, Peru and the trans-Andean railroad between Buenos Aires and Valparaiso. In 1925, Adams helped launch the Society of Woman Geographers. The Arctic Issue--Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. Hashime Murayama (illustrator). [12 pages of advertisements], pages 1-164, [and 8 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations (with twenty-four pages in full color. Map. Cover slightly worn and lightly soiled. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor.This in one of the most significant issues and includes: Man's Farthest Aloft by Capt. Albert W. Stevens with 40 Illustrations, With the Nomads of Central Asia by Edward Murray with 44 Illustrations, Faces and Fashions of Asia'a Changeless Tribes by Alexandre Iacovless with 26 paintings and drawings, Birds of the Northern Seas by alexander Wetmore with 12 Illustrations, Auks and Their Northland Neighbors by Maj. Allan Brooks with 34 paintings from Life, and the famous article The National Geographic Society and Its Magazine by Gilbert Grosvenor with 24 Illustrations.Albert William Stevens (March 13, 1886 - March 26, 1949) was an officer in the United States Army Air Corps, balloonist and aerial photographer. Stevens took the first photograph of the Earth in a way that the horizon's curvature is visible. Stevens took the first photograph of the Moon's shadow projected onto the Earth during a solar eclipse in August, 1932. On 11 November 1935 Stevens, along with Captain Orvil A. Anderson of the Army Air Corps, made a record balloon ascent from near Rapid City, South Dakota. Millions listened to a live NBC broadcast. Their sealed gondola Explorer II climbed to 72,395 feet, nearly 14 miles (23 km), a record unequaled until 1956.Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff (also spelt Iacovleff 25 June [O.S. 13 June] 1887 - 12 May 1938) was a Russian neoclassicist painter, draughtsman, designer and etcher. 1924 and 1925 he took part in an expedition to the Sahara desert and Equatorial Africa organized by Citroën (Croisi-24re Noire). His African paintings were a big success and as a result Jacovleff was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1926. In 1928, Jacovleff organized a large personal exhibition in Moscow. Between 1931 and 1932, he was the Artistic Adviser of another Citroën expedition, this time across Asia. He traveled through Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia and China, and created a number of orientalist paintingsFrank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 - December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1924, Wetmore joined the Smithsonian Institution as the superintendent of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. In 1925, Wetmore was appointed assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, becoming secretary between 1945 and 1952.Allan Cyril Brooks (February 15, 1869 Etawah - January 3, 1946) was an ornithologist and bird artist. His painting style was more impressionist with a greater emphasis on the habitat than on fine details of plumage. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (October 28, 1875 - February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of National Geographic. Grosvenor is credited with building the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today. As President of the National Geographic Society, he assisted its rise.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [10 pages of advertisements], pages 1-90, [and 12 pages of advertisements], plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Minor page soiling noted. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor. This issue includes: The Rat Pest--A National Liability by Edward W. Nelson, Chief of the U. S. Biological Survey (21 Illustrations); and Russia's Man of the Hour by Alexander Kerensky [while Minister of War](17 Illustrations); Letters from the Italian Front by Ethel Mather Bagg (22 Illustrations)[Letters from Marchesa Louise de Rosales to the author]; and Fearful Famines of the Past by Ralph A. Graves [ An assistant editor of the National Geographic Magazine] (10 Illustrations). Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [32 pages of advertisements], pages 473-598, [and 42 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Small tear at bottom of spine. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Included in this issue are: Tiger Hunting in India by General William Mitchell (31 Illustrations); Banishing the Devil of Disease Among the Nashi of Yunnan Province, China by Joseph F. Rock (27 Illustrations); The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg by Maynard Owen Williams (29 Illustrations); Flashes of Color Throughout France by Gervais Courtellemont (28 Full Color Autochromes Lumiere); and 16 Duotone Illustrations From the Plains of Madras to the Snows of Kashmir. The article on Tiger Hunting by famed U.S. Army Air Service Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell is clearly a highlight, perhaps THE highlight, of this issue. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [2], 139-200 pages plus covers. Illustrations and maps in text. Occasional footnotes. Cover is worn and soiled. Tear at top of spine. Minor edge tears to some pages. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. The contents include: A Revelation of the Filipinos. Illustrated by 130 Pictures Showing the Types of People, Their Manner of Life and Industries, Their Country and Resources [this is a summary of the report of the Census of the Philippine Islands by General J.P. Sanger, Director, and Messrs Henry Gannett and Victor H. Olmstead, Assistant Directors, which is published by the United States Bureau of the Census, April 8, 1905]; Some Lessons in geography by Edward Atkinson' The Ziegler Polar Expedition; The Eighth International Geographic Congress, Geographic Literature; and the National Geographic Society. Edward Atkinson (February 10, 1827 - December 11, 1905) was an economist, inventor, and a founder of the American Anti-Imperialist League. The Ziegler polar expedition of 1903-1905, also known as the Fiala expedition, was a failed attempt to reach the North Pole. The party was north of the Arctic Circle for two years before being rescued, yet all but one survived. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [32 pages of advertisements], pages 477-590, [and 46 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Special Map Supplement of the Arctic Regions in six colors. Map is present. Thirty-two Illustrations in Full Color. Cover has slight wear and soiling. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Included in this issue are: The MacMillan Arctic Expedition Returns with 42 illus. by Donald B. MacMillan; Flying over the Arctic with 10 Illus. by Richard E. Byrd, Jr.; History's Greatest Trek with 52 Illus. by Melville Chater; and Sun-Painted Scenes in the Near East with 32 Autochromes Lumiere by Gervais Courtellemont. Donald B. MacMillan (November 10, 1874 - September 7, 1970) was an explorer, who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic. He pioneered the use of radios, and airplanes in the Arctic and put together a dictionary of the Inuktitut language. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. 16 pages of advertisements, 127-256 pages, 22 pages of advertisements. Illustrations. Twenty-four Illustrations in Color and Gravure. Maps. Cover has some wear and soiling. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content. Included in this issue are: The Conquest of Antarctica by Air with 89 illustrations by Richard Evelyn Byrd; Admiral Byrd Receives The Society's Special Gold Medal of Honor with 4 illustrations; Working Teak in the Burma Forests with 5 illustrations, and Strange Tribes in the Shan States of Burma with 15 Natural-Color photographs by W. Robert Moore. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. [24 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 577-714, [and 22 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations (with twenty-four pages in full color. Maps. Includes the Special Supplement Photograph from Highest Altitude Ever attained by Man. Cover slightly worn and lightly soiled. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor. This issue includes: Utah, Carved by Winds and Waters with 22 Photographs and May by Leo A. Borah; Bursts of Color in Sculptured Utah with 22 Natural Color photographs by Richard H. Steward' Normandy--Choice of the Vikings with 26 illustrations by Helen Churchill Candee; Mont St. Michel, a Medieval Masterpiece with 22 Illustrations in Duotone; Butterflies--Try and Get Them with 15 illustrations by Laurence Ilsley Hewes and Austin H. Clark; Winged Jewels from Many Lands with 3 paintings and 6 Natural Color photographs by Murayama and Culver; and Scientific Results of the Stratosphere Flight with 15 illustrations by Captain Albert W. Stevens. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Condition: Good. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1908. 1st edition. Volume 19. Sm 4to. 888pp. Illus. Good book. Spine tail torn. Owner's name stamped on front free endpage. (geography, nature, anthropology) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Condition: Fair. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1907. 1st edition. Volume 18. Sm 4to. 834pp. Illus. Fair book. Spine cover missing. (geography, nature, anthropology) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [12 pages of advertisements], pages 219-312, [and 14 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling noted. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor. This issue includes: The Health and Morale of America's Citizen Army by William Howard Taft (22 illustrations) [based on a lecture given before the National Geographic Society]; Voyaging on the Volga Amid War and Revolution by William T. Ellis (16 illustrations)' The Isle of Frankincense by Charles Moser (11 illustrations); A Unique Republic, where Smuggling is an Industry by Herbert Corey (17 illustrations), and Plain Tales from the Trenches by Carol Corey (7 illustrations). William T. Ellis (July 24, 1845 - January 8, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Corey was a correspondent in Europe during World War I. Moser was a former diplomat. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [32 pages of advertisements], pages 591-710, [and 40 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Twenty Illustrations in Full Color. Cover has slight wear and soiling. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Included in this issue are: The Taurine World: Cattle and Their Place in the Human Scheme--Wild Types and Modern Breeds of Many Lands, with 78 illustrations by Alvin Howard Sanders. and Cattle of the World with 20 paintings in Oil reproduced in Full Color by Edward Herbert Miner. Alvin Howard Sanders (1860-1948) was a renowned livestock author and founder of the leading livestock journal, The Breeder's Gazette. Edward Herbert Miner was active/lived in New York. Edward Miner is known for landscape with horses and other animal painting. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 6 volume set of National Geographic Magazine. Volume LI (1927) to Volume LVI (1929) complete. Each volume bound in ¼ brown leather with gold text. Each volume indexed. Bound without covers. The set is in very good condition with a small amount of rubbing leather spines. Size: 8vo. Hardcover.

Paperback. Condition: Good+ condition. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1907. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Good+ condition. Light cover soil. Wear to the spine ends and tiny chip to one corner of the front cover. Very small crease to the corners of the first two leaves. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. Among the articles in this issue are AERIAL LOCOMOTION (illustrated with photos of flying machines) by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell; THE NEW INLAND SEA (An Account of the Colorado River Break) by Arthur P. Davis; HONORS TO PEARY (addresses by President Roosevelt, et.al. & Commander Peary's Response); FIGHTING THE POLAR ICE; and AN AWAKENED CONTINENT TO THE SOUTH OF US by Secretary of State, Hon. Elihu Root. Bound in the original tan wraps, stamped in brown. First Edition. Softcover, 7" by 10 ". Good+ condition. pp. [1]- 78 + 2 pages of ads. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Good+ condition. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1906. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Good+ condition. Wear to the spine ends and to one corner of a few pages at the end. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. Among the articles in this issue are: THE GREATEST HUNT IN THE WORLD by Eliza R. Scidmore (with 17 full page illustrations of an elephant hunt by the King of Siam); PRESENT CONDITIONS IN CHINA by former U.S. Secretary of State, the Hon. John W. Foster; and LATIN AMERICA AND COLUMBIA by U.S. Minister to Columbia, the Hon. John Barrett. Includes 16 pages at the end consisting of the NG Magazine's title page, table of contents, and list of illustrations for the entire year of 1906 [for those who choose to bind together all 12 of the year's issues]. Bound in the original tan wraps, stamped in brown. First Edition. Softcover, 7" by 10 ". Good+ condition. pp. [649]- 718 + 16 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in smart blue buckram, with red and green title labels and gilt lettering, this nine volume set from 1923 to 1930 is all VG. (Covers not bound in) Runs from Vol. XL1V, No.3 to LV111, No.5. Has some B/W photgraphs that appear to have been coloured. Very attractive matching bindings, lots of illustrations, approximately 5000 plus pages; please rember this is a very heavy set!.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. [36 pages of advertisements], pages 471-580, [and 38 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Slight wear at bottom of the spine. Folding map present and does not appear to have been opened. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. Included in this issue are: Special Supplement Map of North America in six colors (Size, 38 x 28 1/2 inches); Surveying the Grand Canyon of the Colorado by Lewis R. Freeman (63 Illustrations); East and West in America (16 Full-Page Duotone Illustrations); The Isthmus of Tehuantepec by Herbert Corey (25 Illustrations). Lewis Ransome Freeman (4 October 1878- 6 November 1960) was an American explorer, journalist and war correspondent who wrote over twenty books chronicling his many travels, as well as numerous articles. Herbert Corey was a journalist who covered the war in Europe and with American Expeditionary Forces. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.