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Published by National Geographic Society (1950), Washington, DC, 1950
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
PB. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 125pp Owner's name on front cover. good, wraps (softcover) - owner's name on front cover.
Published by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C., 1950
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Reprint, 1950. Soft cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in printed card stock wraps. Near Fine. Covers soiled, corners bent, two pages annotated by previous reader, else About Fine; square w/flat spine and firm binding, interior clean and o/w unmarked. 126pp; profusely illustrated throughout in b/w map projections by Charles E. Riddiford, b/w photos. Book.
Published by National Geographic Society, Washington, 1947
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Map of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland is present, tanned and folded inside volume. Sound binding. Pages clean, off-white. Wrappers have wear at spine, overall handling wear and light soiling. Contents: Atwood and Stewart, Washington: home of the nation's great. Warren, Washington National Monument Society. Edwards, On the ridgepole of the Rockies. Nicholas and Roberts, Deep in the heart of "Swissconsin." Burg, Edneavour sails the inside passage. Hodge, With the U.S. Army in Korea. Chamberlin, The Society's new map. Nimitz, Pacific map played providential role. Full-color Coca-Cola ad on back of wrappers. ; 10.0" tall.
Published by National Geographic Society, 1947
Seller: virtualrarities, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good+. Printed Wraps. Signed "William P. Brosgé" at top of front cover. Brosgé was a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. In 2001 he received the Dibblee Medal for his achievements in geologic mapping in Alaska. This booklet contains: Map Services of the National Geographic Society, Projections Used for National Geographic Society Maps, The Round Earth on Flat Paper - Map Projections Used by Cartographers, Eleven Typical Maps from the National Geographic Magazine, and National Geographic Society Ten-color maps. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, maps, drawings, charts, etc. A valuable resource for cartographers and historians. Covers show mild wear and soiling, mild edge wear. Mild bump at right center edge of first few pp.; very mild bump to upper right page corners; otherwise interior is clean, crisp, tight & bright, unmarked. 126 pp. Approx. 7" x 10". A very nice copy. Carefully shipped.
Published by National Geographic Soc, 1950
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Charles E Riddiford (illustrator). 1st Edition. 126 pp., Photos, Illus, Orig Grey Illus Paperback, VG, 1st ed.
Published by National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1950
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Riddiford, Charles E. (illustrator). Good paperback, c. 1950. Some wear and dirt to covers. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Includes eight two-page maps from National Geographic magazine and catalogue of National Geographic wall maps.
Published by National Geographic Society, Washington DC, 1947
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Wraps. Condition: Good. Charles E. Riddiford (illustrator). 126, [2] pages. Illustrations. 107 Illustrations from Photographs and Drawings, 18 Pages of Maps from the National Geographic Magazine. Cover has red mark, wear and soiling. Some page soiling. Mr. Chamberlin, became the National Geographic Society's chief cartographer in 1961. and retired in 1971. He invented the Chamberlin trimetric projection a method of showing large areas of the earth with less distortion than conventional projections. He also designed the plastic geometer, or measuring that fits over the society's world globe, and enables the user to compute direction, distance, area, mileage, time and even the position of the sun and the orbit of satellite. Mr. Chamberlin, a graduate of Antioch College, joined the society's cartographic staff as a researcher in 1935. In 1946, he perfected the Chamberlin trimetric projection, a technique based on the surveyor's axiom that a point can he definitely located by its distance from three other points. His projection, used by cartographers throughout the world, allows the mapping of entire continents minimum distortion. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (October 28, 1875 - February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine (1899-1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today. As President of the National Geographic Society, he assisted its rise to one of the world's largest and best known science and learning organizations, aided by the chronicling in its magazine of ambitious natural and cultural explorations around the globe. Grosvenor was hired in 1899 as the first full-time employee of the National Geographic Society by Alexander Graham Bell, the Society's President at the time. He eventually was named Director, and later President of the Society, and remained Editor of the magazine until 1954. Grosvenor advocated policies of neutrality and positive, upbeat journalism through two world wars, the Great Depression, and the beginning of the Cold War. This style was seen as innovative in the opening years of the 20th century. However, by the 1950s, Grosvenor's style was criticized as being ossified and dated. He became very involved in protecting the Katmai volcanic crater and Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes from mining exploitation, and helped to establish Katmai National Monument in 1918. Presumed First Edition/First Printing Thus.