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National Geographic . December 1915, Vol.
28, No. 6 |
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16 Pages of Photogravure (Photo Essay by A.
C. Cutler titled, BRITISH ISLES, and including scenes from such places as
Galway and Achill Island in Ireland; Devonshire, England, and several
different Cathedrals in England)
JERUSALEM’S LOCUST PLAGUE: Being a Description of the Recent Locust
Influx into Palestine, and Comparing Same with Ancient Locust Invasions as
Narrated in the Old World’s History Book, the Bible, by John D. Whiting,
with 25 Illustrations and Map
Alaska’s New Railway, by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, with 20 Illustrations
(Summary: A force of nearly 1,500 men worked during the summer of 1915,
making dirt fly along the shores of Cook Inlet, as the Alaskan Railroad
proceeds on schedule.)
The Nation’s Pride, by Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior,
Illustrated (This article was abstracted and revised for the NGM from the
author’s report to the President for 1915.) (Summary: Celebrating
American ingenuity and resourcefulness, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the
Interior, surveys development of the country’s natural resources.
Related Subjects: Inventors and inventions; Natural resources; United
States.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
overall condition with minor cover wear.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . November 1915, Vol.
28, No. 5 |
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16 Pages in Four Colors (The Beauties of
France including people and scenes from France, Italy, Alps, Switzerland,
and Jerusalem)
The Beauties of France, by Arthur Stanley Riggs, with 100 Illustrations
(Summary: An 84-page survey of the loveliest land in all Europe reveals
the many faces of France, from the canals of Toulouse to industrial Lyon
and the windswept peninsula of Brittany. Related Subjects: Amiens, France;
Angers, France; Auvergne, France; Bayeux Tapestry; Bourges, France;
Brittany (region), France; Cathedrals; Churches; France; Normandy
(region), France; Perigueux, France; Poitou, France, Rouen, France; Seine
River, France.)
The World’s Debt to France, Illustrated (Summary: Beginning with the
French Revolution of 1789, Western history’s debt to the French
experience, cultural and scientific, as well as political, is reviewed.
Related Subjects: France.)
The Citizen Army of Switzerland, Illustrated (Summary: Switzerland remains
an island of peace in a sea of war, thanks to a citizen army maintained by
compulsory military service.)
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Magazine is complete and in good overall
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corner tear which extends into the spine. The
Back cover is in excellent condition. Interior pages are in
excellent condition and appear to be as new. This is an excellent
magazine.
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National Geographic . October 1915, Vol. 28,
No. 4 |
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Greece of Today, by George Higgins Moses,
Formerly United States Minister to Greece, with 27 Illustrations (Summary:
Greece is an heir to the ages, assimilating features of its classical past
and successive eras of foreign influence into a unique national character
visible in everyday life. Related Subjects: Archaeology; Athens, Greece;
Greece.)
Armenia and the Armenians, by Hester Donaldson Jenkins, with 26
Illustrations and Map (Summary: Noting the Armenia now is not a State, not
even a geographic unity, but merely a term for the region where the
Armenians live, Hester Donaldson Jenkins deciphers what it is that has
kept this ancient country unified since almost the beginning of recorded
history. Related Subjects: Armenia; Russia (Pre-Revolution);
Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.; Turkey.)
Roumania, the Pivotal State, by James Howard Gore, with 32 Illustrations
(Summary: The author examines what could be a pivotal state in Europe’s
war and wonders, which way will she turn? Related Subjects: Bucharest,
Romania; Romania.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
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Front cover and Back
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is clean free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . September 1915, Vol.
28, No. 3 |
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Eastern Beaches, Aegean Sea, London. The
Warfare on Our Eastern Coast. Historic Islands and Shores of the Aegean
Sea. London
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
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National Geographic . August 1915, Vol. 28,
No. 2 |
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SPECIAL ISSUE - 20 Pages
in Four Colors
American Game Birds, by Henry W. Henshaw, with 76 Illustrations; 72 in
Colors from Paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Nature’s Transformation at Panama: Remarkable Changes in Faunal and
Physical Conditions in the Gatun Lake Region, by George Shiras, 3rd, with
36 Illustrations and 2 Colored Maps |
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
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appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . July 1915, Vol. 28,
No. 1 |
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The Map Supplement New Map of Europe in Four
Colors, 28x30" IS Included
Channel Ports, and Some Others, by Florence Craig Albrecht, with 45
Illustrations (Summary: From Lands End on the rocky coast of Cornwall to
the port of Southampton, the author explores such storied towns and
landmarks along the English Channel as Penzance, Plymouth, and Tintagel
Castle. Related Subjects: Clovelly, England; Cornwall, England; England;
English Channel; Harbors and ports; Plymouth, England; Polperro, England;
St. Ives, Cornwall, England; Tintagel, England.)
The Wonderland of California, by Herman Whitaker, with 36 Illustrations
(Summary: More than 40 full-page photographs of California’s natural
wonders illustrate a comprehensive survey of the state’s parks, deserts,
mountains, and shores. The author ends his narrative in San Francisco,
embodiment of the spirit of California. Related Subjects: California;
National parks – United States; San Francisco, California; Yosemite
National Park, California.)
Glimpse of Mt. Rainier, Glacier National Park and Others: 9 Illustrations
(9 Full-page Black & White Illustrations from Photographs of: Glacier
National Park; The Devil’s Teapot, Spokane River, Washington; Logging
Train, Puget Sound; The Narrows, Spokane River, near The Columbia; Mt.
Rainier National Park; and, Glacier National Park, Montana.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
overall condition with minor cover wear.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . June 1915, Vol. 27,
No. 6 |
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FRONTIER CITIES OF ITALY, by Florence Craig
Albrecht, with 44 Illustrations (Summary: Beginning at Genoa, a
Mediterranean gateway to northern Italy, the author tours from Milan and
Pavia on the Lombard plain to Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet.
Related Subjects: Como, Lake, Italy; Genoa, Italy; Italy; Lugano, Lake,
Italy-Switzerland; Maggiore, Lake, Italy-Switzerland; Milan, Italy;
Monasteries; Pavia, Italy; Venice, Italy; Verona, Italy.)
Venice, by Karl Stieler, with 43 Illustrations and 2 Maps (From “Italy,
from the Alps to Mt. Etna.”) (Summary: Exploring a labyrinth of canals,
streets, and famous piazzas, the author tries to fathom Venice’s power
over the human imagination but finds the city to be a sphinx whose enigma
we never wholly penetrate. Related Subjects: Cathedrals; Churches; Italy;
St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice, Italy; Venice, Italy; Cathedrals.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
overall condition with minor cover wear.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . May 1915, Vol. 27, No.
5 |
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SPECIAL ISSUE - Dardanelles
& Bosphorus, Constantinople, American Wild Flowers, Mayflower, Troy.
The Gates to the Black Sea: The Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.
Constantinople and Sancta Sophia. American Wild Flowers. The Mayflower.
Homer's Troy Today
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
overall condition with minor cover wear.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . April 1915, Vol. 27,
No. 4 |
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16 Pages of PHOTOGRAVURE (Wayside Scenes in
Europe: Ireland to the Balkans)
Austro-Italian Mountain Frontiers, by Florence Craig Albrecht, with 61
Illustrations and Map (Summary: The author finds that war breaks all rules
as she tours the mountain strongholds of nations at war along the
Swiss-Austrian-Italian borders. Related Subjects: Alps, Europe; Austria;
Italy; Tirol (region), Austria-Italy.)
Bulgaria and Its Women, by Hester Donaldson Jenkins, with 22 Illustrations
(Summary: Enamored of the beauty of Bulgarian women, an American professor
from Constantinople College explores in depth the history and culture of
their country.)
The Kingdom of Servia, by William Joseph Showalter, with 12 Illustrations
and Map (Summary: The author provides historical background on the Serbs,
principle players in the Balkan powder-box which ignited World War I.
Related Subjects: Serbia.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent
overall condition with minor cover wear.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine.
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National Geographic . March 1915, Vol. 27,
No. 3 |
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32 Pages in Four Colors (Washington, D. C.)
Two Panoramas in Four Colors including: Washington, D. C. Mall; and,
Ultimate Washington, both Size 10 x 18 Inches, in MINT Condition.
Washington: Its Beginning, Its Growth, and Its Future, by William Howard
Taft, Formerly President of the United States, with 66 Illustrations in
Four Colors and Half-tones of the Plans, Renderings and Photographs of the
Fine Arts Commission
Impressions of Palestine, by James Bryce, British Ambassador to the United
States, 1906-1913, with 17 Illustrations
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National Geographic . February 1915, Vol.
27, No. 2 |
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Machu Picchu, Munster, North Sea Fisheries,
San Francisco, US Bureau of Standards. The Story of Machu Picchu: The
National Geographic Society - Yale University Explorations in Peru.
Munster - The Town of Many Gables. Europe's Endangered Fish Supply: War
and the North Sea Fisheries. A
City of Realized Dreams. A Wonderland of Science
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National Geographic . January 1915, Vol. 27,
No. 1 |
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Holland, Jacqueline Holland, Earthquakes,
Reservation Indians, Poland. Glimpses of Holland. The City of Jacqueline.
Some Personal Experience with Earthquakes. From the War-path to the Plow.
Partitioned Poland
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