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National Geographic .
December 1916, Vol. 30, No. 6 |
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LONELY AUSTRALIA: The
Unique Continent, by Herbert E. Gregory, with 80 Illustrations (Summary:
Focusing on its unique geography and climate, the author examines the
history, the geography, and the institutions of this remarkably isolated
outpost of Western civilization. Related Subjects: Adelaide, South
Australia, Australia; Australia; Birds; Cattle raising; Deserts;
Eucalyptus; Gold mining; Lizards; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Mines
and mining; Rabbits; Sheep raising; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean with a few cracks but free of chips. Interior pages are in
excellent condition and appear to be as new. This is an excellent
magazine. |
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Price: $20.00 SOLD |
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National Geographic . November 1916, Vol. 30, No. 5 |
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Thirty-two Pages in Four
Colors (Mammals)
THE LARGER NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS: An Intimate Study of the Larger Wild
Animals of North America by the Foremost Authorities, by E.W. Nelson,
Assistant Chief, U.S. Biological Survey, with Illustrations from Paintings
by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
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include the Alaska Brown Bear Pictorial Supplement Frontispiece, which is
still tipped into the Magazine in Original Position at the beginning of
the feature article in Excellent Condition. |
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Magazine
is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean with a few cracks but free of chips. Interior pages are in
excellent condition and appear to be as new. This is an excellent
magazine. |
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Price:
$30.00 |
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National Geographic . November 1916, Vol. 30, No. 5
- Copy #2 |
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include the Alaska Brown Bear Pictorial Supplement Frontispiece, which is
still tipped into the Magazine in Original Position at the beginning of
the feature article in fair to poor condition, torn at the crease.
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Magazine is complete and in good
overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean with 1/4 inch chip. Interior pages are in very good condition. |
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Price: $25.00 |
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National Geographic . October 1916, Vol. 30, No. 4 |
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ITALY: The Gifted Mother
of Civilization (Inexhaustible Italy), by Arthur Stanley Riggs, with 80
Illustrations (Summary: The author takes us on an omnibus tour of a
civilization whose genius is manifest everywhere in its cities and
landscapes. Related Subjects: Churches; Italy.)
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Magazine is complete and in
excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean with a few cracks but free of chips. Interior pages are in
excellent condition and appear to be as new. This is an excellent
magazine. |
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Price: $25.00 |
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This second copy in G condition
is also available - Price: $18.00 |
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National Geographic . September 1916, Vol. 30, No. 3 |
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16 Pages in Four Colors
(Scenes in Many Lands: Tunisia; Algeria; India; California; Hopi; Holland)
Roumania and Its Rubicon, by John Oliver La Gorce, with 11 Illustrations
(Summary: A fierce national spirit should sustain the Roumanian people
through the present war, predicts associate editor John Oliver La Gorce.
The troubled nation may, with an Allied victory, find salvation from the
strangulation she fears. Related Subjects: Bessarabia; Bucharest, Romania;
Romania; Transylvania, Romania.)
Saloniki, by H. G. Dwight, with 28 Illustrations (Summary: On rising
ground at the head of a long gulf, strategically located Saloniki is more
modern than Athens and Constantinople. For 500 years, this amalgam of
cultures was under Turkish rule until it was adjudicated to Greece in
1913. Related Subjects: Greece; Macedonia; Saloniki, Greece.)
The Hoary Monasteries of Mt. Athos, by H. G. Dwight, with 25 Illustrations
(Summary: On a peninsula jutting into the Aegean Sea, a spiritual
stronghold of monastic communities known as Mount Athos claims roots back
to Constantine the Great. By ancient law, no woman may tred here. Related
Subjects: Athos, Mount, Greece: Greece; Karyes, Greece; Macedonia;
Monasteries; Vatopethi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean and free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine |
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Price: $25.00 |
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This second copy in VG/G
condition is also available - Price: $18.00 |
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National Geographic . August 1916, Vol. 30, No. 2 |
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Little-Known
Sardinia, Argentina & Chile, Wards of the US (Haiti, etc.), Little
Journey in Honduras |
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Magazine is complete and in very
good overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in very good condition. Spine
is clean with a few minor chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition. |
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Price: $25.00 |
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National Geographic . July 1916, Vol. 30, No. 1 |
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The Luster of Ancient Mexico, by William H. Prescott, with 22
Illustrations (The following article is abstracted from the celebrated
classic, “History of the Conquest of Mexico,” by William H. Prescott.)
(Summary: The author sheds light on the populous hive of nations that
thrived in Mexico, when the Aztec dominated the region. Aztec laws are
revealed in their hieroglyphics, along with evidence of dark customs like
human sacrifice and cannibalism. Related Subjects: Archeology; Aztec;
Cannibalism, human; Mexico; Toltec; Cannibalism.)
The Treasure Chest of Mercurial Mexico, by Frank H. Probert, with 32
Illustrations (Summary: Veta Madre, the mother lode of Guanajuato, in
central Mexico, once supplied a fifth of the world’s supply of silver.
Guanajuato state remains Mexico’s most important mercantile center.
Related Subjects: Guanajuato (state), Mexico; Mexico; Mines and mining;
Silver.)
The Venice of Mexico, by Walter Hough (Summary: The canals of Mexico City,
the home of Aztec lake dwellers, are as picturesque as those in Venice.
Related Subjects: Aztec; Canals; Mexico; Xochimilco (city and lake),
Mexico)
The Latest Map of Mexico: Especially Complied for the Members of the
National Geographic Society
An American Gibraltar: Notes on the Danish West Indies (Summary: Why did
the United States agree to pay Denmark more than $295 an acre for the 50
islands of the Danish West Indies, when land in Alaska was bought with
pennies? A look at the strategic importance of such islands as St. Thomas
and St. Croix explains why. Related Subjects: Danish West Indies; St.
Croix (island), U.S. Virgin Islands; St. John Island, U.S. Virgin Islands;
St. Thomas (island), U.S. Virgin Islands; U.S. Virgin Islands, West
Indies; Virgin Islands, West Indies; West Indies.) DOES
NOT include the July
1916 MAP OF MEXICO. |
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Magazine is complete and in Very
Good overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in very Good condition. Spine
is chipped. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as almost new. |
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Price: $30.00 |
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National Geographic . June 1916, Vol. 29, No. 6 |
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16 Pages in Four Colors
(Common American Wild Flowers)
The Wild Blueberry Tamed: The New Industry of the Pine Barrens of New
Jersey, by Frederick V. Coville, Botanist of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, with 10 Illustrations
America’s Surpassing Fisheries: Their Present Condition and Future
Prospects, and How the Federal Government Fosters Them, by Hugh M. Smith,
United States Commissioner of Fisheries, with 35 Illustrations
Common American Wild Flowers, with 17 Illustrations in Four Colors by Mary
E. Eaton, of the New York Botanical Garden
The Citizen Army of Holland, by Henrik Willem Van Loon, with 9
Illustrations (Summary: Holland’s neutrality is respected, largely due
to the efficiency and quick response time of her citizen army. Related
Subjects: Armies; Holland; Netherlands.)
Our First National Park East of the Mississippi: 5 Illustrations (Summary:
A short photographic essay reveals the rugged attractions of Mount Desert
Island, whose dedication by President Wilson marks the beginning of a new
era in our national park development. Related Subjects: Maine; Mount
Desert Island, Main; Sieur de Monts National Monument, Mount Desert
Island, Maine.)
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Magazine is complete and in very
good overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in very good condition. Spine
chiped. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as almost new. |
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Price: $30.00 |
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National Geographic . May 1916, Vol. 29, No. 5 |
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Sixteen Pages in
Photogravure (Scenes related to Hiram Bingham’s NGS-Yale University
Expeditions to the MACHU PICCHU Ruins and the URUMBAMBA Valley Regions of
PERU. Photographs mostly by Hiram Bingham.)
Further Explorations in the Land of the Incas by the National Geographic
Society, by Hiram Bingham, with 47 Illustrations (Summary: Following up on
his previous three groundbreaking visits to Machu Picchu, where he
uncovered the long-forgotten Inca city, Hiram Bingham describes his 1915
expedition. Related Subjects: Archaeology; Birds; Cuzco, Peru; Inca;
Indians of South America; Machu Picchu, Peru; Ollantaytambo, Peru; Peru.)
Staircase Farms of the Ancients: Astounding Farming Skill of Ancient
Peruvians, Who Were Among the Most Industrious and Highly Organized People
in History, by Orator Fuller Cook, with 32 Illustrations (Summary:
Peruvians developed the most specialized agriculture in the Western
Hemisphere centuries before Columbus reached America. The author examines
how these people supported large populations in places where modern
farmers would be helpless. Related Subjects: Aqueducts; Corn; Early
civilizations – South America; Farms; Inca; Peru; Reclamation.) |
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This Magazine DOES include the fold-out supplement.
( The Greatest Achievement of Ancient Man in merica) |
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Magazine is complete and in very
good overall condition.
Front cover and the
Back cover are in very good to good condition.
Spine complete with a minor tear. Interior pages are in excellent
condition and appear to be almost new. This is a very good magazine. |
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Price: $40.00 |
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National Geographic . April 1916, Vol. 29, No. 4 |
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THE LAND OF THE BEST: A
Tribute to the Scenic Grandeur and Unsurpassed Natural Resources of Our
Own Country, by Gilbert H. Grosvenor; with 104 Illustrations from
Photographs including 33 Color Photographs on 32 Full-pages (Summary:
Editor Gilbert H. Grosvenor pays tribute to the wealth of natural and
man-made wonders that sets America apart. Related Subjects: California;
Hopi Indians; Indians of North America; National parks – United States;
Sequoia National Park, California; United States; Wyoming; Yellowstone
National Park, U.S.; Yosemite National Park, California.) |
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Supplement Included:
PANORAMA OF THE KING OF TREES, Size 10 ¼ x 25 ½ Inches. |
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean and free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine |
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Price: $25.00 SOLD |
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National Geographic . March 1916, Vol. 29, No. 3 |
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Panorama of Lhasa,
Size 9 1/2 x 32 Inches, Excellent Condition.
16 Pages of PHOTOGRAVURE (Scenes related to CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, and
AUSTRALIA)
Great Britain’s Bread Upon the Waters: Canada and Her Other Daughters,
by William Howard Taft, with 56 Illustrations (An address to the National
Geographic Society, February 11, 1916.) (Summary: Noting that the Great
War is placing ideas of government under great strain, former President
William Howard Taft examines the British Commonwealth. Related Subjects:
Australia; British Commonwealth of Nations; Canada; Government; New
Zealand; South Africa; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.)
The World’s Strangest Capital (Lhasa, Tibet), by John Claude White, with
19 Illustrations (Summary: Lhasa, a sacred city in the Tibetan Himalaya,
is dominated by monasteries and the great Potala – part palace, part
fortress, part monastery. Related Subjects: Lhasa, Tibet; Monasteries;
Potala, Lhasa, Tibet; Tibet; Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhism.)
Voice Voyages by The National Geographic Society: A Tribute to the
Geographical Achievements of the Telephone, by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor,
with 16 Illustrations (Summary: On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of
the invention of the telephone, the Society looks at the changes this
amazing device has wrought in America, and predicts that some day
telephones will connect the world. Related Subjects: Bell, Alexander
Graham; Bethell, Union Noble; Carty, John J.; Daniels, Josephus; Lane,
Franklin K.; Radio; Telephones; Vail, Theodore N.; Watson, Thomas.)
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The
PANORAMA OF LHASA Supplement is still tipped into the Magazine in Original
Position in EXCELLENT Condition |
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Magazine is complete and in very
good to excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in very good to excellent condition. Spine
is clean and free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be almost as new. This is an excellent magazine. |
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Price: $35.00 SOLD |
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National Geographic . February 1916, Vol. 29, No. 2 |
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HOW OLD IS MAN, by
Theodore Roosevelt, with 15 Illustrations (Summary: Theodore Roosevelt
examines man’s prehistory, noting that most of what is known has been
obtained during the last two generations. Related Subjects: Anthropology,
physical; Man, prehistoric.)
THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION: The Historic Lands Along the Euphrates and
Tigris Rivers Where Briton Is Fighting Turk, by James Baikie, with 23
Illustrations (Summary: Examining the lands once known as Mesopotamia and
Babylonia, the author narrates the long sweep of history that gave the
world Hammurapi, first great lawgiver, the ruthless Assyrians, and
Sennacherib, ravager of Palestine. Related Subjects: Anthropology,
physical; Archaeology; Assyria; Babylonia; Eden, Garden of; Euphrates
River, Asia; Iraq; Mesopotamia; Tigris River, Turkey-Iraq; World War I;
Ancient Civilizations Middle East; Bible.)
PUSHING BACK HISTORY’S HORIZON: How the Pick and Shovel Are Revealing
Civilizations That Were Ancient When Israel Was Young, by Albert T. Clay,
Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature, Yale University, with
30 Illustrations (Summary: The author describes discoveries in the Middle
East where the remains of forgotten empires are being unearthed. The
patient toil of the decipherer is shedding light upon history’s first
writings and other remains. Related Subjects: Archaeology; Assyria;
Babylonia; Hammurapi, Code of; Iraq; Law; Mesopotamia; Ancient
Civilizations Middle East.) |
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean and free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine. |
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Price: $25.00 SOLD |
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National Geographic . January 1916, Vol. 29, No. 1 |
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How the World is Fed by William Joseph Showalter 16
Pages of Photogravure. |
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is clean and free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and
appear to be as new. This is an excellent magazine. |
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Price: $25.00 |
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