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National Geographic
.November - December 1917, Vol. 30, No.5& 6 |
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Map and Chart in Four
Colors - Showing the Location of America’s Cantonments and Camps, and
the Ground Plan of a Typical National Army Cantonment (PLEASE NOTE that
the Map is NOT a supplement but is rather a part of the article, which is
printed on 2 sides of a single page.)
16 Pages of PHOTOGRAVURE (Gems of Scotland: Domestic Animals)
TRAINING THE NEW ARMIES OF LIBERTY: Camp Lee, Virginia’s Home for the
National Army,, by Major Granville Fortescue, U. S. A., Illustrated
(Summary: Sectional rivalries vanish as raw recruits from all walks of
life are molded into a National Army which will fight abroad for American
ideals. Related Subjects: Lee, Camp, Virginia; Training schools; U.S.
Army; Virginia.)
AMERICA’S NEW SOLDIER CITIES: The Geographical and Historical
Environment of the National Army Cantonments and National Guard Camps, by
William Joseph Showalter, with 18 Illustrations (Summary: To accommodate
Army trainees, 16 military cities capable of housing a population equal to
the combined populations of Arizona and New Mexico are built in less than
four months. Related Subjects: National Army Cantonments; National Guard
Camps; U.S. Army.)
THE IMMEDIATE NECESSITY FOR MILITARY HIGHWAYS, by A. G. Batchelder,
Executive Chairman American Automobile Association, with 22 Illustrations
(Summary: Needed to facilitate commerce and civilian interaction, a modern
national highway system is even more imperative in wartime. Related
Subjects: Highways and roads; United States; World War I.)
IN FRENCH LORRAINE: That Part of France Where the First American Soldiers
Have Fallen, by Harriet Chalmers Adams, with 16 Illustrations (Summary: A
war correspondent describes her trip to a 500-mile French military zone,
extending from Flanders to Switzerland. Occupying a key sector of this
zone, Lorraine has been described as the most beautiful burial ground in
the world. Related Subjects: Alsace (region), France; France; Gerbeviller,
France; Lorraine (region), France; Luneville, France; Nancy, France; World
War I.)
GEMS FROM SCOTLAND: 16 PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS (Domestic Animals of
SCOTLAND).
FROM THE TRENCHES TO VERSAILLES, by Carolyn Corey, with 12 Illustrations
(Summary: Doing her part for the war effort, the author describes the joy
of acting as tour guide for soldiers who have endured up to 19 months on
the line without respite. Related Subjects: France; Versailles, France;
World War I.)
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November and December
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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 . October 1917, Vol. 30, No. 4 |
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"Our Flag
Nation" This issue contains 1197 Flags in full color and 300 in
Black and White |
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OUR FLAG NUMBER With
1197 Flags in Full Colors and 300 Additional Illustrations in Black and
White, by Byron McCandless (Lieutenant-Commander U.S. Navy) and Gilbert
Grosvenor (Editor National Geographic Magazine)
The Story of the Stars and Stripes
Flags of Our Army, Navy and Government Departments
Our State Flags
Famous Flags of American History
The Insignia of Our Uniformed Forces (with 6 Pages of Black & White
Illustrations)
The Correct Display of the Stars and Stripes
The Flags of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia
The Heroic Flags of the Middle Ages
Flags of Pan-America
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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 1917, Vol. 30, No. 3 |
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The Food Armies of
Liberty: The Winning Weapon-Food, by Herbert Hoover, with 21 Illustrations
(Summary: U.S. Food Administrator Herbert Hoover explains the dire need of
supplying food to our Allies, our first line of defense in the Great World
War. Related Subjects: Food; World War I.)
The Geography of Medicines: War’s Effect Upon the World’s Sources of
Supply, by John A. Foote, M.D., with 26 Illustrations (Summary: Medicinal
drugs find their way into the commercial pipeline by way of many strange
conveyances, including camel caravans in Persian and side-wheel steamers
in the Amazon. Related Subjects: Medicine and health; Venice, Italy; World
War I.)
A Few Glimpses into Russia, by Lieut. Zinovi Pechkoff, with 10
Illustrations (Summary: The author states that autocracy has always been
foreign to the Russian spirit. Describing the contributions of his
countrymen, and the cultural soil in which literature, science, and music
flourish, he declares that a free Russia, by her development, will never
become a menace to other nations. Related Subjects: Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.)
Conserving the Nation’s Man Power: Disease Weakens Armies, Cripples
Industry, Reduces Production. How the Government is Sanitating the Civil
Zones Around Cantonment Areas. A Nation-wide Campaign for Health, by
Rupert Blue, Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service, with 17
Illustrations (Summary: This article examines how disease weakens armies
and industries and describes the steps being taken to combat such scourges
as typhoid fever, smallpox, and malaria. Related Subjects: Medicine and
health; Sanitation; U.S. Army; World War I.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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: $15.00 |
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A second copy in VG/G condition is also
available. Price $10.00 |
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National Geographic . August 1917, Vol. 30, No. 2 |
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Photogravure
Frontispiece: The Forest Family (Bears), 11 x 17 Inches: This Supplement
IS Included with this Magazine and is still tipped into the Front of
Magazine in Original Position in Excellent (near-MINT) Condition.
RUSSIA FROM WITHIN, by Stanley Washburn, with 30 Illustrations (Summary:
As the U.S. enters the war, a history of Russian involvement is presented.
A special correspondent with the Russian armies concludes that the
Russians have by their contribution saved Europe, even if they fight no
more. Related Subjects: Kerensky, Alexander; Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics; World War I.)
INDUSTRY’S GREATEST ASSET: STEEL, by William Joseph Showalter, with 34
Illustrations (Summary: In light of the vast quantities of munitions
pouring forth from American factories, the author surveys the history of
this wonder metal and how it is manufactured. Related Subjects: Mines and
mining; Steel industry; War industries.)
MECCA THE MYSTIC: A New Kingdom Within Arabia, by Dr. S. M. Zwemer, with
13 Illustrations (Summary; Hejaz, recently liberated from Turkish rule,
includes Mecca, a sacred city of Islam. Related Subjects: Arabian
Peninsula; Hejaz; Islam; Jidda, Saudi Arabia; Mecca, Saudi Arabia;
Muslims; Saudi Arabia.)
THE FLOWER OF PARADISE: The Part Which Khat Plays in the Life of the Yemen
Arab, by Charles Moser, Formerly American Consul, Aden, Arabia, with 11
Illustrations and Map (Summary: Sacrificing himself to science, the author
eats kat, a psychoactive substance in a plant imported centuries ago into
Yemen from Abyssinia. Chewing kat is an integral part of daily life in
Yemen. Related Subjects: Aden Protectorate; Arabian Peninsula; Drugs;
Flowers; Khat (kat); Yemen.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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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National Geographic . July 1917, Vol. 30, No. 1 |
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The Rat Pest: A National
Liability: The Labor of 200,000 Men in the United States Required to
Support Rats, Man’s Most Destructive and Dangerous Enemy, by Edward W.
Nelson, Chief of the U. S. Biological Survey, with 21 Illustrations
(Summary: The history of this sturdy, fierce, and cunning animal, its
fecundity, and its amazing cost to mankind is reported. Related Subjects:
Bubonic plague; Diseases; Medicine and health; Pest control; Rats.)
Russia’s Man of the Hour: Alexander Kerensky’s First Speeches and
Proclamations, by Alexander Kerensky, with 17 Illustrations (Summary:
Russia’s revolutionary leader details the aims and obstacles of
Russia’s popular movement in several of his speeches, excerpted here.
Related Subjects: Kerensky, Alexander; Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics; World War I.)
Letters from the Italian Front, by Marchesa Louise De Rosales to Ethel
Mather Bagg, with 22 Illustrations (Summary: In letters to a friend, a
nurse describes the ordeals, and the rewards, that international
volunteers, such as herself, experience in tending the wounded in
Italy’s war hospitals. Related Subjects: Alps, Europe; Bagg, Ethel
Mather; Dolomites, Italy; Italy; World War I.)
Fearful Famines of the Past: History Will Repeat Itself Unless the
American People Conserve Their Resources, by Ralph A. Graves, with 10
Illustrations (Summary: Americans are encouraged to use their ingenuity to
preserve and conserve food so that ample supplies – an estimated 550
million bushels of wheat in just one year alone – can be sent overseas
to our Allies. Related Subjects: Black Death; Bubonic plague; China;
Diseases; Egypt; Europe; Famine; Food; India; Medicine and health; United
States.)
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Magazine is complete and in good overall condition.
Front cover in good condition and Back
cover is torn in two places. Spine
is chipped . Interior pages are in very good to excellent condition. |
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Price: $15.00 |
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National Geographic . June 1917, Vol. 29, No. 6 |
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16 PAGES in FOUR COLORS
(State Flowers, by Mary E. Eaton of the New York Botanical Garden)
Reviving a Lost Art (PLEASE NOTE: This article is NOT listed on the
magazine front cover: Summary: A timeless method of food conservation,
dried foods can help to feed Allied armies and stretch precious food
resources at home. Related Subjects: Food; Fruits; Vegetables)
Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths, by
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, with 16 Pages in Four Colors, by M. E. Eaton
(Summary: Thus far 38 states have chosen flowers as emblems of their
statehood. Color paintings of the state flowers, by Mary E. Eaton of the
New York Botanical Garden, are reproduced. Related Subjects: Floral
emblems; Flowers; State flowers; United States; Wildflowers.)
Our First Alliance (France), by Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand,
Ambassador of France to the United States, with 8 Illustrations (Summary:
The French Ambassador to the United States explores the special
relationship that has existed between France and the United States since
the American Revolutionary War. Related Subjects: American Revolution;
France; Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul De; Lafayette, Marquis de; Rochambeau,
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de; United States; Washington,
George.)
Madonnas of Many Lands: 16 Full-page Illustrations from Black & White
Photographs of Mother and Child from around the World
Our Second Alliance, by J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador From France to the
United States (PLEASE NOTE: This article is NOT listed on the magazine
front cover: Summary: In the first address by a resident ambassador of any
foreign country before the U.S. Congress, French Ambassador J. J.
Jusserand expresses his nation’s gratitude to America for coming to
Europe to take part in the fight for liberty. Related Subjects: France;
World War I)
The Conversion of Old Newspapers and Candle Ends Into Fuel, with 3
Illustrations (PLEASE NOTE: This article is NOT listed on the magazine
front cover: Summary: Tightly rolled newspapers boiled in paraffin become
inexpensive ration heaters to warm soldiers in cold trenches. Related
Subjects: Fuels; Recycling; World War I.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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 |
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A second copy in Vg/G condition is also
available. Price $15.00 |
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National Geographic . May 1917, Vol. 29, No. 5 |
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On the Monastir Road
(Macedonia), by Herbert Corey
Niagara at the Battle Front (Niagara Falls), by William Joseph Showalter
Our Armies of Mercy, by Henry P. Davison, Chairman of the War Council of
the American Red Cross
The Needs Abroad, by Ian Malcolm, Member of the British Red Cross and of
the House of Commons
Belgium’s Plight, by John H. Gade, Of the American Commission For Relief
in Belgium
Bind the Wounds of France, by Herbert C. Hoover, Chairman of the Committee
for Relief in Belgium
Devastated Poland, by Frederick Walcott
America’s Duty, by Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
Stand by the Soldier, by Major General John J. Pershing, U.S. Army
A Poisoned World, by William Howard Taft, Ex-President of the United
States
The Red Cross Spirit, by Eliot Wadsworth
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Front cover is in very good condition and Back
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is free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and appear to
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National Geographic . April 1917, Vol. 29, No. 4 |
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8 PAGES in FOUR COLORS
(32 Color Illustrations of Paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes)
Do Your Bit for America: A Proclamation by President Wilson to the
American People, by Woodrow Wilson
A Tribute to America, by Herbert Henry Asquith, Formerly Prime Minister of
Great Britain (An address in the House of Parliament April 17, 1917.)
Friends of Our Forests (Warblers of North America), by Henry W. Henshaw,
with 32 Color Illustrations from Paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
The Burden France Has Borne, by Granville Fortescue, with 19 Illustrations
The Call to the Colors: 17 Illustrations
The Outspeaking of a Great Democracy: The Proceedings of the Chamber of
Deputies of France on Friday, April 6, 1917, as Reported in the “Journal
Officiel de La Republique Francaise”, by Alexander Ribot, Rene Viviani,
Paul Dechanel
The Oldest of the Free Assemblies: Address of Right Hon. Arthur J.
Balfour, in the United States House of Representatives, May 5, 1917, by
Arthur James Balfour
The Russian Situations and Its Significance to America, by Stanley
Washburn, with 10 Illustrations
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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: $15.00 |
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National Geographic . March 1917, Vol. 29, No. 3 |
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16 PAGES in FOUR COLORS
(Spain; Algeria; Morocco; Egypt; and, Jerusalem)
What Great Britain is Doing, by Sydney Brooks, with 7 Illustrations
Russia’s Democrats, by Montgomery Schuyler, with 24 Illustrations
Republics: the Ladder to Liberty, by David Jayne Hill, Formerly U.S.
Minister to Switzerland, to the Netherlands, and Formerly Ambassador to
Germany, with 7 Illustrations
War, Patriotism, and the Food Supply, by Frederick V. Coville, of the
United States Department of Agriculture
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: SPAIN and MOROCCO: Celebrates the exotic
traditions of: SPAIN; ALGERIA; MOROCCO; EGYPT; and, JERUSALEM
Soldiers of the Soil: Our Food Crops Must Be Greatly Increased, by David
F. Houston, United States Secretary of Agriculture, with 3 Illustrations
The Ties That Bind: Our Natural Sympathy with English Traditions, the
French Republic, and the Russian Outburst for Liberty, by Senator John
Sharp Williams, with 5 Illustrations (An address to the U. S. Senate April
4, 1917, specially revised by Senator Williams for the National Geographic
Magazine.)
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Magazine is complete.
Front cover and Back
cover are in very good condition. Spine
is free of chips. Interior pages are in excellent condition and appear to
be as new. This is a near excellent magazine. |
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National Geographic . February 1917, Vol. 29, No. 2 |
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16 Pages of Photogravure
(Photographic Essays titled, Little Citizens of the World, which features
16 Full-page Photographs of children from around the world in celebration
of the universal innocence of youth. These Photogravure Photographic
Illustrations were printed with a greenish hue color, a very unusual
presentation, as compared to the normal Brown, or Black inks used in
printing.)
Our Foreign-Born Citizens, by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, with 39
Illustrations (Summary: Our polyglot population is surveyed, with charts
showing where immigrants have settled in America. When the war is over,
will hordes of people fleeing misery at home again flock to America?
Related Subjects: Ethnology – United States; Immigration; United
States.)
Prizes for the Inventor: Some Problems Awaiting Solution, by Alexander
Graham Bell, with 7 Illustrations (Summary: Noting that in his youth
schools graduated scholars rather than scientists, Alexander Graham Bell
predicts a distinguished future for scientific men and technical experts.
Related Subjects: Inventors and inventions; Radium; Science.)
Little Citizens of the World: 16 Photogravure Illustrations (See
description above)
Bohemia and the Czechs, by Ales Hrdlicka, Curator of Physical Anthropology
in the U.S. National Museum, with 25 Illustrations (Summary: The
liberation of the Czechs and Slovaks from Austria-Hungary is one of the
conditions of peace in Europe. Fifteen hundred years of struggle have
failed to break the spirit of these peoples. Related Subjects: Bohemia;
Czechoslovakia; Komensky, Jan Amos; Prague, Czechoslovakia.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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: $15.00 |
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A second copy in Good condition is also
available. Price $10.00 |
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National Geographic . January 1917, Vol. 29, No. 1
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Our Big Trees Saved, by
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, with 10 Illustrations (Summary: To save a
3,000-year-old stand of giant trees, the National Geographic Society
contributes $20,000 to purchase private lands in Sequoia National Park.
Related Subjects: California; Forests; Sequoia National Park, California;
Sequoias.)
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: National Geographic Society
Explorations in the Katmai District of Alaska, by Robert F. Griggs, of the
Ohio State University, Leader of the Society’s Mount Katmai Expeditions
of 1915 and 1916, with 52 Illustrations (Summary: When Mount Katmai
erupted in 1912 – one of the most tremendous volcanic explosions ever
recorded – its effects were felt as far as 900 miles away. Expeditions
in 1915 and 1916 reveal the destruction and remarkable rejuvenation of
this sparsely settled part of Alaska. Related Subjects: Alaska; Katmai
National Park, Alaska; Kodiak Island, Alaska; Mageik, Mount, Alaska;
Martin, Mount, Alaska; Soluka Creek, Alaska; Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes, Alaska; Volcanoes.)
A Game Country Without Rival in America: The Proposed Mount McKinley
National Park, by Stephen R. Capps, of the U.S. Geological Survey, with 16
Illustrations (Summary: The Mount McKinley region offers a last chance for
the people of the United States to preserve, untouched by civilization, a
great primeval park in its natural beauty. Related Subjects: Alaska;
Caribou; Game; Game preserves; McKinley, Mount, Alaska; Mount McKinley
National Park, Alaska; Wildlife – North America.)
One Hundred British Seaports, by Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, with Sketch Map
Indicating the Multitude of British Harbors (Summary: Germany’s plan to
blockade Britain’s ports is a proposal bound to fail, since the
nation’s sinuous shoreline is better suited to defense against blockade
than any other of equal length in the world. Related Subjects: England;
Harbors and ports; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.)
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Magazine is complete and in excellent overall condition.
Front cover and Back
cover are in excellent condition. Spine
is 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: $15.00 SOLD |
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