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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Acceptable. National Geographic Society Washington D.C. 1939 reading copy only. boards well worn with age toning, rubbing, soiling, and staining. extremities of boards and spine rubbed and frayed. corners bumped. spine also very age toned. binding shaken.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Couverture souple. Zustand: Bon. National Geographic Society, 1954. 1 volume broché(s) format In-8 bon.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1952). (1939) 1952 2nd edition. 4to (176 x 260mm). Ppxii,339,ad. Colour paintings, colour & b/w photographs. Buckram-backed cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly shaken, hinges tender. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. ". presenting the better-known food and game fishes and the aquatic life of the coastal and inland waters of the United States." Many good colour reproductions of paintings of fish as well as many good photographs both colour and b/w. Fish by fish description which has a definite slant towards fishing, both sporting and commercial. Includes articles on industries now gone, or nearly gone, such as dory fishing from Portuguese cod schooners and beach netting between Nova Scotia's huge tides. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good hardcover. Later printing. Text clean. Illustrated. Front hinge cracked. Paper glued inside front cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint. xi, 339pp. Color and black and white illustrations. Light foxing on the page edges, endleaves, and in the half title gutter, very good or better, with an owner signature on the front fly, in a spine-sunned, good or better dust jacket, with loss on the spine affecting part of the title, chips and tears, and foxing on the interior.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Reprint. (US history, florida, FL) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (pennsylvania, PA, penn country) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (fishes, fishing, united states ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: gut. 367 S., 443 color portr., 102 biographies and 162 photogr., 25 cm, goldgeprägter Leineneinband leicht berieben, Vorblatt mit Besitzprägung, leicht gebräunt. Rev. and enl. ed. presenting the better known species of food and game fishes of the coastal and inland waters of the United States. Sprache: Deutsch.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [40 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 299-440, [and 14 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Cover has wear and soiling. Minor cover rippling noted. Spine has tears and chips. 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. This issue includes: High Road in the Pyrenees with Map and 31 Illustrations (26 with Natural Colors) by H. V. Morton and Justin Locke; Men Who Measure the Earth with Map and 26 Illustrations (22 in Natural Colors) by Robert Conly and John E. Fletcher; Fossils Life the Veil of Time with Diagram and 23 Illustrations (19 in Natural Colors) by Harry S. Ladd and Roland W. Brown; People and Penguins of the Faraway Falklands with Map and 34 Illustrations (27 in Natural Colors) by Olin Sewall Pettingill; and Expedition to the Land of the Tiwi with Map and 26 Illustrations (12 in Natural Colors) by Charles P. Mountford. Charles Pearcy Mountford (8 May 1890 - 16 November 1976) was an Australian anthropologist and photographer. He is known for his pioneering work on indigenous Australians and his depictions and descriptions of their art. He also led the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [20 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 1-140, [and 8 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Sixty-four pages in color). Maps. Cover has 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. This issue includes: On Australia's Coral Ramparts with Map and 50 Illustrations (41 in Color) by Paul A. Zahl; The Great St. Bernard Hospice Today with 13 Illustrations (6 in Color) by George Pickow; Pennsylvania Avenue, Route of Presidents with Map and 21 Illustrations (13 in Color) by Dorothea Jones, Stuart E. Jones, Volkmar Wentzel; Norway's Fjords Pit Men Against Mountains with Map and 22 Illustrations (18 in Color) by Andrew H. Brown; An Engineer's View of the Suez Canal with Map and 12 Illustrations by Glen R. Edgerton. Glen Edgar Edgerton (1887-1976) was a United States Army officer, who served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944. George Pickow (1922-2010) was a photographer and filmmaker who chronicled the folk and jazz music scenes in the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries. Volkmar Kurt Wentzel (1915-2006) was a German American photographer/cinematographer. He was with the National Geographic Society for nearly 50 years. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Fair. [20 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 1-148, [and 4 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Cover has wear and soiling. Some tears and chips at spine. Ink notation on cover and on at least one page. 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: Wildlife Adventuring in Jackson Hole with Map and 35 illustrations (32 in Natural Colors) by Frank Craighead and John Craighead; Athens to Istanbul with Map and 41 Illustrations (34 in Natural Colors) by Jean Shor and Franc Shor; Mauritius Island of the Dodo with map and 28 Illustrations (23 in Natural Color) by Quentin Keynes; Portraits of My Monkey Friends with 21 Illustrations (16 in Natural Colors) by Ernest P. Walker; Wringing Secrets from Greenland's Icecap with 2 Maps and 20 illustrations by Paul-Emile Victor; and Gold Medal Awarded to Mrs. Robert E. Peary. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [28 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 287-426, [and 12 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Sixty-four pages in color). Maps. Cover has wear and soiling. The United States Map Supplement is NOT PRESENT. 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. This issue includes: Our Green Treasury, the National Forests with 36 Illustrations (29 in Color) by Nathaniel T. Kenney and J. Baylor Roberts; Progress and Pageantry in Changing Nigeria with Map and 34 Illustrations (with 28 in Color) by W. Robert Moore; Gifts for the Jaguar God with Map and 8 Illustrations (4 in Color) by Philip Drucker and Robert F. Heizer; Kitimat--Canada's Aluminum Titan with Map and 18 Illustrations (10 in Color) by David S. Boyer; Philmont Scout Ranch Helps Boys Grow Up with Map and 13 Illustrations (10 in Color) by Andrew H. Brown; and The Diffident Truffle, France's Gift to Gourmets with 12 Illustrations. Philip Drucker (1911-1982) was an American anthropologist and archaeologist who specialized in the Native American peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America. Joseph Baylor Roberts (1902-1994) was one of the most dependable National Geographic staff photographers. He contributed to nearly 60 stories between 1936 and 1967. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [16 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 1-140, [and 8 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Cover has wear and soiling. Some damp signs on front cover 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. This issue includes: A Stroll Through Scotland to John o'Groat's with Map and 51 Illustrations (45 in Natural Colors) by Isobel Wylie Hutchison, R. A. Stewart, and D. S. Boyer; Hunting the Heartbeat of a Whale with a Map and 15 Illustrations (13 in Natural Colors) by Paul Dudley White, Samuel W. Matthews, and J. Baylor Roberts; Desert Sheikdoms of Arabia's Pirate Coast with May and 39 Illustrations (30 in Natural Colors) by Ronald Codrai; The Enigma of Bird Anting with 21 Illustrations (15 in Natural Colors) by Hance Roy Ivor; and Tom Sawyer's Town with Map and 22 Illustrations by Jerry Allen. Isobel Wylie Hutchison (30 May 1889-20 February 1982) was a Scottish Arctic traveler and botanist. She also wrote poetry, books on her travels and articles in various geographic magazines. Ronald Codrai, whose day job was working for the oil exploration concession, was a talented and prolific amateur photographer who turned his lens on what is now the UAE from the late-1940s. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. [32 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 589-736, [and 16 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Cover has minor 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. This issue includes: Many-splendored Glacierland with Map and 46 Illustrations (40 in Natural Colors) by George W. Long and Kathleen Revis; Minuteman of the Civil Air Patrol with 28 Illustrations (22 in Natural Colors) by Allan C. Fisher and John E. Fletcher; The Camargue, Land of Cowboys and Gypsies with Map and 30 Illustrations (19 in Natural Colors) by Eugene L. Kammerman; Maytime Miracle in Sherwood Gardens with 10 Illustration in Natural Colors by Nathaniel T. Kenney; Jungle Journeys in Sarawak with Map with 25 Illustrations by Hedda Morrison. Hedwig Marie "Hedda" Morrison (née Hammer; 13 December 1908 - 3 December 1991) was a German photographer who created memorable documentary images of Beijing, Hong Kong and Sarawak from the 1930s to the 1960s. Eugene Louis Kammerman was a passionate of photography who arrived with the American GI's on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Fair. [32 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 725-870, [and 14 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Ten Color supplement Map of Atlantic Ocean NOT PRESENT. Cover has wear and soiling. Some damp staining at edges. 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: Atlantic Odyssey: Iceland to Antarctica with 58 Illustrations (46 in Natural Colors) by Newman Bumstead and Volkmar Wentzel; Ice Age Man, the First American with Map and 19 illustrations (8 Paintings in Color) by Thomas R. Henry and Andre Durenceau; By Full-rigged Ship to Denmark's Fairyland with Map and 28 illustrations (25 in Natural Colors) by Alan Villiers and Alexander Taylor; Rugged Is the Word for Bravo with 13 Illustrations by Phillip M. Swatek; Christmas in Cookie Tree Land with 14 Illustrations in Natural Colors by Louise Parker La Gorce and B. Anthony Stewart; and Petra, Rose-Red Citadel of Biblical Edom with Map and 15 Illustrations (12 in Natural Colors) by David S. Boyer. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [26 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 707-854, [and 12 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Bible Lands Map is NOT PRESENT. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some damp stains at corner/edges 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. This issue includes: Jerusalem to Rome in the Path of St. Paul with 43 Illustrations (34 in Color) by David S. Boyer; Springtime Comes to Yellowstone with Map and 20 Illustrations (18 in Color) by Paul A. Zahl; Sky Survey Charts the Universe with 1 Illustration by Ira Sprague Bowen; Exploring the Farthest Reaches of Space with 9 Illustrations by George O. Abell; Tasmania, Australia's Island State with Map and 28 Illustrations (23 in Color) by Howell Walker; Florida's "Wild" Indians, the Seminole with Map and 26 Illustrations (22 in Color) by Louis Capron and Willard R. Culver; and Raccoon: Amiable Rogue in a Black Mask with 17 Illustrations by Melvin R. Ellis. Paul Arthur Zahl (1910 - 1985) was an explorer and biologist. He served as senior scientist to the National Geographic Society from 1958 to 1975. Abell made great contributions to astronomical knowledge which resulted from his work during and after the National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [40 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 567-706, [and 16 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). 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. This issue includes: New York State's New Main Street with Map and 41 Illustrations (35 in Color) by Matt C. McDade, B. Anthony Stewart, and Robert F. Sisson; The Nation's Newest Old Masters with 36 Illustrations (22 Paintings in Color) by John Walker; Chessmen Come to Life in Marostica with 10 Illustrations (9 in Color) by Alexander Taylor; Vanished Mystery Men of Hudson Bay with Map and 18 Illustrations (14 in Color) by Henry B. Collins and Eugene Ostroff; Sports-minded Melbourne, Host to the Olympics, Map with 5 Illustrations; and Zoo Animals Go to School with 13 Illustrations by Marion P. McCrane and W. E. Garrett. Marion P. McCrane headed the Information and Education Division of the National Zoological Park from 1962 through 1968. Eugene Ostroff (6 July 1928 - 26 August 1999) was a historian and curator of the Photographic History Collection at the National Museum of American History. Wilbur E. "Bill" Garrett, was once picture editor of National Geographic magazine. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Wraps. Zustand: Fair. [28 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 737-884, [and 12 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Seventy-two pages in color). Maps. Alaska Map Supplement is NOT PRESENT. Cover has wear and soiling. Spine has some chipping. Damp stain on front cover and several interior 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. This issue includes: Alaska's Warmer Side with 38 Illustrations (29 in Natural Colors) by Elsie May Bell Grosvenor; Alaska, the Big Land with 27 Illustrations (22 in Natural Colors) by W. Robert Moore; Photographing Northern Wild Flowers with 26 Illustrations (21 in Natural Colors) by Virginia A. Wells; Trieste--Side Door to Europe with Map and 28 Illustrations (19 in Natural Colors) by Harnett T. Kane and B. Anthony Steward; Solving Life Secrets of the Sailfish with 18 Illustrations (5 Painting in color) by Gilbert Voss, Craig Phillips, and B. Anthony Stewart; and Cyprus, Geography's Stepchild with Map and 13 Illustrations by Franc Shor. Harnett Thomas Kane (November 8, 1910 - September 4, 1984) was an author of some thirty books of Louisiana and southern history, geography, culture, and fiction. Elsie was the granddaughter of the Society's principal founder and first president, Gardiner Greene Hubbard; the daughter of its second president, Alexander Graham Bell; the wife of long-time president and editor, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor; the mother of the next president-editor, Melville Bell Grosvenor; and the grandmother of an ensuing president-editor-chairman, Gilbert M. Grosvenor. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Zustand: Good. 1952. Hardcover. Illustrated 4vo.Good copy. Fishing. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. [32 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 141-282, [and 14 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Sixty-four pages in color). Maps. Cover has wear and soiling. Some damp stains 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. This issue includes: Wisconsin, Land of the Good Life with Map and 36 Illustrations (29 in color) by Beverley M. Bowie and Volkmar Wentzel; Charting our Sea and Air Lanes with Maps and 22 Illustrations (18 in Color) by Stuart E. Jones and J. Baylor Roberts; Roman Life in 1,600-year-old Color Pictures With 20 Illustrations (14 in Color) by Gino Vinicio Gentili and Duncan Edwards; Along the Storied Incense Roads of Aden with Maps and 18 Illustrations by Hermann F. Eilts and Brian Brake; and Dinkelsbuhl Rewards Its Children with Map and 14 Illustrations in Color by Charles Belden; and To 76,000 Feet by Strato-Lab Balloon with 15 Illustrations by Malcolm D. Ross and M. Lee Lewis, T. J. Abercrombie, and R. F. Sisson. Malcolm David Ross (1919 - 1985) was a captain in the U. S. Naval Reserve, an atmospheric scientist, and a balloonist who set several records for altitude, with more than 100 hours flight time in gas balloons by 1961. With another, he set the altitude record for a manned balloon flight. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.

Zustand: Good. 1952. Hardcover. Illustrated 4vo.Good copy. Fishing. . . . .

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. [44 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 441-588, [and 20 pages of advertisements with some color]. Illustrations (with Sixty-four pages in color). Maps. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Ten-Color Supplement Map NOT PRESENT. 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. This issue includes: History Keeps House in Virginia with 38 Illustrations (25 in Natural Colors) by Howell Walker; Space Satellites, Tools of Earth Research with Map and 28 Illustrations (4 Paintings in Color) by Heinz Haber and William N. Palmstrom; Lake District Poets' Corner of England with Map and 29 Illustrations (19 in Natural Colors) by H. V. Morton and David S. Boyer; Ifalik, Lonely Paradise of the South Seas with Map and 33 Illustrations (29 in Natural Colors) by Marston Bates; and New Life for India's Villagers with 15 Illustrations by Anthony Chapelle and Georgette Dickey Chapelle. Heinz Haber (May 15, 1913 - February 13, 1990) was a German physicist and science writer who primarily became famous for his TV programs and books about physics and environmental subjects. His lucid style of explaining hard science has frequently been imitated by later popular science presenters in Germany. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.