Geography

Boston: Lincoln & Edmands. Fair with no dust jacket. 1830. Hard Cover. Square, sound binding. Leather at spine is heavily shelf worn. Paper over boards is heavily worn and scuffed with boards exposed and worn at corners. Writing on endpapers. Pages age-darkened, foxed. 323 pp. 12th edition of standard geography textbook that details information by country.; 7.5" (19 cm) Tall . more information

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Quito, Ecuador: Círculo De Lectores. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Hard Cover. 844990028X . Book is in the Spanish language. Square, tight, clean and bright pages. 220 pp. Many black and white, color photographs throughout. Contents: Germán Arciniegas, "Prologo"; Jorge Icaza, "El Hombre en Ecuador"; Galo René Pérez, "Quito y su entorno"; Alfonso Barrera Valverde, "Las Hoyas Centrales"; Alejandro Carrión, "Cañar, Azuay y Loja"; Angel Felicisimo Rojas, "Guayas, los Rios y el Oro"; Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco, "Esmeraldas y Manabi"; Humberto Vacas Gómez, :Carchi e Imbabura"; Francisco Terán, "El Oriente"; Gustavo Vásconez, "Las Islas Galapagos." Index, photographic credits.; 12" (30.5 cm) Tall . more information

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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean, off-white pages. Typescript font. Wraps have fading at spine, general shelf wear. 174 pp. Geographical study of farmers in Ecuador's Quito Basin. Contents: the physical base, population numbers and composition, social framework, land ownership, agricultural regions, prospects for change. Footnotes, bibliography.; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: American Geographical Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Endpapers foxed. Pages clean, off-white. Illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings/maps. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with overall soiling, light shelf wear. ; <br><br>Study of pioneer societies in the early 20th century. Includes the United States, Australia , Siberia, and other places around the globe. ; 10.25" tall; 361 pages . more information

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Chicago: A. Flanagan. Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Hard Cover. Square, small stains on dark red cloth over boards. Bumped corners, edge rubbing. Black title on front and gilt on spine are clear and bright. Tight binding and hinges. Pencilled notes on ffep. No other writing or marks in book. Book is very lightly read.; 7.75" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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London: Ernest Benn, Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Hard Cover. Exlibrary markings. Second edition. Square, tight binding and hinges, pages a bit age-darkened. Some pages foxed. 173 pp. Author surveys climatic changes, and offers a theory for the causes of the Great Ice Age.; Ex-Library; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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London: McDougall's Educational Company. Good with no dust jacket. Hard Cover. Circa 1900, n.d. Square with edgewear to tan cloth over boards. Black lettering and graphics on exterior. Many photographs, some tinted, most black-and-white, of children, often in traditional costume. Several illustrations that are plates of paintings rather than photographs. Book is square with gently bumped corners and a bit of wear along edge of spine at front. 1/2 inch tear in cloth at lower spine. Hinges are sound, binding tight. Endpapers a bit dark, but pages of text are bright. Several light pencil marks on a couple of pages, but the majority are clean. No other marks in book. Cultural geography book for early elementary grades, with emphasis on how children in other parts of the world live. Included are England, France, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Balkans, Italy, Egypt, subsaharan Africa, South Africa, Japan, China, India, Burma, the Middle East, the United States, Canada, and others.; 7.75" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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Peterborough NH: Cobblestone Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. 0382445880 . Square, stapled binding is sound. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear with address label imprinted on back. 48 pp. <br><br>; Readings in the culture of Sikhs, written for elementary school audience. ; 9.0" tall; 48 pages . more information

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Peterborough NH: Cobblestone Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. 0382445295 . Square, stapled binding is sound. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear with mailing label imprinted on back. 48 pp. <br><br>; Readings in the cultural geography of the Pampas region of Argentina, written for elementary school audience. ; 9.0" tall; 48 pages . more information

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Peterborough NH: Cobblestone Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. 0382445864 . Square, stapled binding is sound. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear with address label imprinted on back. 48 pp. <br><br>; Readings in the cultural geography of Greece and Greeks, written for elementary school audience. ; 9.0" tall; 48 pages . more information

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Peterborough NH: Cobblestone Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. 0382445279 . Square, stapled binding is sound. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear with mailing label imprinted on back. 48 pp. <br><br>; Readings in the cultural geography of the Berbers of the North African Sahara, written for elementary school audience. ; 9.0" tall; 48 pages . more information

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London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Hard Cover. 0701106166 . Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Light reading wear. Paper over boards is edge rubbed with light shelf wear. No DJ. 271 pp. Geographical survey of Italy with emphasis on population distribution and natural and economic resources. Illustrated with black and white line-drawn maps.; 7.5" (19 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: The John Day Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has fading at spine, heavy edge wear, general shelf wear. 222 pp. Survey of volcanoes in different parts of the world for popular audience of readers. Black and white photographs, line-drawn maps.; 9.5" (23.5 cm) Tall . more information

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Boston: Cummings & Hilliard. Poor with no dust jacket. 1823. Hard Cover. Square, fragile binding, rear board missing. Pages age-darkened, foxed, with writing on front endpaper. Exterior very heavily worn. 340 pp. Political, physical and historical geography text.; 6.75" (17 cm) Tall . more information

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London: Oxford University Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1959. Soft Cover. Square, stitched binding. Pages age-darkened with wear to corner tips. Wraps are edge worn, shelf worn, age-darkened with significant wear at spine including chipping. 96 pp. Black-and-white line-drawn maps of the Indian peninsula throughout history, with short narrative on facing page for each.; 9.75" (25 cm) Tall . more information

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Baton Rouge: Geoscience Publications. New with no dust jacket. 2007. Soft Cover. Brand new publication. ISSN 1091-6458. 322 pp. Contents: Dilsaver and Young, "U.S. Parks and Protected Areas: Origins, Meanings and Management"; Figueiredo, "Inventing Yosemite Valley: National Parks and the Language of Preservation"; Smith, "Cape Hatteras: Birth of the National Seashore"; Davidson, "The Beach versus 'Blade Runner': Re-casting Los Angeles' Relationship to Modernity"; Blodgett, "Defining Uncle Sam's Playgrounds: Railroad Advertising and the National Parks, 1917-1941"; Ott, "Why Lewis and Clark Matter: History, Landscape and Regional Identity"; Byrand, "Integrating Preservation and Development at Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin, 1915-1940"; O'Brien, "The Strange Career of a Florida State Park: Uncovering a Jim Crow Past"; Yochim, "A Water Wilderness: Battles over Values and Motorboats on Yellowstone Lake." Scholarly research and book reviews in historical geography.; 9.0 in. (23 cm) Tall . more information

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London: Phoenix House. Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly cocked, sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Writing on ffep. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. Some residue from DJ is attached to cloth over boards. DJ has heavy edge wear and shelf wear. ; <br><br>Book written for children that takes two children, Colin and Elizabeth, through four weeks of staying with their uncle and aunt in Edinburgh, Scotland and touring throughout the country to places such as the Outer Isles, the great ships building at John Brown's, Loch Ness, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Culloden Moor, and a ceilidh with the Mackenzies in the Highlands. ; 7.5" tall; 156 pages . more information

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New York: Doubleday. Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean, age-darkened pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has general shelf wear, edge wear, clipped corner. 394 pp. Book about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by travel and conservation writer.; 9.5" (23.5 cm) Tall . more information

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Casablanca: Royal Air Maroc. Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Hard Cover. Book is in French with English translation. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean pages, white font against dark brown background throughout. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed, lightly soiled. Black and white, color photographs with text describing people, culture and geography of Morocco. 107 pp.; 9.5" (23.5 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Soft Cover. "Special Map Supplement of the World" is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, including light circular stain on front and edge wear. Spine worn and chipped, especially at bottom. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: La Gorce, "The Historic City of Brotherly Love"; Adams and Wisherd, "Colorful Corners of the City of Homes"; Hildebrand, "The Greatest Voyage in the Annals of the Sea"; Beebe, "A Wonderer Under Sea"; Bostelmann, "Exploring Neptune's Hidden World of Color"; "The Story of the Map."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with heavy soiling, edge wear. Spine chipped and torn at top. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: O'Connor, "Morocco Beyond the Grand Atlas"; Courtellemont, "In the Land of Desert and Mountain"; Williams, "First Over the Roof of the World by Motor"; Parker, "Adventurous Voyages to Medieval Towns"; Hildenbrand, "Tyrol, the Happy Mountain Land."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, edge wear. Writing on spine. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: O'Connor, "Morocco Beyond the Grand Atlas"; Courtellemont, "In the Land of Desert and Mountain"; Williams, "First Over the Roof of the World by Motor"; Parker, "Adventurous Voyages to Medieval Towns"; Hildenbrand, "Tyrol, the Happy Mountain Land."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and edge wear. Spine worn and chipped, reinforced with clear tape at top. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Shiras, "Wild Life of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts"; Moore, "Cosmopolitan Shanghai, Key Seaport of China"; "Life Along the Central China Coast"; Forbes, "Macao, 'Land of Sweet Sadness'"; "Miniatures of Macao"; "The Society's Special Medal Awarded to Amelia Earhart"; Ellison, "Shark Fishing-An Australian Industry."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, edge wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Williams, "From the Mediterranean to the Yellow Sea by Motor"; "Bright Pages from an Asiatic Travel Log"; "The Land of Genghis Khan in Its True Colors"; Stevens, "Photographing the Eclipse of 1932 from the Air"; McNally, "Observing a Total Eclipse of the Sun"; Ryan, "The Maid of France Rides By"; Courtellemont, "15th-Century Vignettes of Compiègne"; Hingston, "A New World to Explore."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Zahl, "Fishing in the Whirlpool of Charybdis"; Price, "Cruising Japan's Inland Sea"; Aikman, Stewart and Fletcher, "Mount Vernon Lives On"; Nygaard and Brown, "Native's Return to Norway"; Maynard and Williams, "Crete, Cradle of Western Civilization"; Cresson, "We Lived in Turbulent Tehran."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and shelf wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Graves, "Ships for the Seven Seas"; Hurley, "The American People Must Become Ship-minded"; Schwab, "Our Industrial Victory"; "The War and Ocean Geography."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and shelf wear, with chipping and tearing of wraps at lower spine. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Showalter, "Exploring the Wonders of the Insect World"; Wisherd and Murayama, "Insect Rivals of the Rainbow"; Bartlett, "The Sealing Saga of Newfoundland."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Poor with no dust jacket. 1932. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, edge wear. Back of wraps detached but present. The photographic article "The Valley of Roses" has been cut from the magazine. Remaining pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Taft, "The Health and Morale of America's Citizen Army"; Ellis, "Voyaging on the Volga Amid War and Revolution"; Moser, "The Isle of Frankincense"; Corey, H., "A Unique Republic, where Smuggling is an Industry"; Corey, C., "Plain Tales from the Trenches."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, edge wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Taft, "The Health and Morale of America's Citizen Army"; Ellis, "Voyaging on the Volga Amid War and Revolution"; Moser, "The Isle of Frankincense"; Corey, H., "A Unique Republic, where Smuggling is an Industry"; Corey, C., "Plain Tales from the Trenches."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Aikman, Stewart & Nebbia, "Inside the White House"; Linehan & Abercrombie, "Old-New Iran, Next Door to Russia"; Hammarskjold, "New Look at Everest"; Patterson & Revis, "Soaring on Skis in the Swiss Alps"; Truslow, "Eye to Eye With Eagles in the Everglades."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Soft Cover. Map of the World is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Beach and Roberts, "Triton Follows Magellan's Wake"; Villiers and Nebbia, "Prince Henry, the Explorer Who Stayed Home"; "World Map Reflects Centuries of Exploration"; Greenewalt, "The Hummingbirds"; Price and Vaughn, "Old Big Strong: The Lower Mississippi"; Patterson, Sisson, and Fletcher, "Mardi Gras in New Orleans."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Soft Cover. Ten-Color Supplement Map, The World, is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Bowie and Sisson, "MATS: America's Long Arm of the Air"; Shor and Taylor, "Paris Flea Market: Bargain-hunter's Paradise"; Simpich and Bristol, "Changing Formosa, Green Island of Refuge"; Bumstead, "Children's Art Around the World"; Talbot, "Stalking the Great Indian Rhino"; Wentzel, "History Awakens at Harpers Ferry"; "The National Geographic Society's Newest Map"; "John Oliver La Gorce Vice-Chairman of Board, Melville Bell Grosvenor New President-Editor"; Sisson, "Freedom Flight from Hungary."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Boyer, "British Columbia: Life Begins at 100"; Linehan, Megargee & Lougheed, "Dogs Work for Man"; Briggs & Weaver, "How Old Is It?"; Warren & Littlehales, "California's Ranches in the Sea"; "The Vibrant Heart of France."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. Faint dampstaining and rippling of wraps and pages on bottom edge. <br><br>Contents: Byrd, "To the Men at South Pole Station (Admiral Byrd's Last Article)"; Siple and Boyer, "We Are Living at the South Pole"; Grosvenor, "Admiral of the Ends of the Earth"; Thomas and Thomas, "Flight to Adventure'; Belknap, "New Mexico's Great White Sands"; Gilliard and Riboud, "Coronation in Katmandu." Back of wraps features Coca-Cola advertisement, "At Lake Louise, Too, Sign of Good Taste," illustrated by Jack Potter (1927-2008).; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including small tears at top and bottom of spine. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Cunningham and Wentzel, "I'm From New Jersey"; Perazic, "Little Laos, Next Door to Red China"; Thomas and Thomas, "Flight to Adventure: Sky Road East"; "Tribute to Gen. George C. Marshall"; Zahl, "Face to Face With Gorillas in Central Africa"; Houot, "Deep Diving by Bathyscaphe off Japan."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Soft Cover. Atlas map of France, Belgium and the Netherlands is present in magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Small tear at top of spine. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Edwards, "Eternal France"; "Europe's Door: France and the Low Countries"; La Fay & Sisson, "Algeria Faces Problem and Promise"; Carmichael & Wentzel, "The Smithsonian, Magnet on the Mall"; Edgerton & Hope-Taylor, "Stonehenge - New Light on an Old Riddle."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Soft Cover. Map of Greece and the Aegean is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Grosvenor, "The Aegean Isles: Poseidon's Playground"; "Seventh Atlas Map Shows Democracy's Cradle"; Tushingham and Bianchi, "The Men Who Hid the Dead Sea Scrolls"; Breed and Herbert, "Better Days for the Navajos"; Boyer, "Geographical Twins a World Apart"; Abercrombie, "Ice Fishing's Frigid Charms."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Soft Cover. Map of Greece and the Aegean is folded and present in magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including ownerr's name written at top front. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Grosvenor, "The Aegean Isles: Poseidon's Playground"; "Seventh Atlas Map Shows Democracy's Cradle"; Tushingham and Bianchi, "The Men Who Hid the Dead Sea Scrolls"; Breed and Herbert, "Better Days for the Navajos"; Boyer, "Geographical Twins a World Apart"; Abercrombie, "Ice Fishing's Frigid Charms."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Soft Cover. Map of Greece and the Aegean is folded and present in magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including owner's name written at top front. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Hutchison, Stewart and Boyer, "A Stroll Through Scotland to John o' Groat's"; White, Matthews and Roberts, "Hunting the Heartbeat of a Whale"; Codrai, "Desert Sheikdoms of Arabia's Pirate Coast"; Ivor, "The Enigma of Bird Anting"; Allen, "Tom Sawyer's Town."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Kane and Stewart, "Rome: Eternal City with a Modern Air"; Grosvenor, G. & Marden, "Hydrofoil Ferry 'Flies' the Strait of Messina"; Mann, Sisson & McBain, "The Wild Animals in My Life"; Platt, "A Visit to the Living Ice Age"; Gray, "Three Roads to Rainbow"; Bumstead, "Rockets Explore the Air Above Us." Back of wraps displays a Coca-Cola ad, "When you come to Hawaii...," with art in color by Jack Potter (1927-2008).; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Fair with no dust jacket. 1960. Soft Cover. Map of Africa is folded and included in magazine. Square, tight binding. Article, "Across the Ridgepole of the Alps," neatly cut from magazine. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including small scrape at top front and three words written in ink on front. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Kenney and Vaughn, "The Winds of Freedom Stir a Continent"; "Mapping Earth's Fastest Changing Lands"; Rodger and Rodger, "Where Elephants Have Right of Way"; Leakey and Bartlett, "Finding the World's Earliest Man"; Strong, "Childhood Summer on the Maine Coast."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Soft Cover. Map of Canada is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including owner's name written at top front. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Kenney, Wentzel, and Nebbia, "Life in Walled-off West Berlin"; Phillips, Boyer and Edwards, "Canada, My Country"; "New Map Portrays the Young Titan of the North"; Emerson, "The Kress Collection: Gift to the Nation"; Chaffer, "Australia's Amazing Bowerbirds"; "Your Society Takes Giant New Steps: The President's Annual Message to Members."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Soft Cover. Ten-Color Supplement Map, The World, is included, folded in magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear, including three ink marks on front cover and small tear at top of spine. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Kenney, "United Italy Marks Its 100th Year"; "Portrait of Prosperity"; Maiuri, Bianchi, and Battaglia, "Last Moments of the Pompeians"; Ross and Edwards, "Balloon Ride to the Edge of Space"; Matthews and Roberts, "Mohole Drillers Probe the Ocean Floor"; Roscher and Goodman, "Queen Elizabeth Opens Parliament"; Zahl, "Oregon's Sidewalk on the Sea."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Soft Cover. Includes Ten-Color Supplement Map of Europe, folded in magazine. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Marshall, "Our War Memorials Abroad: A Faith Kept"; Walker, "Here Rest in Honored Glory"; Miller and Miller, "Through Europe by Trailer Caravan"; "The National Geographic's New Europe Map"; Gray, Garrett and Sisson, "Rhododendron Time on Roan Mountain"; Villiers, "The Marvelous Maldive Islands"; Attenborough, "Animal Safari to British Guiana." Back of wraps features Coca-Cola advertisement, "When you come to Paris," illustrated by Jack Potter (1927-2008).; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and shelf wear; top and bottom of spine area torn. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. <br><br>Contents: Mitchell and Stewart, "The Bahamas, Isles of the Blue-green Sea"; Thesiger and Maxwell, "Marsh Dwellers of Southern Iraq"; Walker, "Arizona's Window on Wildlife"; Boyer, "Huntington Library, California Treasure House"; Menzel, "Exploring Our Neighbor World, the Moon."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright. <br><br>Contents: Schreider, "From the Hair of Siva: Tortuga II Explores the Ganges"; Belknap, "Man on the Moon in Idaho"; Miller and Blair, "Rotterdam - Reborn From Ruins"; Grosvenor, "Wild Animals of North America, Newest National Geographic Book"; Roughley and Roberts, "Bounty Descendants Live on Remote Norfolk Island."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Calgary, AB, Canada: Calgary Power, Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Soft Cover. Square, tight bindings. Clean but age-darkened pages. Wraps have minor wear. Three volumes in stiff cardboard pictorial slipcase, which has general shelf wear. Volumes included: "People," "Places," and "Progress."; 8.0" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Soft Cover. Square, sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have light overall handling wear with some age-darkening. 76 pp. Geological features of the Black Canyon, Gunnison National Monument in Colorado.; 9.25" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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London: Oxford University. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hard Cover. 0198335237 . Square, sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, no writing or marks. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Pictorial orange cloth over boards has minor edge rubbing. Some light foxing on endpapers. 135 pp. Basic introductory study of emergent post-colonial Africa for an interested lay readership rather than a scholarly audience. Illustrated with black and white photos, maps; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hard Cover. Book is in the German language. Exlibrary markings. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright text pages. Inner margin is wider on pp. 65-68, resulting in pages that are about 1/2 inch too wide for the book. They are folded inward. 98 pp. History of German Renaissance mapmaking with black and white illustrations.; Ex-Library; 10.25" (26 cm) Tall . more information

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