Description: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1928 (Oct.-Dec., Volume 53) Washington, D.C., The National Geographic Society. Three complete issues, bound in buckram hardcover (no Dustjacket). Spine label highlights articles on Flight Over the Pacific; Marco Polo, Explorer; and Renascent Germany. Photos of article first pages in lieu of Tables of Contents. Brown buckram with gilt spine titling on black (title) and red (issue identification) leather labels. Buckram has light edgewear from shelving; tip and tail of spine are rubbed and scuffed. Labels are a bit rubbed, chipped and loose at edges. Hinges and binding are square and tight, no loose pages. Text pages are in fine condition, no marks or damaged pages noted. Heavily illustrated with both black and white and color photos. Seller has no knowledge about how these issues came to be bound in attractive, heavy-duty binding; these are not ex-library. 7" x 10" Volume pagination 371-766. *The October lead article will be of interest in history of flight, specifically the flight of "The Southern Cross": "Our Conquest of the Pacific; The Narrative of the 7,4000-Mile Flight from San Francisco to Brisbane in Three Ocean Hops." p. 371-402.*The well-documented account of Marco Polo's 13th century exploration, "The World's Greatest Overland Explorer." p. 505-568.* Lincoln Eyre's "Renascent Germany" is a dispassionate analysis and a present-day picture of conditions by a trained observer. p. 639-718*Maynard Owen Williams presents another aviation view in "Seeing 3,000 Years of History in Four Hours; A Panorama of Ancient, Medievel, and Modern Events Unfolds During an Airplane Journey from Constantinople to Athens." p. 719-740.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Washington, DC
Signed: No
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Subject: Various
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1928
Language: English
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Special Attributes: Illustrated, Binding
Author: Various
Region: North America
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Topic: Magazines
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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