The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. LXXII, No. 4,October, 1937
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1937. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [24 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 395-534, [and 16 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations (with twenty-four pages in full color. Maps. Cover slightly worn and lightly soiled. 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: The Miracle of Talking by Telephone with 41 illustrations by F. Barrows Colton; A Skyline Drive in the Pyrenees by W. Robert Moore; Costume Pageants in the French Pyrenees with 24 Natural Color Photographs; Hark to the Hounds with 18 illustrations by Freeman Lloyd; Hunters All: A Roll Call of the Hounds with 31 Portraits in Color from Life b Edward Herbert Miner; Changing Shanghai with 21 illustrations and 2 maps by Amanda Boyden; and Peacetime Plant Hunting About Peiping with 21 illustrations and map by P. H. Dorsett and J. H. Dorsett. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: National Geographic, Telephone, Barrows Colton, Skyline Drive, Pyrenees, Robert Moore; Costume, Pageants, Hounds, Freeman Lloyd; Hungers, Edward Herbert Miner, Shanghai, Amanda Boyden, Plant Hunting, Peiping, Peking, China, Dorsett
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