Item 3 - The National Geographic Magazine

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GB 235 HJH/5/2/3

Title

The National Geographic Magazine

Date(s)

  • December 1952 (Creation)

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1 magazine

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(1888 - Present)

Administrative history

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.


Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo.

The society's media arm is National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company and the society, which publishes a journal, National Geographic in English and nearly 40 local-language editions. It also publishes other magazines, books, school products, maps, and Web and film products in numerous languages and countries.

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A single bound reprint of vol. 102, number 6 of National Geographic Magazine.

(December 1952). The National Geographic Magazine, vol. CII (Number 6), 714-856.

Table of Contents:

  • Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon by Burt Kerr Todd (with map and 27 of 38 illustrations in colour)
  • La Jolla, a Gem of the California Coast by Deena Clark & J. Baylor Roberts (with map and 18 of 25 illustrations in colour)
  • Boom Time in Kuwait by Paul Edward Case & George Rodger (with map and 11 of 18 illustrations in colour)
  • The Pacific, Where East and West Meet [NO AUTHOR] (with 1 illustration)
  • Grass=skirted Yap by W. Robert Moore (with 21 of 27 illustrations in colour)
  • Pilgrims Follow the Christmas Star by Maynard Owen Williams (with 11 illustrations)
  • Hashemite Jordan, Arab Heartland by John Scofield (with map and 11 illustrations)

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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1 bound magazine, stapled. Cover signature National Geographic yellow border. Magazine information and table of contents on the front, an advert is printed on the back.

Overall condition: back cover is detached. Front cover is nearly detached, where attached at the spine - torn and curled. Foxing, surface dirt, abrasions, worn edges, creases/folds, tears. Inactive rust around the staples, staining the surrounding paper.

approx. dimensions: 171x254x10mm

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RBGE library bookstack contains a copy of this magazine.

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Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Created: 1 September 2026, C. Kemnitz

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

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