Vintage 1952 National Geographic Magazines and Map Supplements - Your Choice!

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February issue -
* Vacation Tour Through Lincoln Land * Man-of-War Fleet Attacks Bimini * Yemen Opens the Door to Progress * Our Universe Unfolds New Wonders * Clove-Scented Zanzibar *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and back covers have minor to moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine is damaged and has creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks or dogears.

March issue + Map of North America -
* Work-hard, Play-hard Michigan * White Magic in the Belgian Congo * Barbados, Outrider of the Antilles * Finding an "Extinct* New Zealand Bird * Caught in the Assam-Tibet Earthquake * North America's Altered Face *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and back covers have minor to moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine is damaged and has creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks or dogears. The map supplement is in good condition with minor to moderate discoloration.

April issue -
* New Zealand, Pocket Wonder World * Hays, Kansas, at the Nation's Heart * The Fur Seal Herd Comes of Age * Portsmouth, Britannia's Sally Port * Sheep Trek in the French Alps *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and back covers have minor to moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine is damaged and has creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks or dogears.

May issue -
* I Sailed with Portugal's Captains Courageous * The Making of a West Pointer * Cyprus, Idyllic Island in a Troubled Sea * Nature's Tank, the Turtle * Thumbs Up Round the North Sea's Rim *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and back covers have minor to moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine is damaged and has creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks. Several pages towards the back are lightly creased in the bottom corner.

June issue + Map of Southwest Asia -
* Roaming the West's Fantastic Four Corners * Where Turk and Russian Meet * Paris, Home Town of the World * We Dwelt in Kashgai Tents * Graduation by Parachute * Southwest Asia Again Makes History *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and back covers have moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine is damaged and has creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks. Several pages towards the back are lightly stained at the top and bottom. The map is in good condition with minor discoloration, mostly at the folds.

July issue -
* Today on the Delaware, Penn's Glorious River * Strange Babies of the Sea * North Star Cruises Alaska's Wild West * Over the Sea to Scotland's Skye * Playing 3,000 golf Courses in Fourteen Lands * The Mohawks Scrape the Sky *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and back covers have moderate wear, creases, and stains, and the front cover has a significant tear starting at the bottom and running along the spine. The spine is damaged and has creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks.

August issue -
* U. S. Capitol, Citadel of Democracy * High Adventure in the Himalayas * Back-yard Monsters in Color * Canada Counts Its Caribou * Water for the World's Growing Needs *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and and back covers have moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine has moderate wear, creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks but the pages are creased.

September issue + 10-Color Map of the Far East
* Indochina Faces the Dragon * Down East Cruise * Jungle Jaunt on Amazon Headwaters * Giant Effigies of the Southwest * Seeking the Secret of the Giants * Nature's Clown, the Penguin * Far East-s Turmoil Shakes the Globe *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and and back covers have moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine has moderate wear, creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks but some pages are creased in the bottom corner and have minor stains that does not interfere with the legibility. The map is in good overall condition with minor stains and discoloration, particularly on the title panel and along the creases.

October issue -
* Fish Men Explore a New World Undersea * Pack Trip Through the Smokies * Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival * Lost Kingdom in Indian Mexico * Pilgrimage to Holy Island and the Farnes *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and and back covers have moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine has moderate wear, creases and discoloration, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks but some pages at the back have minor stains that does not interfere with the legibility.

November issue -
* From Sagebrush to Roses on the Columbia * Our Navy's Long Submarine Arm * Pakistan, New Nation in an Old Land * Marineland, Florida's Giant Fish Bowl * The Jungle Was My Home *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and and back covers have moderate wear, creases, and stains. The spine is damaged and discolored, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks or dogears. The immediate area around the staples in the very back is stained.

*SOLD* December issue + 10-Color Map of the Pacific Ocean -
* Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon * La Jolla, a Gem of the California Coast * Boom Time in Kuwait * The Pacific, Where East and West Meet * Grass-skirted Yap * Pilgrims Follow the Christmas Star * Hashemite Jordan, Arab Heartland *
This magazine is in acceptable vintage condition. The front and and back covers have minor wear, creases, and stains. There is a small tear in the top of the front cover. The spine has moderate wear, but the binding is tight. The interior matter is clear, bright, complete, and free of any stray marks or dogears. The map is in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear and discoloration. *SOLD*

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