Description: A true piece of history, all 12 issues from 75 years ago, in 1948, right at the end of the war!Given the incredible age of these, one would never expect them to be in Mint Condition, and they are not, but even so, they are still surprisingly nice for being over eight decades years old.Condition Details: Almost all the issues have foxing on the covers, but surprisingly little foxing on the pages. All front and back covers are present. Surprisingly, the full color photos are rich in color and boldness.- Jan: Tape appears on the spine and some of the spine is pulling away from the interior pages, but much of the pages are still attached to the spine. - Feb: One of the nicer issues here with nothing to note.- Mar: One piece of tape at the top of the spine, but otherwise all is well and the interior pages are still well attached.- Apr: Another nice issues here with nothing to note- May: A little extra foxing but nothing severe. A small penciled number is written in the upper-right hand corner of the front cover. spine and cover is beginning to pull away from the interior pages. A little extra foxing on the front and back covers is present.- Jun: Tape appears at the top of the spine. The spine is just beginning to pull away from the very top and bottom, but by far most of the interior appears to be well-attached to the interior pages. - Jul: Tape at the top and bottom of the spine with some cover foxing. The spine is just beginning to pull away at the top and bottom of the interior pages, but nothing severe.- Aug: A small number is written in the upper-right hand corner of the front cover. A bump is present in the lower-right hand corner of the front cover at the bottom of the spine, but this is not severe.- Sep: Nice issue.- Oct: A little extra foxing but nothing major.- Nov: The top yellow paper layer is beginning to tear away just a bit at the bottom of the outer spine. Otherwise, a nice issue.- Dec: Tape at the top and bottom of the spine. The spine is just beginning to pull away at the top and bottom of the interior pages, but is still attached in most of the middle Some light pan marks on the front cover, along with a little extra foxing, but nothing severe.Our antiquarian National Geographic Store here offers you a growing collection of scarce issues that may be missing from your collection.Note: Please see the Seller's Notes about the condition above for more details.From a Smoke-Free Home.Shipping Note: As you may know, we cannot legally ship magazines via Media Mail (even though other sellers risk breaking the law for some odd reason). We refuse to profit on your shipping, and we will include multiple options so you can select the mailing method that works best for you and costs you the least. We refund any excess shipping costs you pay if you order more than one item and pay for all of them in one eBay cart. Note: We cannot combine outside-the-USA orders.Yes! We wrap extremely well and ship every single weekday!
Price: 25.44 USD
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
End Time: 2024-12-02T13:57:08.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Publication Month: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Publication Year: 1946
Language: English
Publication Frequency: Monthly
Publication Name: National Geographic
Features: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Genre: History, Travel & Geography
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Topic: Country
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States