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C.D.B. Bryan The National Geographic Society: 100 Years of Adventure & Discovery
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987
Hardback. Fine as New/Fine, as New. First Edition. Non Fiction. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book is flawless and looks unread ! Wrapped in protective plastic. This is truly a beautiful book with lavish pictures and incisive articles. "Writing this book could not have been anything but fun. To have the opportunity to explore nearlly one hundred years of the National Geographic Society's history is like becoming a child again--a child who, confined indoors on a languorous, rainy, endless summer afternoon, discovers in the attic of a rented beach cottage the elaborate illustrated family albums of a somewhat eccentric, always fascinating, and truly remarkable clan..With annual receipts in excess of $350 million, eith nearly eleven million members in 170 out of the 174 nations that now exist, the National Geographic Society is the largest non-profit scientific and educational membership institution in the world..Within the jpages of this centennial volume that celebrates the National Geographic's insatiable curiosity with the world around it, it is my hope that readers may gain some insight into whaty makes the Society tick.."
Price:
121.87 USD
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