MARCH 1914 - N.G. - THE HOLY LAND - BIRDS AROUND THE HOUSE - THE TROPICS - MEXICO

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This lot consists of an Original MARCH 1914 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, which features articles related to: HOLY LAND-JERUSALEM-PALESTINE; BIRDS; The TROPICS; and, SOUTHERN MEXICO.

Magazine is Complete and in Good Exterior Condition and Very Good Interior Condition with wear & soiling to Covers & Spine Interior The Color Illustrations from Photographs of VILLAGE LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND are exquisitely Beautiful and in Very Good Condition.  WEIGHT 430 GRAMS

 

Contents include:

• 21 Pages of 4-Color Work: Village Life in the Holy Land
• Village Life in the Holy Land, by John D. Whiting, with 27 Illustrations (Summary: Right down to hand-pressed olive oil and headgear, the lives, customs, and social relations of the people of Palestine remain largely unchanged since biblical times. Related Subjects: Holy Land; Jerusalem; Palestine.)
• Encouraging Birds Around the House, by Frederick H. Kennard, with 36 Illustrations (Summary: To attract birds in springtime, it’s important to understand their chief need; a proper place for rearing their young, including a nesting site, food, water, and protection from their enemies, not least of which is the common house cat.)
• Redeeming the Tropics, by William Joseph Showalter, with 5 Illustrations (Summary: Microbiology and preventive medicine are writing a new geography of inhabitable territory and of commercial opportunity in tropical regions. Related Subjects: Diseases; Hookworms; Malaria; Medicine and health; Mexico; Panama; Sanitation; Typhoid fever.)
• Scenes in the Byways of Southern Mexico: 6 Illustrations (Photo Essay featuring 6 Black and White Photographs of: Tehuantepec Indian children, State of Oaxaca, Mexico; Tehuana Indians famous head-dress; La Beneficencia orphan asylum; Tehuantepec, Mexico; and, Mexico City Market Square.)