This group is intended to share knowledge of / awareness of, some seldom seen "reprint", or "offprint", articles that originally appeared in the published magazine.
The vast majority of these items were generated by the Society on special request by non-profit organizations, government agencies, and other higher profile entities (authors, significant contributors).
Print runs of each varied widely, from a few dozen to thousands of copies. Some bear the personalization of the author.
In his book "Collectibles of the National Geographic Society," Roger E. Nathan has an eight-page checklist of articles reprinted from the pages of the Nat Geo. He admits in the heading that it is a partial list, the best he could do. Until now, I had only found one that he had missed (Skylab, October 1974). That was until now. I have just acquired a reprint from the December 1948 issue entitled "The Curlew's Secret" and written by Arthur A. Allen, Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University and the Leader of the National Geographic Society-Cornell University Arctic Expedition to Alaska. Here is the issue cover:
While Nathan missed this item, he did cite another article from the December 1948 issue: "Masterpieces on Tour." This article seems to be a popular one and was easy to find, unlike my new find.
"The Curlew's Secret" uses a black-and-white cover design that was mainly used for volume indices, but was used by at least one other article reprint, "Infantrymen, The Fighters of War."
This 20-page article contains five black-and-white and twelve color photographs. It also contains two sketch maps, one of Alaska with an inset of the nesting area, and the other of the Pacific Ocean showing the Curlew's migration path from Alaska to Tahiti.
Besides being a rare miss by Nathan, this reprint has been signed and gifted by the author: "To Charles Gillham with best wishes Arthur A. Allen." Mr. Gillham apparently wasn't impressed by the gift. He wrote on the adequate white space on the cover this epitaph: "I arranged this bastard's trip and told him where to find the bird. Never even mentioned my name. C.G."
Article Reprints / Offprints (NGS and permissioned)
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This group is intended to share knowledge of / awareness of, some seldom seen "reprint", or "offprint", articles that originally appeared in the published magazine.
The vast majority of these items were generated by the Society on special request by non-profit organizations, government agencies, and other higher profile entities (authors, significant contributors).
Print runs of each varied widely, from a few dozen to thousands of copies. Some bear the personalization of the author.
Another Article Reprint Missed by Nathan
by George Thomas Wilson
Jul 2
Another Article Reprint Missed by Nathan
In his book "Collectibles of the National Geographic Society," Roger E. Nathan has an eight-page checklist of articles reprinted from the pages of the Nat Geo. He admits in the heading that it is a partial list, the best he could do. Until now, I had only found one that he had missed (Skylab, October 1974). That was until now. I have just acquired a reprint from the December 1948 issue entitled "The Curlew's Secret" and written by Arthur A. Allen, Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University and the Leader of the National Geographic Society-Cornell University Arctic Expedition to Alaska. Here is the issue cover:
While Nathan missed this item, he did cite another article from the December 1948 issue: "Masterpieces on Tour." This article seems to be a popular one and was easy to find, unlike my new find.
"The Curlew's Secret" uses a black-and-white cover design that was mainly used for volume indices, but was used by at least one other article reprint, "Infantrymen, The Fighters of War."
This 20-page article contains five black-and-white and twelve color photographs. It also contains two sketch maps, one of Alaska with an inset of the nesting area, and the other of the Pacific Ocean showing the Curlew's migration path from Alaska to Tahiti.
Besides being a rare miss by Nathan, this reprint has been signed and gifted by the author: "To Charles Gillham with best wishes Arthur A. Allen." Mr. Gillham apparently wasn't impressed by the gift. He wrote on the adequate white space on the cover this epitaph: "I arranged this bastard's trip and told him where to find the bird. Never even mentioned my name. C.G."
Yours in Collecting,
Tom Wilson