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Melvin L. De Vilbiss
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Reprints?
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Has anyone heard of the Society reproducing early complete loose issue reprints other than the 1922 reprints of Volume I, No's 2 & 4; 1964 reprints of the first 20 years; and the Volume I, No. 1…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert Zelenak May 4.

March 1917 Printing Anomaly:
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I have two issues that have two ad pages inverted. What’s odd about this inversion is that one of the ads resides on the inside of the back cover. The other ad resides seven pages from the back…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Melvin L. De Vilbiss May 3.

A Guide to Selling National Geographic Magazines (Revised 18 April 2012)

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Started Apr 18

Volume III, Number 4, 29 May 1891

Would anyone have a poor copy (a "binding copy" as Nick Koopman would call it) of this issue they would be willing to sell?Thank you for your consideration! MelContinue

Started Apr 15

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Melvin L. De Vilbiss commented on Jason Phelps's group East Coast Collectors of National Geographic.
"Tom, I just reread your question - and I didn't answer it correctly. Sorry about that! First, the reprint quote was on page "84" not "64" as I stated. Second, you asked about "late 1890's" - that's Format…"
Saturday
Melvin L. De Vilbiss commented on Jason Phelps's group East Coast Collectors of National Geographic.
"Tom, I am far from being the resident expert. There are many others on the forum that surely know more than I do, they just don't respond as often as I do. I'm not so sure that's a good thing?! You should try to get a copy of Edwin C.…"
Friday
Freddie L. Smith left a comment for Melvin L. De Vilbiss
"Individual copies: (o) original (r) reprint These are spares be willing to swap-trade Etc.. 1900 Jan-O April-O May-O 1899 Jan-O Feb-O Aug-O Nov-R 1897 July-Aug-O 1896 Feb(2)-O May-O-missing back cover 1894 Jan,31-R May,23-R 1893 April,29-R 1888 Vol.…"
May 7
Freddie L. Smith left a comment for Melvin L. De Vilbiss
"I will be happy to send a list to you. Possibly by the weekend."
May 7
Melvin L. De Vilbiss replied to Lynn Olson's discussion National Geographic Collection for Sale 1889-1988
"Your welcome, Mick - hope you found what you were looking for. Mel"
May 5
Melvin L. De Vilbiss replied to Lynn Olson's discussion National Geographic Collection for Sale 1889-1988
"Mick, Here's a Volume 3 Reprint for sale from a search on the "Abe Books" web…"
May 5
Robert Zelenak replied to Melvin L. De Vilbiss's discussion Reprints?
"I found this site,www.shigitatsu.com. I think your deal is probably better.Still waiting to hear back from Mike & Nick though.  "
May 4
Melvin L. De Vilbiss replied to Melvin L. De Vilbiss's discussion Reprints?
"Robert, Have you visited that web site; can you find your books listed on it? Mel"
May 4
Robert Zelenak replied to Melvin L. De Vilbiss's discussion Reprints?
"In 2008 I bought  Volume I, No's 1, 2 3 & 4 off of Ebay. The 1st one is from 1975.But,Inside the the back cover reads www.nationalgeographicarchives.com (2007) "
May 4
Melvin L. De Vilbiss posted a discussion

Reprints?

Has anyone heard of the Society reproducing early complete loose issue reprints other than the 1922 reprints of Volume I, No's 2 & 4; 1964 reprints of the first 20 years; and the Volume I, No. 1 1975 reprint?See More
May 4
3 Comments
Melvin L. De Vilbiss replied to Melvin L. De Vilbiss's discussion March 1917 Printing Anomaly:
"Somewhere in the vicinity of 300,000 copies were produced. A second run would be my guess also, but just wondered if anyone else had come across this or anything else like it."
May 3
George Thomas Wilson replied to Melvin L. De Vilbiss's discussion March 1917 Printing Anomaly:
"Is there any way to find out the number of issues published that month?  It sounds like a second run at the printer's."
May 3
Melvin L. De Vilbiss posted a discussion

March 1917 Printing Anomaly:

I have two issues that have two ad pages inverted. What’s odd about this inversion is that one of the ads resides on the inside of the back cover. The other ad resides seven pages from the back cover.1st ad: A full page spread of “Indiana Limestone…”2nd ad: A full page spread of “Pyrene Kills Fire…”Again, one of these books has the 1st ad on the inside of the back cover and the 2nd ad seven pages from the back cover. The other book is the exact opposite with the 2nd ad on the back cover, and…See More
May 2
2 Comments
Melvin L. De Vilbiss commented on Jason Phelps's group East Coast Collectors of National Geographic.
"An interesting "duplicate" reprint you may wish to consider purchasing is the Volume I, No. 1 reprint. The first reprint of this issue was 1964. The second, and still available last I checked a little over a year ago through the NGS back…"
Apr 22
Melvin L. De Vilbiss commented on Jason Phelps's group East Coast Collectors of National Geographic.
"Nice to have you on board Tom. About a year ago on eBay there was a nice complete run of the 1964 loose reprints, did you get in on that? Also, are you only interested in the loose reprints, or are the bound reprints in the offering? I know of…"
Apr 21
Melvin L. De Vilbiss replied to Sean o'donnell's discussion Did National Geographic Produce The Magazine In Annual Books
"Reprints revisited: On the bottom of the inside front cover for the January and February issues, the NGS issued a "Notice to Members Binding. - The following favorable terms have been secured for binding The National…"
Apr 20

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About Me:
Collecting since the mid '70s, I didn't get serious about it until 2001. Now I'm hooked!

Comment Wall (5 comments)

At 6:47am on June 7, 2010, Claude Belisle said…
Melvin,
Can you send me an email at belisle@mat.ulaval.ca ?
Thank you.
Claude
At 8:00pm on October 13, 2010, Keith Sargent said…
I grew up with NG's and my parents bought me a lifetime subscription when I was 15. I've finally decided to stop at 1909 (I hope), because several years back, I purchased a bound volume for that year. I had stopped at 1913 (the year my dad was born), but that three year gap bothered me; then, three months ago, I found someone selling his early 1910's and picked up 1910-1913 (about $20 each). I purchased the 1913's to get the one issue I was missing - April (Machu Picchu). I feel really satisfied now. I'm only missing May 1923, "At the Tomb of Tutankhamen" How far back does your collection go?
At 8:48am on April 17, 2012, Dale said…

Hi Mel,

Sorry to say, but I only have spares of V3 #1 (May'91) and #5 (Feb '92), both VG+ copies.

Dale

At 9:29pm on May 7, 2012, Freddie L. Smith said…
I will be happy to send a list to you. Possibly by
the weekend.
At 10:40pm on May 7, 2012, Freddie L. Smith said…
Individual copies: (o) original (r) reprint
These are spares be willing to swap-trade
Etc..
1900
Jan-O
April-O
May-O
1899
Jan-O
Feb-O
Aug-O
Nov-R
1897
July-Aug-O
1896
Feb(2)-O
May-O-missing back cover
1894
Jan,31-R
May,23-R
1893
April,29-R
1888
Vol. 1 # 1

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