National Geographic's Collectors Corner
Article Reprints / Offprints (NGS and permissioned)
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Berrien Book Bindery
Berrien Book Bindery National Geographic Magazines are notoriously difficult to part with. Even people who don’t want them, don’t want to throw them away. Through the years a number of people interested in a particular topic would save only the issues containing an article related to that topic. …
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Previously Unknown Article Reprint
I have come across what I believe to be a previously unknown article reprint. It is from Volume 2, Number 2 (February 7, 1890). Its title is "A Critical Review of Bering's First Expedition, 1725-30". I have attached a photograph of its cover.
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My Article Reprint Collection
My Article Reprint Collection After completing my National Geographic Magazine collection, I moved on to Indices. First, I collected volume and/or annual indices, and, once I had completed them, I moved on to Map Indices. These have proved much harder than the volume indices, but I have amassed a…
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A British Variation to an Article Reprint
A British Variation to an Article ReprintSince Gagarin back in 1961, I have been a Space buff (you could say a Space geek). With the Artimis I mission wrapping up its stay around the Moon, I thought I'd write a little about a recent acquisition I made related to its forebearer. It is easy to see…
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An Interesting Pair of Reprints (It's All Greek to Me)
An Interesting Pair of Reprints (It's All Greek to Me)While continuing my search for all things Geographic, I stumbled across a couple of items on eBay. They are reprints of older National Geographic Magazines in Greek. One is of the April 1921 issue and was translated and reprinted in 2004, and…
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Recurring Themes in NGM Article Reprints (Part II)
Over the years National Geographic printed articles about certain topics again and again. These articles would be reprinted as individual articles because of their popularity. One of my favorite recurring theme is the articles about space exploration (currently I have seven of these reprints).…
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A Back Cover Advertisement on an Article Reprint
A Back Cover Advertisement on an Article ReprintThe National Geographic Society has a long history of reprinting popular articles from the Geographic. As a rule, these reprints are devoid of advertisements, the back covers are blank. So far, I have only found one exception to this rule: the…
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The Maya
The MayaArticle Reprint from the December 1975 National GeographicThe cover story for the December 1975 issue of National Geographic (Vol. 148, No. 6) is entitled “The Maya”. It is comprised of four articles about the Mayan people and makes up more than half of the issue.…
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The Magical Worlds of Disney
The Magical Worlds of Walt DisneyA Recent Article Reprint eBay AuctionThis item was auctioned on eBay Wednesday 08/28/19 at 9:00 PM EDT. The seller did their research and set…
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A Postdated Article Reprint
A Postdated Article ReprintThis is a reprint of the December 1915 National Geographic article “Alaska’s New Railway”. The article has no byline and includes twenty…
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.