This bound set of July through December 1916 National Geographics was printed during WWI. Most of the photos at that time were black and white. Because of that, the wonderful color photos and prints are unusual. Most of the articles have some photos of bases and soldiers taken in the various countries, and photos of wonderful district and national costumes still worn daily in 1916.

The six months of National Geographic are hard bound in dark green buckram.  The pages are all tight.  There is a small amount of shelf wear  on the binding.

The piece de resistance is the famous Vol. XXX, No. 5, Nov. 1916 which is ALL on "The Larger North American Mammals". The color prints of paintings are all farmable and worthy of hanging. They include: a foldout of an Alaskan brown bear, approx 13x10 inches: Full page color prints of a Peary caribou being attacked by Arctic wolves, Arctic, and blue foxes, wolverine, Pacific walrus, leopard seal, polar bear with (prey) ribbon seal, glacier bear, cinnamon bear, black bear, American beaver, grizzly bear, Sone's, Fannin's, and Dall's mountain sheep, American elk, woodland caribou, moose, bison, musk-ox, Florida manati; Half page colored prints of opossum, raccoon, Canada lynx, bobcat, mountain lion, jaguar, eyra, ocelot, red, silver, and cross fox, Alaska red fox, desert fox, gray fox, badger, timber wolf, fisher, otter, Rocky Mountain sheep, peccary, Rocky Mountain goat, prong horn antelope, Alaska fur seal, Steller sea-lions, sea otter, elephant seal, prairie wolf, coyote, mule deer, black-tailed deer, white-tailed deer, Arizona white-tailed deer, killer whale, beluga, bowhead, sperm whale.

Vol. XXX, No. I, July 1916 includes articles on "The Luster of Ancient Mexico including a fold out map of Mexico, still attached (There is a split approx. 1 inch along a fold.), "The Treasure Chest of Mercurial Mexico", The Venice of Mexico", An American Gibraltar - Notes on the Danish West Indies.

Vol. XXX, No. 2, August, 1916 has articles on "Little-Known Sardinia", "The Awakening of Argentina and Chile - Progress in the Lands That Lie Below Capricorn", "Wards of the United States - Notes on What Our Country is Doing for Santo Domingo, Nicaragua, and Haiti", "A Little Journey in Honduras";

Vol. XXX, No. 3, September, 1916 has articles on "Roumania and Its Rubicon", "Saloniki", "The Hoary Monasteries of Mt. Athos", and 16 full page color photographs suitable for framing and hanging. They include (both sides of pages) The Tower of Jewels of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, The Taj Mahal, an Arab blacksmith bust, a full length Kaybyle girl, a full length old lady in Algeria, a full length Tunisian shepherd carrying a lamb, a full length Algerian dancer, a full Sudanese and his racing camel, a full Tunisian carrot peddler and his pack donkey, a full picture of 2 dancing girls and 2 musicians of the Ouled Nails, a full length of 3 Tunisian men drinking coffee, a full photo of 2 white oxen pulling a curtained cart with 3 young ladies in Delhi, a Hopi pottery maker, a Dutch scene with sailors on land, a Dutch girl bust in costume, a Dutch man bust in costume which make a lovely pair to hang together.

Vol. XXX, No. 4, October, 1916 is ALL on ""Inexhaustible Italy".

Vol. XXX, No. 6, December, 1916 is ALL on "Lonely Australia: The Unique Continent".

I will send e-mail pictures of any of the color pages you want.  Just ask me.

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