Highlights of the collection include:

Volume I. Black quarter-leather and cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands. Original wrappers bound in. Includes:

• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. I. No. 1. 1888. 98 pp. Illustrated with 6 folding color plates. Terra cotta wrappers. (Ownership marks on front cover of George A. Fairfield, charter member of the National Geographic Society). First Edition.
• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. I. No. 2. 1889 [but 1922]. 99-181, [1] pp. Folding map of Africa. Reprint with brown wrappers.
• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. I. No. 3. 1889. 183-276 pp. With 2 plates and several in-text illustrations. Terra cotta wrappers.  First Edition.
• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. I. No. 4. 1889 [but 1922]. 277-335 pp. Illustrated with 4 plates. and 4 folding maps including map of North Carolina (stubtear to map); 2 duplicates of Panama Rail Road and Panama Canal; The Nicaragua Canal. Reprint with brown wrappers..

National Geographic Magazine Volume II, 1890 (Vol III on spine). viii, 339 pp. Includes Vol. II nos. 1-5. With 9 plates including 4 maps (3 of which are folding) and additional in-text illustrations. Maroon quarter-morocco and cloth, marbled endpapers. (front board and ffep detached; rear board nearly separated).

National Geographic Magazine Volume IV, 1892. 6 numbers comprising issues from March 26, 1892-February 8, 1893. xxiv, 215 pp. With 20 plates including 8 maps (3 of which are folding, 2 double-page), and in-text illustrations. Full leather, spine ruled and lettered in gilt.

National Geographic Magazine Volume V, 1893. 5 numbers comprising issues from March 20, 1893-January 31, 1894. lxxviii, 263 pp. With 21 plates including 15 maps (3 of which are folding) and additional in-text illustrations. Full leather, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. (2 plates starting; map opposite p. 18 with stub tear).

National Geographic Magazine Volume VI, January 1894 to May, 1895. 8 numbers comprising issues from February 14, 1894-April 20, 1895. lxxxiii, 291 pp. Full leather, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. (One folding plate with tape repairs).

The National Geographic Magazine Volume VI April, 1895. Oregon: Its History, Geography, and Resources by John H. Mitchell. 239-284 pp. Original wrappers. Signed by Senator John H. Mitchell and inscribed on front cover. (Wrappers with chip at heel; about very good).

The National Geographic Magazine Volume VI January, 1894-May 1895. National Geographic Society, October, 1895. Index volume. Original wrappers. (Wraps repaired with tape at spine, some chips).

The National Geographic Magazine Volume XXIV no. 4. April, 1913. In the Wonderland of Peru: The Work Accomplished by the Peruvian Expedition of 1912, Under the Auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society by Hiram Bingham. [16] ad, 387-374, +[20] ad pp. 1 folding plate photographic panorama view of Macchu Pichu (some creasing) with additional in-text illustrations from b&w photographs. Orange buckram lettered in gilt on spine. Original wrappers bound in. Rubber stamps of Allen B. Catlin on front pastedown. (Some light dampstaining within).

The Journal of an Expedition Across Venezuela and Colombia 1906-1907 by Hiram Bingham. Yale Publishing Association, New Haven, 1909. Cloth, morocco lettering piece on spine. Signed by Bingham with an inscription at ffep. (Cloth rubbed with some dampstaining and wear; about very good)

Machu Picchu: A Citadel of the Incas: Report of the Explorations and Excavations made in 1911, 1912 and 1913 under the Auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society by Hiram Bingham. Published for the National Geographic Society by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1930. xiii, [1], 244 pp. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. One of 500 copies produced. First Edition. Rubber stamp of Bobbie & Buck Catlin on rear pastedown. (Some chipping, tape repairs and toning to jacket; very good or better in good jacket).

Collecting National Geographic Magazines by Edwin C. Buxbaum. The Box Tree Press, 1935. 68, [2] pp. Pink wrappers with paper cover label. First Edition. Signed by Edwin C. Buxbaum at title page with Christmas inscription for Buck Catlin, dated 1983. (Split to wrappers at foot of front spine fold, front hinge cracked).

Collecting National Geographic Magazines by Edwin C. Buxbaum. [Stinehour Press], Wilmington, [1971]. Blue cloth lettered in gilt, leather spine label, slipcase. Fourth edition, revised and expanded. Rubber stamps, underlining and annotation from Allen B. Catlin.

Very scarce collection of the early issues of National Geographic Magazine including a first printing of the first issue published in 1888. The collection was that of Dr. A.B. "Buck" Catlin of Fullerton, CA, who purchased much of the collection from National Geographic bibliographer and noted collector Edwin C. Buxbaum, author of Collector's Guide to The National Geographic Magazine which went through 4 editions (2 of which are included in this lot). The collection has remained in private hands for over four decades, originally assembled by the current owner’s father, a lifelong National Geographic enthusiast with a deep passion for exploration, geography, and historical preservation. The collection contains a remarkable assortment of original magazines, books, offprints, and ephemera such as the cloth bookmarks made from the U.S. Army Air Corps atmosphere balloon "Explorer 11" issued in November of 1935 (2 copies present).

Includes:

       Magazines and books:

• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. XV, nos. 5-12 comprising the issues from May-Dec., 1904. Original wrappers. (Some wrappers with chips, ink marks or general wear).
• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. XVIII, nos. 9&12 (Sept., 1907 and Dec., 1907).  Original wrappers. (Wrappers with chips and general wear).
• The National Geographic Magazine. Vol. XIX, nos. 6-11, comprising the issues from June-Nov., 1908. Original wrappers. (Some covers detached, some with Fullerton Public Library rubber stamps).
• The National Geographic Magazine Volume XXI, nos. 1-6. Comprising issues from Jan.-June, 1910. Illustrated throughout with maps and half-tones from photographs. Orange buckram lettered in gilt on spine. Original wrappers bound in.
• Carrying Water Through a Desert: The Story of the Los Angeles Aqueduct  -  from Volume XXI, No. 7. July, 1910. Article torn out of bound volume.
• The National Geographic Magazine Volume XXII, no. 2, February, 1911. Illustrated throughout from b&w photographs. Original wrappers. Includes The Panama Canal and The Snake Dance.  (Removed from bound volume, pages separating; otherwise very good.)
• The National Geographic Magazine Vol. XXXI no. 1. January, 1917 [likely a reprint]. Illustrated throughout from b&w photographs. Original wrappers. Issue includes The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: National Geographic Society Explorations in the Katmai District of Alaska by Robert F. Griggs. (Minuscule chip to wrappers at lower right corner of front cover, some wear; very good).
• The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert F. Griggs. The National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., 1922. xv, [1], 341 pp. With 9 maps and 233 illustrations including folding panorama frontispiece and folding map at rear. Blue cloth stamped in gilt, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. First Edition.
• The National Geographic Society–U.S. Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight of 1935 in the Balloon "Explorer II". Stratosphere Series No. 2. 278 pp. Illustrated throughout. Includes laid in folding poster of The First Photograph Ever Made Showing the Division Between the Troposphere and the Stratosphere and Also the Actual Curvature of the Earth—Photographed from an Elevation of 72,395 Feet,  the Highest Point Ever Reached by Man. Original wrappers. (Tape repair to detached wrappers).
• The Miracle of Talking by Telephone Reprinted from The National Geographic Magazine October, 1937. The National Geographic Society, 1937. Original wrappers.
• The National Geographic Society and Its Magazine: A History by Gilbert Grosvenor. National Geographic Society, [1957]. Illustrated throughout. Original wrappers. (Small chip at heel; very good).
• I'm from New Jersey by John T. Cunningham Reprinted from the January, 1960 National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 1960. Original wrappers. Illustrated in color throughout. (Rear cover with large whole cut out and some glue residue; good only).
• National Geographic Vol. 125, no. 3. March, 1964. Original wrappers. Illustrated in color throughout. JFK issue with John F. Kennedy: The Last Full Measure.
• Special National Press Club Inaugural Issue. January 29, 1966. Lampoon of National Geographic with anthro-porn wrappers. The image is captioned "El Salvador miss, bathing after doing laundry chores in the Sucio River, smiles winsomely at news that Booth takes over as National Press Club's el jefe." Accompanying this issue is a typed letter on National Geographic stationery from Gilbert Grosvenor's secretary to Edwin Buxbaum presenting the National Press Club Inaugural Issue. Win Booth had worked at National Geographic before his accession to the presidency of the Press Club.
• National Geographic Vol. 136, no. 6. Dec., 1969. Original wrappers. Illustrated in color throughout.  Includes First Explorers on the Moon: The Incredible Story of Apollo 11...
• National Geographic Magazine (For Collectors) 1888-1988 by Don Smith. Wrappers. Revised edition.

      Pictorials:

    • Babes in the Woods. 1917. Handwritten note “Nov 1916 Alaskan Brown Bear” on back. Very good or better.
    • Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. 1918. Very good or better.
    • Argosy of Geography. 1921. Two losses at center junctures. Very good.
    • Hark! (deer at night).1921. Near fine.
    • The Great Wall of China Near Nancow Pass. 1923. Some yellowing at margins and folds. Near fine.
    • Peasant Home in Corsica. 1923. Small tear at juncture. Very good or better.
    • The First Photograph Ever Made Showing the Division Between the Troposphere and the Stratosphere and also the Actual Curvature of the Earth – Photographed from and Elevation of 72,395 Feet, the Highest Point Ever reached by Man. May, 1935. Near fine.
    • The Adoration of the Magi by Fra.Angelico (1387-1455) and Fra. Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469). 1952. Near fine.

    Supplemental Maps:   

 
    • Alaska – February, 1914 – separated at mid-line folds, separating at other folds. Creases and wear. Fair.
    • Mexico – July, 1916 – small marginal tear not affecting image. Very good or better.
    • Europe Showing Countries as Established by the Peace Conference at Paris – 1921.  Near fine.
    • Asia and Adjoining Europe with a Portion of Africa – 1921.  Near fine.
    • South America – 1921 – small marginal tear not affecting image. Near fine.
    • Islands of the Pacific – 1921 – some separating at folds. Very good or better.
    • Countries of the Caribbean including Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and the Panama Canal – 1922 – small tear at one juncture. Near fine.
    • Africa and Adjoining Portions of Europe and Asia – 1922. Near fine.
    • The World – 1922 – some rubbing to folds. Near fine.
    • North America – 1924. Near fine.
    • The Arctic Regions – 1925 – small tears at ends of folds, handwriting in ink at margins in two places. Good or better.
    • Illinois – 1931. Near fine.
    • A Map of the Travels of George Washington – 1931 – small tear at top margin. Near fine.
    • The Antarctic Regions – 1932 – 1½” tear to fold at left margin. Very good or better.
    • The World – 1932. Near fine.
    • Asia and Adjacent Regions – 1933 – Small tear at bottom fold, handwriting in ink near same, small     stain in same area. Very good or better.
    • Africa – 1935 – some creases at margins. Near fine.
    • Canada – 1936. Near fine.
    • Pacific Ocean – 1936 – handwriting in ink at top right and right margins. Very good or better.
    • A Modern Pilgrim’s Map of the British Isles or More Precisely the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State – 1937. Near fine.
    • The White Mountains of New Hampshire – July, 1937 – small crease at bottom left margin. Near fine.
    • South America – December, 1937 – overall toning, creasing to left margin. Very good.
    • Europe and the Mediterranean – 1938. Near fine.
    • Classical Lands of the Mediterranean – 1940 – crease near fold at left. Near fine.
    • Europe and the Near East – 1940. Near fine.
    • The Southwestern United States – 1940 – some creasing at folds, handwriting in ink at top right margin. Very good.
    • The United States and adjoining portions of Canada and Mexico – December, 1940 – tape at margins from apparent hanging, tear at top with 1” loss, creasing at folds, handwriting in ink in margin, pencil marks along route from Chicago to Buffalo, wear at census table, some tears to folds.             Good.
    • Indian Ocean including Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia – 1941 – creasing wear to folds, handwriting in ink in lower left margin. Very good.
    • Atlantic Ocean – September, 1941. Near fine.
    • Theater of War in Europe, Africa and Western Asia – 1942 – some creasing to folds. Near fine. (Second copy: creases, tears with small losses at junctures, overall yellowing. Good.)
    • South America – October, 1942 – handwriting in ink at top right margin. Very good.
    • Africa – February, 1943 – handwriting in ink at bottom of right margin. Very good. (Second copy: light stain on one panel. Near fine.)
    • The World Map – 1943 – some creasing and yellowing at folds. Near fine.
    • Japan and Adjacent Regions of Asia and the Pacific Ocean – April, 1944 – creasing and yellowing to folds, light stains in two lower right panels. Very good.
    • Germany and its Approaches – July, 1944 – creasing at folds, handwriting in ink to top left margin. Very good.
    • Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands from the Indies and the Philippines to the Solomons – October, 1944 – yellowing to outer folds, handwriting in ink to margin and legend. Very good.
    • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – December, 1944 – handwriting in ink to top margin and legend. Very good or better.
    • China – June, 1945 – handwriting in ink to bottom right margin, yellowing to outer folds, light stain in one panel. Very good.
    • Japan and Korea – December, 1945 – some creasing and yellowing to folds. Near fine.
    • Northern Hemisphere – February, 1946 – handwriting in ink at legend, yellowing to outer fold. Near fine.
    • India and Burma (Political Subdivisions of India on verso) – April, 1946 – handwriting in ink on lower margin, yellowing to outer fold. Very good.
    • Bible Lands and the Cradle of Western Civilization – December, 1946 – small tears to junctures and ends of folds, staining. Very good. (Second copy: small stains to legend. Near fine.)
    • Canada, Alaska and Greenland – June, 1947 – creasing at folds. Near fine.
    • South Central United States – December, 1947 – handwriting in ink to bottom margin and legend, light wear to outer fold. Near fine.
    • Australia – March, 1948 – handwriting in ink to top left margin, light foxing to two panels, light wear to outer fold. Very good.
    • A pocket map of Central Washington, District of Columbia (4” map with 1” map on verso) – September, 1948 – small ink mark to title, small creases to one edge. Near fine.
    • Southwestern United States – December, 1948 – handwriting in ink to bottom left margin and legend. Very good.
    • The Top of the World – October, 1949. Near fine. (Second copy: creasing to folds and bottom margin, small tears at junctures. Very good. Third copy: handwriting in ink to lower right margin, small     tears to junctures, yellowing to outer fold. Very good.)
    • Classical Lands of the Mediterranean – December, 1949 – handwriting in ink to top right margin, ink marks to bottom right quadrant, creasing and wear to folds. Yellowing to one panel. Good.

Box with about 180 maps (including many multiples) spanning the world (mostly Northern Hemisphere) and specialized topics (e.g. North American Indians, Medieval England). c.1950’s – 1970’s. Mostly very good to near fine.

Box with about 150 maps (with many multiples), mostly on specialized topics such as the Great Lakes, Pinnipeds Around the World, Visitor’s Guide to the Aztec World, Close-up Canda: Ontario, Discoverers of the Pacific and Earth’s Moon. c. 1970’s – 1980’s. Mostly very good to near fine.

Box with about 195 maps (with many duplicates), mostly on specialized topics such as the March Toward Extinction, Spain in the Americas, Water: Precious Resource, The Mongols, The Quest for Everest, Iran: Born at the Crossroads and The March to Gettysburg and Back. c. 1980’s – 2010’s. Mostly near fine.