National Geographic 1946 July-Dec

Editorial: National Geographic, 1946

Librería: Crappy Old Books, Barry, Reino UnidoCrappy Old Books

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National Geographic, July?December 1946 Published by National Geographic Society Condition: Good (creased with dignity; smells faintly of atlas and attic) Offered by Crappy Old Books , purveyors of handsomely timeworn paper and unreasonable nostalgia. Welcome to 1946, Part II ?that liminal stretch when the world had stopped exploding and started rebuilding, and National Geographic decided to celebrate by pointing cameras at mountains, coral reefs, and any country that would hold still long enough for a map. These six post-war issues are a love letter to normalcy, printed while normalcy was still under construction. Inside you?ll find the signature Geographic cocktail: big pictures, bigger maps, and prose so earnest it could hold up a bridge. Expect: ?Europe: From Rubble to Railway Timetables? ? cities dusting themselves off and checking the departure board again. ?New Nations, Old Rivers? ? borders tidying themselves like a teenager?s room right before inspection. ?Across the Pacific in Peacetime? ? island by island, from foxholes to fishing huts, with a detour for coconuts. ?The American West Reintroduced to Americans? ? GIs swap helmets for Stetsons and remember the sky has stars. At least one feature where a geologist stares at rocks until they confess history. The photographs glow with that stubborn 1940s optimism?sunlight pouring over bombed cathedrals, children playing where tanks once parked, farmers regarding their tractors like long-lost cousins. The captions are wonderfully specific: ?Fig. 7?A woman in sensible shoes contemplates tomorrow.? The ads? Sublime. Soap promises social renewal. Tires promise destiny. Cameras promise that if you point them at the future, the future will pose. Condition: Good. The spine stands straight like a former sergeant on payday. The pages have tanned to that photogenic honey tone influencers try to fake with filters. Corners are gently softened, as if the book has been practicing diplomacy. No sticky surprises, no missing maps, just the dignified rustle of cellulose that has seen a century?s worth of headlines and decided to outlive them. Why own it? Because 1946 is the year the world collectively said, ?Right then?back to wonder,? and National Geographic obliged with six issues of earnest awe. It?s a portable truce between chaos and curiosity; a reminder that the planet remains interesting even when people are catching their breath. Perfect for: collectors, carto-romantics, and anyone who believes the atomic age should still make time for penguins, postage stamps, and a 12-page spread on wheat. Crappy Old Books ? rescuing the printed past from tidy attics and giving it a second tour of duty on your bookshelf.…

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Título
National Geographic 1946 July-Dec
Autor
National Geographic
Editorial
National Geographic
Año de publicación
1946
Estado
Good
Encuadernación
Hardback

Crappy Old Books

Barry, Reino Unido

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Crappy Old Books aims to be the online version of our much endangered high street second hand book stores. Here you will find all sorts of junk that you just couldnt imagine. Crappy Old Books also aims to provide all of these books at great rates. The site was concieved on Monday 23rd Novemeber 2009, and is slowly growing. Hopefully over years it'll have much more to offer and will be a joy to browse through, just like our musty second hand book stores of yore.

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