Condition: Very Good. E. Bostelmann (illustrator). [16 pages of advertisements], pages 653-782, [and 20 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations (with twenty-four pages in full color). Maps. Cover has wear and soiling, with small tear at spine.. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor. This issue includes: A Round Trip to Davy Jones's Locker with 15 Illustrations by William Beebe; Luminous Life in the Depths of the Sea with 8 paintings by E. Bostelmann; Modern Ethiopia with 48 Illustrations by Addison E. Southard; Present Day Scenes in the World's Oldest Empire with 27 Natural Color photographs; Coronation Days in Addis Ababa with 8 Illustrations by W. Robert Moore; The Timeless Arans with 36 Illustrations by Robert Cushman Murphy, and The Trans-Asiatic Expedition Starts with 5 Illustrations by Georges-Marie Haardt. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus.