National Geographic Technical Publications List
1914Alaskan Glacier Studies...1st ed.
red buckram w/maps (9)
1913The LA PAZ (BOLIVIA) GORGE...
paper cover...reprinted from the American Journal of Science,
Vol. XXXVI, Aug. 1913...results of the Peruvian Expedition of
1912, under the auspices of YaleUniversity and the NGS.
GEOLOGIC SKETCH OF TITICACAISLAND AND ADJOINING
AREAS...paper cover...reprinted from the American Journal of
Science, Vol. XXXVI, Sept. 1913...results of the Peruvian Expedition
of 1912, under the auspices of YaleUniversity and the NGS.
1916A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE of the CUZCOVALLEY,
PERU...paper cover...reprinted from the American Journal of Science
Vol. XLI, January, 1916...contributions from the Peruvian Expedition of
1912 under the auspices of YaleUniversity and the National Geographic
Society...presentation card laid in...inside front cover states
the cost of this publications was assumed by the NGS.
1918The National Geographic Society Katmai Expeditions...
I. The Recovery of Vegetation at Kodiak.
paper cover...reprinted from the Ohio Journal of Science
Vol. XIX, No. 1.
The National Geographic Society Katmai Expeditions...
II. Are the Ten Thousand Smokes Real Volcanoes?
III. The Great Hot Mud Flow of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
paper cover...reprinted from the Ohio Journal of Science
Vol. XIX, No. 2.
1920Scientific Results of the Katmai Expeditions of the National Geographic
Society. I-X…The OhioStateUniversity Bulletin…Vol. XXIV: No. 15
February 1920…green paper covert
1923Katmai Series - No. 1...The Origin and Mode of Emplacement of the
Great Tuff Deposit of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes..pages 1-74.
paper cover
Katmai Series - No. 2...A Chemical Study of the Fumaroles of the
Katmai Region...pages 74-155.
paper cover
Smokes - Katmai Region...pages 157-179.
paper cover
1924Katmai Series - No. 3...The Fumarolic Incrustations In The Valley of Ten Thousand
Katmai Series - No. 5...The Coleopteran Collected by the Katmai
Expeditions...cover also reads Vol. II, No. 1.
paper cover
1929Katmai Series - No. 4...The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes:
I. The Fumarolic Incrustations and Their Bearing on Ore Deposition
II. The Acid Gases Contributed to the Sea During Volcanic Activity
paper cover
1935Pueblo Bonito Series - No. 1...Dating Pueblo Bonito and Other Ruins
of the Southwest..
paper cover
Stratosphere Series No. 1...The National Geographic Society - U. S. Army
Air Corps Stratosphere Flight of 1934 in the Balloon “Explorer”.
paper cover
1936Stratosphere Series No. 2...The National Geographic Society - U. S. Army
Air Corps Stratosphere Flight of 1935 in the Balloon “Explorer II”.
paper cover
1939Solar Eclipse Series No. 1...The National Geographic Society - U. S. Navy
Solar Eclipse Expedition of 1937 to Canton Island.
paper cover
1940Mexican Archeology Series, Vol. 1, No. 1...An Initial Series from Tres Zapotes
Vera Cruz, Mexico.
paper cover
1942Solar Eclipse Series No. 2...National Geographic Society - National Bureau
of Standards Solar Eclipse Expedition of 1940 to Brazil.
paper cover
1968-1985National Geographic Society Research Reports...21 volumes.
Books cover research and exploration projects sponsored by the NGS from
1890 through 1983
1986A Columbus Casebook…A Supplement to “Where Columbus Found
the New World”…National Geographic Magazine, November 1986…
paper wraps…w/map.
w/following special issues:
“In Cooperation with” Publications
1896Physiography of the United States...1st ed. 1st pr.
light olive-gray buckram...published by the American Book Co.
1897Physiography of the United States...1st ed., 2nd pr.
light olive-gray buckram...published by the American Book Co.
1907The Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1903-1905...1st ed.
green buckram...published by the Estate of William Ziegler. W/3 maps
1930Machu Picchu: A Citadel of the Incas...Limited edition
w/dj and slipcase...published by Yale University Press. (500 printed)
1964A Photographic Study of the Brighter Planets...1st ed.
w/dj...published jointly with the Lowell Observatory, AZ.
1979Machu Picchu: A Citadel of the Incas...Reprint
reissued by Hacker Art Books, Inc.
1985Geographical Bibliography for American Libraries…1st ed.
a joint project of the Association of American Geographers and
the National Geographic Society.
Joint National Geographic/Tulane University Publications
Middle American Research Institiute(MARI)
1961Preliminary Report on the 1959-60 Field Season NGS-TU
Dzibilchaltun Program...MARI Misc. Series No. 11
paper wraps
1965Explorations in the Gruta de Chac Yucatan, Mexico
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 1-21
Progress Report on the 1960-1964 Field Seasons NGS - TU
Dzibilchaltun Program
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 23-67.
1968The Ruins of Ikil, Yucatan, Mexico
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 69-80.
1969The Archaeological Use and Distribution of Mollusca
in the Maya Lowlands...MARI Publication 34
paper wraps
1970The Open Chapel of Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 26, pgs. 181-199
Balankanche, Throne of the Tiger Priest…MARI Publication 32
Hardcover
1973Archaeological Evidence on Social Stratification and
Commerce in the Northern Maya Lowlands...Two Mason’s
Tool Kits from Muna and Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 81-102
1974Excavation of an Early Shell Midden on Isla Cancun,
Quintana Roo, Mexico
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 147-197
Prehistoric Lowland Maya Community and Social
Organization - A Case Study at Dzibichaltun, Yucatan,
Mexico...MARI Publication 38
paper wraps Human Skeletal Remains from Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan,
Mexico, with a Review of Cranial Deformity Types in the
Maya Region
paper wraps...reprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 199-225.
1975The Polychrome Pottery of Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico:
Typology and Archaeological Context
paper wraps...Preprinted from MARI Pub. 31, pgs. 227-247.
Archaeological Investigations on the YucatanPeninsula...
MARI Publication 31
paper wraps
1976Defensive Earthworks at Becan, Campeche, Mexico -
Implications for Maya Warfare...MARI Publication 41
paper wraps
1977The Archaeological Ceramics of Becan, Campeche, Mexico
MARI Publication 43
paper wraps
Maya Architecture of the Central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Mari Publication 44
paper wraps
1978Studies in the Archaeology of Coastal Yucatan and Campeche,
Mexico...Archaeological Survey of the Yucatan - Campache
Coast...Archaeological Pottery of the Yucatan - Campeche
Coast...MARI Publication 46
paper wraps
Lithic Artifacts from a Complex Society - The Chipped Stone
Tools of Becan, Campeche, Mexico...MARI Occasional Paper 2...
Preclassic Architecture at Becan, Campeche, Mexico...MARI
Occasional Paper 3
paper wraps...both papers under one cover
1979Introduction to the Map of the Ruins of Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan
Mexico...MARI Publication 47
paper wraps...included in slipcase with maps.
1980Excavations at Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico...MARI
Publication 48
hardcover
1981Prehistoric Maya Settlement Patterns at Becan, Campeche,
Mexico...MARI Publication 45
paper wraps...w/map packet
1983The Stucco Decoration and Architectural Assemblage of
Structure 1-sub, Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico...MARI
Publication 49
paper wraps...w/maps.
Smithsonian/National Geographic Publications
1954Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito...Smithsonian Misc. Collections
Vol. 124...Publication 4172.
hardcover or paper wraps...published under a grant from the
National Geographic Society by the Smithsonian Institution.
1959PuebloDel Arroyo, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico...Smithsonian
Misc. Collections Vol. 138, No. 1...Publications 4346.
Hardcover orpaper wraps...published under a grant from the National
Geographic Society by the Smithsonian Institution.
1964The Architecture of Pueblo Bonito...Smithsonian Misc.
Collections Vol. 147, No. 1...Publication 4524.
Hardcover or paper wraps...published under a grant from the National
Geographic Society by the Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Publications about Joint Smithsonian/NGS Research Projects
1921The Distribution of Bird Life in the UrubambaValley of Peru...
SmithsonianInstitutionUnited StatesNationalMuseum Bulletin 117.
A report on the Birds Collected by the Yale University-National Geographic
Society’s Expeditions...paper wraps
1943Stone Monuments of Southern Mexico...Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 138.
paper wraps
An Introduction to the Ceramics of Tres ZapotesVeracruz, Mexico...
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 139.
paper wraps
Ceramic Sequences at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico...Smithsonian
Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 140.
paper wraps
Ceramic Stratigraphy at Cerro De Las Mesas Veracruz, Mexico...
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 141.
paper wraps
1948Birds Collected By the National Geographic Society’s Expeditions
to Northern Brazil and Southern Venezuela...Smithsonian Bulletin
No. 3219, from the Proceedings of the U. S.NationalMuseum, Vol. 97...
paper wraps.
1957Anthropological Papers Number 49-56...Smithsonian Institution Bureau
of American Ethnology Bulletin 164.
paper wraps...includes Paper, No. 53; An Archeological Reconnaissance in
Southeastern Mexico. –
Archeological Work in Arctic Canada…Smithsonian Institution Bureau
of American Ethnology…Publication 4288…from the Smithsonian Report
for 1956…paper wraps
1959Excavations at LaVenta, Tabasco 1955...Smithsonian Institution Bureau
of Ethnology Bulletin 170...
green cloth hardcover.
1960Anthropological Papers Number 57-62...Smithsonian Institution Bureau
of American Ethnology Bulletin 173.
paper wraps...includes Paper No. 59; The Use of the Atlatl on LakePatzcuaro,
Michoacan.
1964Archeological Investigations in the Parita and Santa Maria Zones
of Panama...Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 193...
green cloth hardcover.
Smithsonian Publications Referencing The National Geographic Society
1943Iceland and Greenland...Smithsonian Institution War Background
Studies Number 15...Publication 3735.
paper wraps
1959A Biological Survey of KatmaiNational Monument...Smithsonian
Misc. Collections Vol. 138, Number 5...Publication 4376.
paper wraps
Other Related Technical Publications
1898Map of Alaska Showing Known Gold-Bearing Rocks with
Descriptive Text Containing Sketches of the Geography,
Geology, and Gold Deposits and Routes to the Gold Fields...
Senate Document No. 195...no cover...printed by the
U. S. Geological Survey...map tipped on back…map and portions
of text appear in the April 1898 magazine...removed.
1903North Polar Exploration: Field Work of The Peary Arctic Club
1898-1902…Smithsonian Report 1903…disbound article from
manuscript, as read before the Peary Arctic Club, by courtesy of
the National Geographic Society…21 pages.
Reindeer in Alaska…Smithsonian Report 1903…disbound article
reprinted by permission from the National Geographic Magazine,
Vol. XIV, No. 4, April, 1903.
1920The Katmai Region, Alaska, and the Great Eruption of 1912
paper wraps...reprinted for private circulation from The Journal
of Geology, Vol. XXVIII, No. 7, Oct.-Nov. 1920...has been bound
and then removed.
1925Earth Movements Accompanying the Katmai Eruption...
Papers from the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution
of Washington...No. 562
paper wraps...reprinted for private circulation from The Journal
of Geology, Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 2 and 3, Feb. - Mar. and Apr. - May
1925...has been bound and then removed.
1926The Katmai Magmatic Province...Papers from the Geophysical
Laboratory Carnegie Institution of Washington...No. 619
paper wraps...reprinted for private circulation from The Journal
of Geology, Vol. XXXIV, No. 7, Part 2, Oct. - Nov. 1926...has
been bound and then removed.
1930Clarence N. Fenner, Washington...Mount Katmai and Mount
Mageik...Papers from the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie
Institute...No. 700
paper wraps...reprinted for the German publication Zeitschrift fur
Vulkanologi 1930, Band XIII...removed.
1936The Black Hills Engineer…Vol. XXIII, No. 2…Sept. 1936…
entire issue concerns the Stratosphere Balloon flight of Explorer II…
Grosvenor signature on front cover.
1959The Hubbard Site and Other Tri-wall Structures in New Mexico
and Colorado...Archeological Research Series Number Five...
paper wraps...published by the National Park Service, Dept. of
Interior.
1964The Archeological Survey of Wetherill Mesa - Mesa Verde
National Park - Colorado...Archeological Research Series
Number Seven-A
paper wraps...published by the National Park Service, Dept. of
Interior.
1967Colossal Heads of the Olmec Culture...Contributions of the
University of California Archaeological Research Facility...
No. 4, October 1967.
paper wraps...published by the University of California Department
of Anthropology.
1969Mani-Rimdu...Sherpa Dance - Drama...1st ed.
w/dj...University of Washington Press.
Environment of Mesa Verde - Colorado...Wetherill Mesa Studies...
Archeological Research Series Number Seven-B...
rust cloth hardcover.
Big Juniper House - Wetherill Mesa Excavations Mesa Verde
National Park - Colorado...Archeological Research Series Number
Seven - C...
blue cloth hardcover.
1971Mug House - Wetherill Mesa Excavations Mesa Verde National
Park - Colorado...Archeological Research Series Number Seven - D...
red cloth hardcover.
Mug House...2nd printing...paper wraps...reprint by InterPark
Publishers.
1973First Annual Report of theCoxcatlan Project...Tehuacan Project
Number Three
paper wraps...published by Robert S. Peabody Foundation for
PhillipsAcademy, Andover, Massachusetts.
1974Investigations in Russell Cave...RussellCaveNational Monument
Alabama...Publications in Archeology 13...creme cloth hardbound...
published by the National Park Service, Dept. of Interior.
1975Badger House Community - Wetherill Mesa Studies Mesa Verde
National Park...Publications in Archeology 7 - E...
paper wraps
1980Long House…Mesa Verde National Park/Colorado…Publications
in Archeology 7H…Wetherill Mesa Studies…
paper wraps
1989Robert E. Peary at the North Pole...A Report to the NGS...
paper wraps...published by The Foundation for the Promotion of
the Art of Navigation…includes Supplemental Report and newsletter.
Related Book Publications
1913The Panama Canal…Doubleday, Page & Co…. 1st Edition
Has the pictorial fold out (reduced size) and Acknowledgement for use of photographs of NGS.
1930Little America…Richard E. Byrd…Putnam…1st Edition
Shows maps of NGS in endpapers. This book has credits to the NGS funding and support of the expedition.
1930Rear Admiral Byrd and the Polar Expeditions…A.L. Burt & Co. 1st Edition
Shows NG Medal and presentationby Pres. Hoover
1935Discovery…Richard E. Byrd…Putnam…1st Edition
Shows maps of NGS in endpapers
1948Lost City of the Incas…Hiram Bingham…1st Edition
1972Mount Vernon – An Illustrated Handbook…1st ed.
photo credits by National Geographic