National Geographic Magazine - April, 2005. Hobbit: Flores Hominid Species; Pathfinders (Republic of Georgia); Civil War Battlefields; Record Rocket Flight; Orcas; Egypt's First Pharaohs; Guantanamo Bay; Tsunamis; Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, and completely pristine throughout, with supplemental folding map, "Battles of the Civil War". See scans and description. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. The April, 2005 issue of National Geographic magazine, that being Volume 207, Number 4; this is the famed "Hobbit" issue and cover, with its feature article, "Lost World of the Little People", covering the paleontologically rather startling find, on the small island of Flores, of remains of a very small Hominid species, nicknamed "Hobbit". Quarto, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 187 pp. (51 pp. pre-numbering + 136 pp.). New, pristine, and flawless in every way; in sealed storage since acquisition in 2005. See all scans. Loose-laid supplement, a sixteen-fold folding map, "Battles of the Civil War" (two-sided, with related features on the reverse), remains inside and equally pristine, as do the laid-in and tipped-in subscriber offers. Features: Ntional Geographic Magazine - April, 2005. Hobbit: Flores Hominid Species; Pathfinders (Republic of Georgia); Civil War Battlefields; Record Rocket Flight; Orcas; Egypt's First Pharaohs; Guantanamo Bay; Tsunamis; Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher. See scan of contents page for more detail. There are also, of course, the numerous - and always deeply engaging - shorter features, departments, graphics, even absorbing ads - 51 pages of those things, in fact, in this issue. You know the NG. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not bag. LNG1