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2009 · réf. 60403 — Washington DC: National Geographic Society 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As New; see description and scans. Washington DC: National Geographic Society 2009. First Edition of the very scarce Deluxe Edition of National Geographic's Complete National Parks of the United States. This is not the standard hardcover issue but the fine-grain synthetic leather-bound lightly padded Deluxe Edition see scans which bears its own ISBN that being 9781426205286 and which was copyrighted and published in 2009 one year prior to the publication date of the standard hardcover edition. Quarto deep navy blue fine grain synthetic leather lightly padded boards gilt imprinting on front cover and spine navy blue satin page-marker ribbon All Edges Gilt and a thick 527 pp. 1. New; pristine and immaculate; removed from original packaging only for scanning and description. Note that the "light" spots in the frontal scan are reflective scanning artifacts only; these are not real. Also the deep navy blue cover coloration is blue-er in scans than to the naked eye. The scarcest edition of the profusely illustrated photos and maps master work on the topic by Mel White. A scarce collector piece wall-to-wall. Pristine. Please see scans. LG9 National Geographic Society hardcover