Paleontology
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The Great Auk
by Errol Fuller
Garefowls, Penguins of the North, Riesenalks, Apponaths, Great Auks - all of these were names for a sea bird whose extinction was entirely the work of humankind. The birds existence ended on the morning of the third day of June 1844, when the last two recorded great auks were killed by three fishermen on the island of Eldey. a few miles south of Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean. For thousands of years, until not so long before that fateful day, great auks swam the Atlantic in their millions and...
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The Pre-Glacial Pleistocene Of the Norfolk and Suffolk Coasts
by R G, P E P Norton, B W Sparks, and D G Wilson West
De Corporibus Marinis Lapidescentibus Quae Defossa Reperiuntur Auctore Augustino Scilla Addita Dissertatione Fabii Columnae De Glossopetris, 1747
by Augustino Scilla
Paleontology Books & Ephemera
Autograph letter signed to Pickering
by Hawkins, Thomas
1840. To William Pickering Concerning the Book of the Great Sea Dragons Hawkins, Thomas (1810-89). Autograph letter signed to publisher William Pickering (1796-1854). Sharpham Park, Augst. 4, 1840. 1 page plus integral address leaf. 227 x 190 mm. Stamp cut out from address leaf, not affecting text, light soiling & fraying. From fossil collector and dealer Thomas Hawkins, known for his collections of ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, some of which are still on display at the Natural History Museum in...
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€897.94
Lithograph portrait by T. H. Maguire
by Owen, Richard
Owen, Richard (1804-92). Lithograph portrait with facsimile signature, by Thomas Herbert Maguire (1821-95), lithographed by M. & H. Hanhart. [Ipswich: G. Ransome,] 1850 (dated in the plate). 610 x 440 mm.; image (without signature) measures 242 x 292 mm. A few faint spots in the margins, but very good. First Edition. The largest and among the best portraits of paleontologist and zoologist Richard Owen, superintendent of the Natural History department of the British Museum, and one of Darwin's foremost...
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€2,363.00
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H Brachiopoda
by Edited Raymond C Moore
U S A: Geological Society of America, 1965. Very detailed and informative book on invertebrate paleontology, volume 1 of 3. Contains 521 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are bright with just a few very small marks, small bumps to corners..HEAVY BOOK 1.7 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON...
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€41.38
Great Auk
by Fuller, Errol
Harry N Abrams Inc, 1999-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good-. //Good+. . 11x9x1. VG-/GOOD+. white illustrated jacket with sun faded edges, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Oversized, heavy, additional shipping charges may apply, tightly bound, clean text, illustrations, and paper..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
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€44.66
![Die Ersten Vertebraten-Faunen Im Deutschen Gedinne [The First Vertebrate Faunas in German Gedinne]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/890/618/724618890.0.b.jpg)
Die Ersten Vertebraten-Faunen Im Deutschen Gedinne [The First Vertebrate Faunas in German Gedinne]
by Wolfgang Schmidt
E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1954-01-01. Paperback. Good. In German. 1954 signed first edition E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Stuttgart, Germany), 9 x 11 7/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in brown printed wraps, 47 pp. plus six full-page photographic plates on heavy stock. Creasing to bottom of book. Inscribed and signed by the author at the top of the front cover. Prior owner name to front cover, which is edgeworn and has tape repairs to spine. Minor age-toning to...
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€14.13
Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer
by Falconer, Hugh
London: Hardwicke, 1868. Falconer, Hugh (1808-65). Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer, A.M., M.D. . . . Compiled and edited by Charles Murchison, M.D., F.R.S. 2 vols. Vol. I: lvi, 590pp. 34 plates, text illustrations. Vol. II: xiii, [77], 675pp. 38 plates, text illustrations. 215 140 mm. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1868. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards. Library stamps on verso of title pages of both volumes, and small stamp on the title of Vol. II. Marginal repairs to...
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€2,835.60
The Dinosaur Papers 1676-1906
by Weishampel, David & White, Nadine M. (Edited by)
Washington and London: Smithsonian Books. 2003. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine very slightly sunned. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 524 pages. A unique collection of journal articles and book excerpts about the beginnings of paleontology from Robert Plot's first discoveries to Henry Fairfield Osborn. Includes translations of classic dinosaur papers...
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€21.62
Creation and Evolution: Myth or Reality
by Newell, Norman D
New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The paleontologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History explains evolutionary theory for a non-scientific audience. 199 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a couple of tears to the top edge. This is a scientific association copy of the first rank. Newell inscribed this book to his most famous graduate student, Stephen Jay Gould: "To Steve...
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€964.10
A MONOGRAPH OF THE BRITISH PALAEOZOIC PHYLLOPODA (Phyllocarida, Packard)
by Jones, Prof. T. Rupert; Woodward, Dr. Henry
London: The Palaeontographical Society, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to (22 x 28cm). Complete; 1888-1899, pp. xv, 211; 31 fine lithographic plates, plus associated text. Titles and half-titles present. Bound in red buckram cloth with gilt lettering to the spine; very good and clean with slight wear only, slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, single stamp to front endpaper, otherwise unmarked and without inscriptions, plates all clean. A very good clean bright copy. Please note...
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€80.40
THE PROBLEM OF AQUATIC ADAPTATION IN THE CARNIVOAR,AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE OSTEOLOGY & EVOLUTION OF THE SEA-OTTER
by W.P.Taylor
U.CA Pub.Geol.v.7,no.25, 1914-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1914 off-print University of California Press (Berkeley, Calif.) 7 x 10 1/2 inches tall brown paper wraps, 465-495pp. Fifteen text figures. A few unopened signatures. Chipping to edges (with tape repairs) and age-toning to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked. ~ZZ~
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€18.86
A MONOGRAPH OF CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN FORAMINIFERA (THE GENUS FUSULINA EXCEPTED Complete
by Brady, Henry Bowman
London: The Palaeontographical Society, 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to (22 x 28cm). Complete; 1876, pp. 166; 12 fine lithographic plates printed on India paper, mounted on thick paper, plus associated text. Titles and half-titles present. Bound in red buckram cloth with gilt lettering to the spine; very good and clean with slight wear only, a small knock to the head of the front board. Contents clean and tight, single stamp to each endpaper, both paste-downs with the remnants of...
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€49.66
New Naturalist No. 42 FOSSILS
by Swinnerton, H. H
London: Collins, 1970. Book. Illus. by Wilson, M.. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprinted. 8vo. A reprint edition, pp. 274, 133 b/w photographs, 21 text figures. Dust jacket fine, bright, not price-clipped. Green buckram boards fine with bright gilt. Contents clean and tight, no toning, spotting to the fore-edges and light dust soiling to the top edge. no foxing within, no inscriptions. A very good copy in a fine jacket. [Referenced by "Collecting the New Naturalists" - NN42C].
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€23.65
FIGURES OF CHARACTERISTIC BRITISH FOSSILS: (PALAEOZOIC DIVISION), WITH DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS.
by Baily, William Hellier
London: John Van Voorst, 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (15 x 22cm). pp. lxxx, 126; "42 plates and 18 wood-cut illustrations"; original yellow-coated end papers. Original brown cloth hardback binding with gilt lettering, very good and bright with light wear only, top rear outer corner slightly bumped. Contents good and tight, light spotting/foxing, more pronounced to page edges and first and last pages, private bookplate to front end paper, signature. A very good copy..
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€65.03
Lucy The Beginnings of Humankind
by Johanson, Donald C & Maitland A Edey
Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0671250361 . 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.30 inches; 409 pages .
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€11.82
Permo Triassic Formations a World Review
by Sherlock, R L
HUTCHINSON SCIENTIFIC & TECHNI, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1947 first edition Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications (London), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall red cloth hardbound, gilt lettering to spine, 367 pp. Covers moderately rubbed, bumped and edgeworn, and spine is sun-faded. Crack between front pastedown and free-endpaper, with resultant shakiness to front board, but all holds firmly. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~G~
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€25.47
Dinosaur Lives: Unearthing an Evolutionary Saga
by HORNER, John R
New York: Harper Collins, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Near fine in fine dustwrapper.
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€18.90
Ossements et coquilles fossiles: Ossements, par M.J.-J. Huot. Coquilles, d'après M. Deshayes.
by Huot. J.-J. and Deshayes
Paris.: Tous les libraires., 1839. Full vertical grain navy leather, gilt spine title.. Near fine.. 12mo.. 14.3x9 cm.. French text. Uncommon little pocket-size fossil reference. weight: 0.4 lb. 8 folding lithograph plates.
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€118.15
Flora Fossilis Arctica: Die Fossile Flora Der Polarlander: Seibenter Band, enthaltend Den zweiten theil der fossilen flora Gronlands.
by Heer, Oswald
Zurich. : J. Wurster. , 1883. Publisher’s printed wraps. . Good, lacks back cover, contents very good, unread and uncut. . 4to., 32x24.5 cm. . German text. Seventh volume in the series, second on Greenland. Plates numbered XLVIII-CIX. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.6 lb. Frontis plus 62 plates and one map.
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€137.05
Bulletins of American Paleontology (VOL XXXV, NO 149: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRAZILIAN PALEOZOIC NO 1.)
by kenneth E. Caster; Hugh Dresser
Paleontological Research Institution, 1954-01-01. Pamphlet. Very Good. 1954 First edition, Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca, NY) 6 x 9 inches tall paperbound in grey wraps, 85pp., including 8 full-page plates. Minor soiling and edgewear to covers. Number and prior owner's stamp of Paleontologist D.O. Nelson to top of front cover. Occasional and minor foxing to text. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked. ~XX~ Contributions to knowledge of the Brazilian paleozoic No. 1/A....
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€17.91
The geology of the south-east of England
by Mantell, Gideon
London: Longman [etc.], 1833. Mantell, Gideon (1790-1852). The geology of the south-east of England. xix, 415pp. Lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates (1 folding), folding colored map, text illustrations. London: Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833. 213 x 134 mm. 19th century half calf, marbled boards, light edgewear. Plates somewhat foxed, otherwise very good. 19th century bookplate. First Edition. Announcing the discovery of Hylaeosaurus, the third dinosaur specimen to be discovered,...
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€803.42
The Riddle of the Dinosaur
by John Noble Wilford
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1985. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€6.59
Predshestvenniki. Predki? Arkhantropy. Gominidy, perekhodnye ot arkhantropov k paleoantropam / Предшественники. Предки? Архантропы. Гоминиды, переходные от архантропов к палеоантропам
by Drobyshevskij S.V. / Дробышевский С.В
ЛКИ. Москва. 2010. Softcover/Paperback. As New. Настоящая работа представляет продолжение краткого обзора наиболее важных и наиболее изученных местонахождений ископаемых гоминид, с изложением основных сопуцтвующих данных природного и культурного плана. В третьей части дана...
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€10.35
