Author: CHATTERJEE, SANKAR
Title: The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution
Description: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0801856159. A first printing (with complete number line on copyright page) of Sankar Chatterjee's review of available data about the beginnings of birds on earth. Examining worldwide fossil evidence, the author explains various theories about the development of flight, comparative anatomy and other aspects of avian development. With dozens of black & white illustrations by Michael W. Nickell, as well as an extensive bibliography and index. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with Nickell color painting of a life restoration of Protoavis texensis, the earliest known bird. --- With inked date and notation to front free endpaper, prior owner's circular embossed stamp to p.13, else a bright, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unpriced, unclipped jacket lacks notable damages; wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xvi, 312 pages. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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