Author: MCGOWAN, CHRISTOPHER
Title: Dinosaurs, Spitfires & Sea Dragons
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674207696. First Printing. Paleontologist Christopher McGowan presents details about various amazing creatures who existed on earth during the Mesozoic Era. He compares some of these extinct dinosaurs, pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs to creatures of the present day, such as swordfish or bats; and to machines, such as Spitfire airplanes. With dozens of black & white drawings and photographs scattered through the text. --- In full orange cloth-covered boards with black spine titling on white block. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with images of some of these creatures to front panel. --- A well-preserved, tightly bound copy, though with prior owner's circular embossed stamp to p.13. Unclipped jacket ($29.95) with some creasing but remaining bright, intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, [2], 365 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0674207696 >>Natural History