Haynes, G. Klimowicz J. and. Reumer J. W. F (editors)

Mammoths and the Mammoth Fauna: Studies of an Extinct Ecosystem. Proceedings of the First International Mammoth Conference in St. Petersburg, October 16-21, 1995

Rotterdam: Deinsea, 1999. First edition. Pp. 222; numerous black-and-white photos, some line-drawings. Publisher’s original color pictorial wrappers over stiff green pictorial wrappers lettered in black, lg 8vo. This edited conference proceedings presents 17 chapters by noted authorities in the field. It covers the paleoenvironments of extinct Quaternary megafaunas, mammoths in cave-art, the speciation and extinction of mammoths and other large proboscideans, dwarfism, permafrost and preservation and DNA sequences. This volume is published in the series: Deinsia -- Annual of the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam no. 6. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9085

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Hershkovitz, Philip

Mice, Land Bridges and Latin American Faunal Interchange.

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. First edition. Pp. 725-751; 4 text-figures. Original printed blue wrappers, lg 8vo. Reprinted from: Ectoparasites of Panama (Wenzel, R. L. and Tipton, V. J., editors) published by the Field Museum of Natural History. Name-stamp of former owner on the front wrapper. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 4743

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Palenotology geology

Holman, J. Alan

Fossil Salamanders of North America

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. First edition. Pp. xiii, 232, 81 text-figures. Publisher’s quarter wine red cloth over blue paper, lettered in silver on spine, blue pictorial dustjacket, 8vo. This volume describes the fossil salamanders of North America including phylogeny, classification, and development. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature and another signature on the front endpaper. Neat underlining 35 pages. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9171

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Holzapfel, E.

Die Cephalopen des Domanik im Sudlichen Timan.

St. Pétersbourg: Mémoires du Comité Géologique, 1899. First edition. Pp. 56, 56; 10 full page halftone plates, each with descriptive leaf of text, 15 text-figures. Early brown cloth over black marbled boards, tan endpapers, lg 4to (12 x 9 1/4 inches). Mémoires du Comité Géologique, volume XII, no. 3. The text is presented in both German and in Russian in two separate sections. Documents the ammonoid fauna from an area in northern Russia. From the research library of paleontologist William M. Furnish with his signature on the front endpaper. Cloth on the spine is a little sunned; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 5369

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Invertebrate paleontology cephalopods ammonoid ammonites Domanik Timan Russia German Russian Mémoires du Comité Géologique volume XII no. 3 Holzapfel

Holzapfel, E.

Die Cephalopoden des Domanik in sudlichen Timan.

St. Petersbourg: Eggers et Cie, 1899. First edition. Pp. iv, 56, 56 (1),10 full page halftone plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Contemporary one-quarter morocco leather, lettered in gilt on the spine, over blue French marbled paper-covered boards, tan endpapers, all page edges with decorated , 4to. Mémoires du Comité Géologique, volume XII, no. 3. The full text appears twice - the first time in Russian and the second time in French. Timan (also called Petschoraland) is in northeastern Russia. From the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper. Light wear and rubbing along the other edge of the joints, one bump to the outer top corner of the text before the binding was put on; a bright and clean copy in an attractive binding in very good condition..

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Book number: 5421

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Paleontology invertebrate paleontology cephalopods Domanik southern Timan Petschoraland northeastern Russia Mémoires du Comité Géologique volume XII no 3 Arthur K. Miller Holzapfel

Holzapfel, E.

Das obere Mitteldevon (Schichten mit Stringocephalus Burtini und Maenceras terebratum) im Rheinischen Gebirge.

Berlin: Schropp, 1895. First edition. Pp. (6), 459. Original one-quarter brown leather, spine is lettered in gilt and with gilt panel lines, over black and white patterned marbled boards, lg 8vo. This is the text volume only - a volume of plates was also published. This work also appeared in: Abhandlungen der Kgl. Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt, neue folge, heft 16 (= Proceedings of the Royal Prussian Geological Institute, new series, no. 16). Small name stamp of Paul Kessler on the title page. Later from the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper. Some fainting cracking to the 19the century leather on the spine, light rubbing to the outer leather joints, the text is bright, clean and unused; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 5440

Catalogue: Paleontology

Hooijer, D.A.

Fossil Bovidae from the Malay Archipelago and the Punjab

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958. First edition. Pp. 112; 9 full page photo-plates. Publisher’s original gray wrappers, printed in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Zoologische Verhandelingen no. 38. Small signature on the front wrapper, no other ownership marks, and few signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9551

Catalogue: Paleontology

Huang, T. K.

Late Permian Brachiopoda of Southwestern China, part 2.

Peking: Geological Survey of China, 1933. First edition. Pp. i-vi, 1-172; 11 full page photo-plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original printed olive green wrappers bound in place), 4to. Palaeontologia Sinica, series B, volume IX, fascicle 1. From the research library of paleontologist Harold J. Bissell with his printed name on the front endpaper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5380

Catalogue: Paleontology

Huene, Friedrich von

Die Cotylosauier der Trias

Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1912. First edition. Pp. (2), 69-102 + 8 full page fine photo-plates, each with a description leaf of text. Original burnt-orange printed wrappers, lg 4to. From: Palaeontographica, volume 59. Describes the genus Koiloskiosaurus which the author placed in the Cotylosauria. The Cotylosauria is the term used in the early 20th century to describe a group of heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that evolved during the Carboniferous and extended into the Triassic. Today this group is placed in the Captorhinida. Name stamp of paleontologist John A. Dorr on the top outer corner of the title page. Rare. Wrappers are chipped along the spine edge and show some darkening along the outer borders of both the front and rear wrappers, the text and plates are bright and clean; a good solid copy of a rare item..

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Book number: 7384

Catalogue: Paleontology

IVPP Staff (editors)

Publication List of the Staff of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1923 to 1993

Beijing: Academia Sinica, 1994. First edition. Pp. (xvi), 1-290. Green and white wrappers, printed in black, sm 4to. The contents include Preface, Introduction, Author Index, Author’s Catalogue, Appendix I: Serial Publications of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleontology, Appendix II: Paleontological Sinica, Ser. C, New Ser. C and Ser. D, New Ser. D Published (1923-1987). The text is in Chinese and English. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Uncommon. Small bump to top outer corner, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9569

Catalogue: Paleontology

Jiang, Nengren, Sun, Rong, Liang, Qizhong et al.

The late Cenozoic stratigraphy and paleontology in Yuanmou Basin, Yunnan, China

Kunming: Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences, 1989. First edition. Pp. (vi), 1-96; 12 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 23 text-figures (3 in color), 1 folding geological map in color. Publisher's original orange stiff wrappers, lettered in black and brown, sm 4to. This monograph describes the flora and fauna from the Chinese site to Yuanmou. It is from the series Yunnan Geology Supplement. This Pliocene site is purported to be a Chinese hominin site based on two primate incisors found with the fauna. These incisors are more likely ape than human. Other Pliocene sites in Yunnan have yielded numerous fossil apes of Lufengpithecus. The text is in Chinese but there is a long summary in English at the rear. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Rare monograph that is seldom offered for sale. A bright copy in fine (as new) condition..

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Book number: 8563

Catalogue: Paleontology

Karpinsky, A.

uber die Ammoneen der Artinsk-Stufe und Einge mit Denselben Verwandte Carbonische Fromen.

St. Pétersbourg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1889. First edition. Pp. (7), 104; 5 full page engraved lithographs, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Early dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original printed front wrapper bound in place), 4to. Mémoirs de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII série, tome xxxvii, no. 2. From the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5350

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Invertebrate paleontology Ammonoidea ammonites Artinskian Permian Cisuralian Mémoirs de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII série, tome xxxvii, no. 2 Arthur K. Miller Karpinsky

Karpinsky, A.

uber die Ammoneen der Artinsk-Stufe und Einge mit Denselben Verwandte Carbonische Fromen.

St. Pétersbourg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1889. First edition. Pp. (7), 104; 5 full page engraved lithographs, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Early purple half cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over French marbled boards, 4to. Mémoirs de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII série, tome xxxvii, no. 2. The text is in German. From the research library of paleontologist William M. Furnish with his signature on the front endpaper. Light edge wear to cloth on the spine, spine cloth is sunned, some age toning to the first section of the text, otherwise a very good copy..

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Book number: 5401

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Invertebrate paleontology Ammonoidea ammonites Artinskian Permian Cisuralian Mémoirs de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII série, tome xxxvii, no. 2 William M. Furnish Karpinsky

Korenhof, C. A.

Morphogenetical Aspects of the Human Upper Molar: A comparative study of its enamel and dentine surfaces and their relationship to the crown pattern of fossil and recent primates

Utrecht, The Netherlands: Uitgeversmaatschappij Neerlandia, 1960. First edition. Pp. 368; 15 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 60 text-figures (line-drawings of teeth). Publisher’s original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. This is the first publication of a thesis by the author from Utrecht University. It investigates the morphogenetic aspects of the human first molar compared with numerous fossil apes and with some lower primates. It is a very thorough morphological analysis. No ownership marks. A tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9578

Catalogue: Paleontology

Kummel, Bernhard

Ammonoids of the Late Scythian (Lower Triassic).

Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1969. First edition. Pp. 311-702; 71 full page plates, 49 text-figures. Original printed red and gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 137, no. 3. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5326

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Invertebrate paleontology ammonoids Ammonites Ammonoidea Scythian Lower Triassic Kummel