Anthony, R. and Friant, M.

Théorie de la Dentition Jugale Mamalienne, Parts I-III, complete.

Paris: Hermann and Cie, 1935-1937. First edition. Pp. 70, frontispiece plate, 21 text-figures; 81, 6 full page photo-plates, 65 text-figures; 51, 16 text-figures. Original mottled brown wrappers, lettered in black and in red, lg 8vo. Part I: La molaire des Mammifères, son caractère fundamental et son type morphologique archaique; Part II: L'évolution de la molaire chez les Mammifères placentaires a partir du début des temps tertiaries; Part III: Critique du trituberculisme. From the series: Actuatlités Scientifiques et Industrielles, Exposés D'anatomie Comparée no. 311, 372, 456. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4864

Catalogue: Paleontology

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Arambourg, Camille

Résultats Scientifiques de la Mission C. Arambourg en Syrie et en Iran (1938-1939). II. Les Poissons Oligocènes de l'Iran

Paris: Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique, 1967. First edition. Pp. 10-247, 65 text-figures (maps, line-drawings, black-and-white photos), 17 full page black-and-white photo-plates on glossy paper. Publisher's original pale green printed wrappers, 4to. Extrait des Notes et Memoires sur le Moyen-Orient, volume 8, Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris. Detailed study of the fossil fishes from the Oligocene of Iran. Stamped ""hommage de l'auteur"" on the front wrapper. From the research library of ichthyologist James E. Bohlke with his small ink signature on the top outer corner of the front wrapper. Top outer corner with small bump, light edge-wear to wrappers; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7792

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Arthaber, G. V.

IV. Das Jungere Palaozoicum aus der Araxes-Enge + V. Uber die Fundstelle von Senon-Fossilien bei Sirab in Persien.

Wien: W. Braumuller, 1900. First edition. Pp. 209-308; 5 full page lithographed plates, 2 text-figures. Contemporary one-quarter dark brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, over marbled boards, folio (13 x 10 inches). This is Parts 4 and 5 in: Ueber das Palaozoicum in Hocharmenien und Persien by F. Frech and G. v. Arthaber. From the series: Beitra?ge zur pala?ontologie und geologie O?sterreich-Ungarns und des Orients... Mittheilungen des Pala?ontologischen institutes der Universita?t, volume 12, issue 4. The text is in German. Name stamp of the author on the front endpaper. From the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper. Slight edge-wear to boards, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5402

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Invertebrate paleontology Palaozoicum Araxes-Enge Senonian fossils Sirab Persia Ueber das Palaozoicum in Hocharmenien und Persien F. Frech G. v. Arthaber Beitra?ge zur pala?ontologie und geologie O?sterreich-Ungarns und des Orients Mittheilungen des Pala?

Barber, A. J. and Wiryosujono, S. (editors)

The Geology and Tectonics of Eastern Indonesia: Proceedings of the CCOP-IOC SEATAR Working Group Meeting Bandung, Indonesia, 9-14 July 1979

Bandung: The Geological Research and Development Centre, 1981. First edition. Pp. (vi), 415; numerous line-drawings and maps. Stiff brown printed wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. The Geological Research and Development Centre Special Publication no. 2. Contains 31 chapters on the geology and tectonics of eastern Indonesia by numerous noted authorities in the field. No ownership marks. Top and bottom outer corners with minor bumps; some sunning to spine, a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8885

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Beaumont, Eilneen H.

Cranial morphology of the Loxommidae (Amphibia: Labyrinthodontia)

London: Royal Society, 1977. First edition Pp. 101, 27 text-figures and photographs. Publisher's orange printed wrappers, lg 4to. From the private library of H.D. Walley with his name stamp on the front wrapper. Small bump to one outer corner, a clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3009

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Palenotology geology

Bohlin, Birger

Cavicornier der Hipparion-Fauna Nord-China (Palaeontologia Sinica, series C, volume 9, fascicle 4)

Peking: Geological Survey of China, 1925. First edition. Pp. 166; 20 full page black-and-white plates each with a descriptive leaf of text, 142 text-figures (line drawings and black-and-white photos. Original printed olive green wrappers, 4to. This work documents the sheep and antelopes of the Hipparion fauna of northern China. From the series: Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C, Volume 9, Fascicle 4. The text is in German. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Small bump to top rear outer corner, light sunning to the outer margins of the wrappers; a tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7348

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Bohlin, Birger

Die Familie Giraffidae mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der fossilen Formen aus China (Paleaeontologia Sinica, series C, volume 4, fascicle 1)

Peking: Geological Survey of China, 1926. First edition. Pp. 178, (2); 12 full page black-and-white plates each with a descriptive leaf of text, 254 text-figures (line drawings and black-and-white photographs). Original printed olive green wrappers, 4to. This monograph documents the family Giraffidae with special consideration of the fossil forms from China. This work was the doctoral dissertation of Birger Bohlin. From the series: Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C, Volume 4, Fascicle 1. The text is in German. Errata page and original doctoral dissertation title page laid in at the rear. The work is inscribed on the front wrapper to invertebrate paleontologist T. Gislen from Jim Patterson. Chipping to the wrappers at the base of the spine, light sunning to the spine and to the outer margins of the wrappers; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7350

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Bohlin, Birger

The Fossil Mammals from the Tertiary deposit of Taben-buluk, western Kansu, Part II: Simplicidentata, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Primates

Stockholm: The Sino-Swedish Expedition, 1946. First edition. Pp. 259; 9 full page plates (halftone drawings and black-and-white photographs). Light tan printed wrappers, lg 4to. Documents the proposed Oligocene vertebrate fauna of Western Kansu province including the description of the proposed primate, Kansupithecus. This is part II only of a two part set; part II covers the following groups: Simplicidentata, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Primates. The text is completely in English. Report from the Scientific Expedition to the north-western provinces of China under the leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin: The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publication no. 28, VI - Vertebrate Paleontology, part 4. Also published as Paleontologia Sinica, new series C, number 8b, whole series number 123b. No ownership marks and many pages are uncut and un-opened. Some sunning to the outer margins of the front wrapper, small bump to the front outer corner; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7363

Catalogue: Paleontology

Branson, E. B. et al.

The Devonian of Missouri with chapters on The Bailey Limestone and the Little Saline Limestone

Rolla, MO: Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, 1922. First edition. Pp. x, (1), 279, xv; 79 full page photo-plates, most with a descriptive leaf of text, large folding map in pocket at rear, 10 text-figures. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, volume XVII, second series. Covers the entire invertebrate fauna from the Devonian deposits in Missouri. Signature of H. O. Thomas on the front endpaper dated March 7, 1924. Later from the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper. Gilt lettered on the spine a little dull but fully readable; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5431

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Invertebrate paleontology Devonian Bailey Limestone Little Saline Limestone Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines volume XVII Missouri invertebrate fauna United States North America Arthur K. Miller Branson

Broom, Robert

Article II. - Further evidence on the Structure of the Eosuchia + Article III. - On the Classification of the Reptilia

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1924. First edition. Pp. 39-76; 17 text-figures. Publisher's original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 51, article II and III. Oval ink stamp of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, dated Sept. 23, 1924 on the front wrapper; no other ownership marks. Many page un-cut and un-opened. Small bump to bottom outer corner, light age-toning to text; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8064

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Brown, Barnum

The Conrad Fissure, A Pleistocene Bone Deposit in Northern Arkansas: With descriptions of two new genera and twenty new species of Mammalia

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1908. First edition. Pp. (1), 157-208; 3 text-figures, 11 full page black-and-white photo-plates. Original gray printed wrappers, folio (14 x 11 inches). Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, volume IX, Part IV. No ownership marks and few signs of use (many pages are uncut and unopened). Wrappers lightly chipped on the spine, some borders of wrappers with light sunning; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 6405

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Buffetaut, Eric

Ostéologie et affinitiés de Trematochampsa taqueti (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) du Sénonien inférieur d'in Beceten (République du Niger)

Lyon: Géobios, 1976. First edition Pp. 56, 9 full page plates. Publisher's printed wrappers, 4to. Géobios, no. 9, fasc. 2. Inscribed by the author ""with compliments"" on the front wrapper. From the private library of H.D. Walley with his name stamp on the front wrapper. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 3011

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Palenotology geology

Butler, P. M.

Erinaceidae from the Miocene of East Africa.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1956. First edition. Pp. (4), 75; 4 full page photo-plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Publisher's original gray stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the front cover, sm folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). From the series: Fossil Mammals of Africa, no. 11. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 6062

Catalogue: Paleontology

Carroll, Robert L.

Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1996. Sixth printing. Pp. 698, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s black boards, lettered in silver on spine, embossed lettering on front cover, silver, pictorial dustjacket with black lettering, lg 4to. This volume cover the origin of vertebrates and the evolution of major groups of living and fossil vertebrates. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Light, neat underlining on pages 35 of the 698 pages. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9030

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Case, E.C.

Revision of the Amphibia and Pisces of the Permian of North America

Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1911. First edition. Pp. 179, 56 text-figures, 32 full page plates, some are folding. Later one-half brown leather with the spine lettered in gilt, over cream-colored boards with tan endpapers, (original printed pale green Carnegie wrappers bound in place), lg 4to. Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication no 146. Detailed study of Eryops, Diplocaulus and other primitive amphibians of the Permian. This work also includes two small chapters: ‘Description of Permian insects’ by E. H. Sellards and ‘Discussion of Fossil fishes’ by Louis Hussakof. Small rectangular name stamp of “Anatomy Department Library University of Cambridge” on the front wrapper and title page, no other library marks. Finally, from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper and on the title page. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9513

Catalogue: Paleontology