Rare Meteorite-Paleontology Books: Farrington, O.C., Williston, S.W., et.al.; Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Geological Series, Vols. 1 through 6. 1895-1939.
Item Number: Book 178-C

Farrington, O.C., Williston, S.W., et.al.; Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Geological Series, Vols. 1 through 6. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1895-1939. Large octavo, see below for pagination.
The set is complete. The bindings are tight with volumes 1 through 3 in half calf over marbled boards and gilt spine titles, volumes 4 and 5 in red cloth with gilt spine titles. The set is x-lib. museum library with blind stamp on title pages, book plate on end sheets, call numbers removed from lower spine. Owner’s stamp on end sheet. The text and plates are very clean. A very good set and quite scarce. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL BOOKS.
Vol. 1, 1895-1902. pp. 323, 46 plates, numerous text figures. Contains: seven papers by Farrington on meteorites, meteorite collections and minerals, 3 papers by Riggs on vertebrate fossils, 1 paper by Logan on the Upper Cretaceous paleontology, 1 paper by Nichols on ores and minerals of Columbia.
Vol. 2, 1903-1907. pp. 306, 87 plates, numerous text figures. Contains: Williston’s 2 papers on North American Pleisosaurs, 2 papers by Farrington on meteorites and Cerro Mercado, 3 papers by Riggs on dinosaurs and turtles, 3 papers by Slocum on crinoids.
Vol. 3, 1905-1916. pp. 315, 64 plates, numerous text figures. Contains: 9 papers by Farrington on meteorites and meteorite collections and 1 on minerals, and 1 paper by Nichols on concretions.
Vol. 4, 1909-1931. pp. 254, 47 plates, numerous text figures. Contains, 2 papers by Slocum on crinoids and trilobites, 1 paper by Riggs on Titanothera, 1 paper by Stensio on Arthrodires, 2 papers by Roy on Paleozoic fossils, 1 paper by Patterson on Alligators, 1 paper by Schmidt on fossil turtles.
Vol. 5-6, 1914-1939. pp. ix, 405, 11 plates, numerous text figures. Contains: 1 paper by Farrington on meteorites, 10 papers by B. Patterson on vertebrate fossils, 4 papers by Riggs on vertebrate fossils, 5 papers by Roy on invertebrate fossils and other authors.
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