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Found 54 books for Rare Vertebrate Paleontology Books (33-40 of 54)

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Rare Vertebrate Paleontology Books
Rare Geology books by Ebenezer Emmons, American Geology, volumes 1, 2 and 6. All published
Emmons, Ebenezer; American Geology containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science with full Illustrations of the Characteristic American Fossils. Parts 1 & 2 & 6 (all published). Albany, Sprague & Company, 1855-1857. Quarto, Part 1, pp. xvi, 194, frontispiece, 1 double page plate, 46 illustrations. Part 2, pp. 251, 18 double page plates, 84 illustrations. Part 6, pp. x, 152, 12 plates and a section, (many are folded, plates are randomly numbered and do not correspond to text notation for plates).
The set is in a later linen with paper spine labels. The bindings are tight and clean. All are from the library of Mrs. M. Schuyler Elliot and bequeathed to the American Museum of Natural History with their book plate, stamp and cancellation stamp. The text for parts 1 and 2 are very clean, text for part 6 has light toning, clean plates, inked notation on title page denoting parts 3 through 5 were never published. In very good condition.
PRICE: $1,100.00
Rare Paleontology Book by Hay, Oliver P.; The Fossil Turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution, 1908.
Hay, Oliver P.; The Fossil Turtles of North America. 1st edition, Carnegie Institution, 1908. Quarto, pp. iv, 568, 704 text illustrations and 113 plates.
PRICE: $850.00
Rare Paleontology Book by John Walcott; Descriptions and Figures of Petrifications Found in the Quarries....Near Bath
Walcott, John; Descriptions and Figures of Petrifications Found in the Quarries, Gravel-Pits etc. Near Bath. Collected and Drawn by John Walcott, Esq. Printed for the author by S. Hazard, Bath, 1779. Octavo, pp. 51, 16 engraved plates.

This rare catalogue of Walcott's Bath fossil collection is complete and in the original marbled binder wraps with a paper spine. The wraps are soiled, the text has light soiling at the very margins. The pages have never been trimmed. Over all in very good condition.
PRICE: $1,100.00
Rare Paleontology Book by Joseph Leidy & Hayden, Ferdinand & Meek, F. B - The Extinct Mammalian Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska
Leidy, Joseph & Hayden, Ferdinand & Meek, F. B.; The Extinct Mammalian Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska, including and account of some allied forms from other localities..with a Synopsis of the Mammalian Remains of North America...preceded by an introduction on the Geology of the Tertiary Formations of Dakota and Nebraska..by F. V. Hayden. Academy Natural Sciences, Vol. 7, 2nd series, Philadelphia, 1869. Large quarto, pp. viii, 472, frontispiece is large folded hand colored map, 30 engraved plates.

The work is complete nd in a modern full calf binding with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and very clean. The text is very clean with light wear to map edges at folds. Over all in very good condition.
PRICE: $950.00
Rare Paleontology Book by Kellogg, Remington; A Review of the Archaeoceti.
Kellogg, Remington; A Review of the Archaeoceti. 1st edition, Carnegie Institution, 1936. Quarto, pp. xv, 366, 88 figures, 37 plates.
PRICE: $600.00
Rare Paleontology Book by Leidy, Joseph; The Ancient Fauna of Nebraska: or a Description of Remains of Extinct Mammalia and Chelonia...
Leidy, Joseph; The Ancient Fauna of Nebraska: or a Description of Remains of Extinct Mammalia and Chelonia from the Mauvaises Terres of Nebraska; Smithsonian Institution, Contribution to Knowledge, vol. 6, 1853. Large quarto, pp. 126, 24 plates and map, numerous text illustrations.
PRICE: $450.00
Rare Paleontology Book by Scott, William B., Jepsen, Glenn L. & Wood, Albert E.; The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene. Parts 1-5.
Scott, William B., Jepsen, Glenn L. & Wood, Albert E.; The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene. Trans. American Phil. Soc. New Series Vol. XXVIII, parts 1-5, 1936-41. Quarto, Part 1, Insectivora and Carnivora, 1936, pp. 153, 22 plates. Part 2, Rodentia. 1937, pp. 154-269, plates, 23-33. Part 3, Lagomorpha, 1940, pp. 270-362, plates 34-35. Part 4, Artiodactyla, 1940, pp. 363-746, plates 36-78. Part 5, Perissodactyla, 1941, pp. 747-980, plates, 79-100.
PRICE: $2,950.00
Rare Paleontology Book by Warren, John C.; Description of a Skeleton of the Mastodon Giganteus of North America.
Warren, John Collins; Description of a Skeleton of the Mastodon Giganteus of North America. 1st edition, Boston 1852. Quarto, pp. viii, 219, frontispiece (plate 1), decorative title page with colored vignette, second title page, plates 2-26 and large folded plate of mastodon skeleton.
PRICE: $1,500.00

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