ATLAS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN BALTIC AMBER
Written by Wolfgang Weitschat; Wilfried Wichard.
Stock no. 1827802
Published by Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

This atlas opens a window onto the world of Baltic amber and the Eocene amber forests. About 650 typical plants and animals are systematically represented in 92 full-page colour plates. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 3931516946. A few minor knocks to boards edges. Boards scuffed. Small patch of surface paper loss to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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HISTORY OF INSECTS
Written by Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Donald L.J. Quicke.
Stock no. 1826682
Published by Springer ScienceBusiness Media. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of insect palaeontology, the methods for studying fossils, the taphonomic processes leading to their formation, the diagnostic features of all insect orders, both extant and extinct, the major fossils of each order, and the implications that can be drawn from the palaeoentomological record about past ecology and climates. Large format. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789048158300. Reprint. A physical copy of a print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Light rubbing to corners. A few top corners of contents lightly creased. Contents clean.

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THE PRINCETON FIELD GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC MAMMALS
Written by Donald R. Prothero. Illustrated by Mary Persis Williams.
Stock no. 1826068
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Guidebook to hundreds of extinct species, from saber-toothed cats to giant mammoths. Large format. Blue cloth boardes, silver title to spine. Colour photos & illustrations. B/w sketches. ISBN: 9780691156828. 4th printing. A lovely copy.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE MIDLAND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION WINTER SESSION OF 1864-5
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819468
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1865. Good condition.

Contents include: On Thor's Cave; On the Nest of the Ten Spined Stickleback; On the Embryo of the Pike; On the Jaw of the British Leopard; On some Peculiarities in the growth of the Hawthorn Tree; and much more. Pink cardwraps. 19 plates at rear. Writing in blue pencil to front cover, covers are unevenly faded and marked/grubby. Backstrip worn and front cover just starting to split from contents because of this. A little unobtrusive annotation to contents in pencil. Text block browned. Plates have some foxing present.

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TEXT-BOOK OF PALAEONTOLOGY VOL II
Written by Karl A. Von Zittel; Charles R. Eastman; Arthur Smith Woodward.
Stock no. 2133147
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1932. Very good condition.

Translated and edited by Eastman. Second English edition revised with additions by Woodward. Green cloth, gilt title, to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 464 pages includes index. Volume II only. Spine very slightly bumped at top and tail, corners lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Pages lightly tanned, contents clean.

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TEXT-BOOK OF PALAEONTOLOGY VOL. III MAMMALIA
Written by Karl A. Von Zittel; Max Schlosser; et al.
Stock no. 2132742
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Revised by Schlosser. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some uneven fading/mottling to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE ROCKS OF WORCESTERSHIRE: THEIR MINERAL CHARACTER AND FOSSIL CONTENTS
Written by George E. Roberts.
Stock no. 1809249
Published by Joseph Masters. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out map of Bird's Eye View of Worcestershire and fold-out plan of descending order of sedimentary rocks. 247 pages including index plus 36 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Bookplate and inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pencil annotation present. Map and plan lightly foxed and damp stained with a small closed tear but complete and very good. A few margin marks.

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THE WHITE RIVER BADLANDS
Written by Cleophas C. O'Harra.
Stock no. 1601282
Published by South Dakota School Of Mines. 1976. Very good condition.

Light brown cardwraps. B/w illustrations. A revised reprint of South Dakota State School of Mines Bulletin No. 9, The Badland Formations of the Black Hills Region. Front cover and title page say: South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 13 Department of Geology. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean and bright.

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FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PALAEOZOIC FOSSILS OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET
Written by John Phillips.
Stock no. 823434
Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 1st 1841. Good condition.

Burgundy cloth, rebacked with matching cloth spine. Leather title label and gilt title to spine. xi + 231 pages. 60 b/w plates. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Relevant newspaper cutting pasted to front endpaper. Original covers marked. Rear cover dampstained. Inscription in ink to rear free endpaper which is also a damp-damaged. Remainder of contents very good.

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