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Miscellaneous Paleontology Books

 This catalog was last updated on 26 March 2008 .

Rocks and Minerals Magazines:

Listed by Volume, (Issue), Year, Topic, and Cost
57(4) 1982  /  New Literature for Fossil Collectors, $ 5
58(6) 1983  /  The Burgess Shale, $ 8
67(2) 1992  /  Dinosaur Art and Artists, $ 15
69(3) 1994  /  Fossils of the Ohio Falls of the Ohio River, $ 20

Miscellaneous Paleontology Books:

Agassiz, L. and Gould, A. A. / PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY: TOUCHING THE STRUCTURE, DEVELOPMENT, DISTRIBUTION, AND NATURAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE RACES OF ANIMALS, LIVING AND EXTINCT, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, PART I. Comparitive Physiology for the use of Schools and Colleges, Revised Edition, Boston, 1862, cl, 250 pages, 31 pages of book dedicated to advertisements, - 3 -, $ 58 [wear to corners of boards and top and base of spine, ovg for age]

Arduini, P. and Teruzzi, G. / SIMON & SCHUSTER’S GUIDE TO FOSSILS, New York, 1986, pb, 317 pages, index, - 2 - <or> - 3 -, $ 10

Augusta, J. / PREHISTORIC SEA MONSTERS, London, 1964, cl, 64 pages plus full page color illustrations, - 3 -, $ 100

Augusta, J. / PREHISTORIC ANIMALS, London, 1963, cl, 45 pages plus full page color illustrations, - 3 -, $ 100

Baity, E. C. / AMERICA BEFORE MAN, New York, 1964, cl, 224 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Black, R. M. / THE ELEMENTS OF PALAEONTOLOGY, 1^st Edition, Cambridge, 1978, pb, 340 pages, -3 -, $ 35

Black, R. M. / THE ELEMENTS OF PALAEONTOLOGY, 2^nd Edition, Cambridge, 1988, pb, 404 pages, -1 -, $ 45

Blome, C. D., Whalen, P. M., and Reed, K. M. / SILICEOUS MICROFOSSILS, Knoxville, 1998, pb, 185 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Browner, A. / GENERAL PALEONTOLOGY, Edinburgh, 1966, cl, 216 pages, - 3 -, $ 14

Bucher, W. H. / FOSSILS IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS: A Review, Reprint from: Bulletin of the GSA, Volume 64, pp. 275 - 300, 1953, pb, - 3 -, $ 8

Camp, C. L. and Hanna, G. D. / METHODS IN PALEONTOLOGY, Berkeley, 1937, cl, 153 pages, - 3 -, $ 28 [covers both vertebrate and invertebrate laboratory methods]

Case, G. R. / A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Malabar, 1992, pb, 514 pages, - 1 -, $ 35

Case, G. R. / A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Malabar, 1992, cl, 514 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Case, G. R. / A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Malabar, 1992, cl, 514 pages, - 3 -, $ 20  SOLD

Case, G. R. / A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Malabar, 1992, cl, 514 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Clark, D. L. / FOSSILS, PALEONTOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION, 2nd Edition, Dubuque, 1976, 121 pages, - 3 -, sun-faded along spine, ovg, $ 8

Colorado Chapter, Friends of Mineralogy / PHOTOGRAPHY OF MINERALOGICAL & PALEONTOLOGICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, Symposium at the Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, 28 October 1989, pb, vg, $ 10

Cowen, R. / HISTORY OF LIFE, Boston, 1990, pb, 470 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Cvancara, A. M. / SLEUTHING FOSSILS: The Art of Investigating Past Life, New York, 1990, cl, 203 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Cvancara, A. M. / SLEUTHING FOSSILS: The Art of Investigating Past Life, New York, 1990, cl, 203 pages, - 5 -, $ 16

Eldredge, N. / FOSSILS: The Evolution and Extinction of Species, New York, 1991, cl, 220 pages, ovg, - 3 -, $ 25

Eldredge, N. / FOSSILS: The Evolution and Extinction of Species, New York, 1991, cl, 220 pages, some ink marks in text, ovg, - 4 -, $ 6

Eldredge, N. / FOSSILS: The Evolution and Extinction of Species, New York, 1991, cl, 220 pages, - 5 -, $ 12

Eldredge, N. And Stanley, S. M. / LIVING FOSSILS, New York, 1984, cl, - 5 -, 291 pages, $ 48

Erikson, J. / AN INTRODUCTION TO FOSSILS AND MINERALS: Seeking Clues to the Earth's Past, The Changing Earth Series, New York, 1992, cl, 184 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Erwin, D. H. and Anstey, R. L. / NEW APPROACHES TO SPECIATION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, New York, 1995, cl, 342 pages, $ 57

Fenton, C. L. / TALES TOLD BY FOSSILS, Garden City, 1966, cl, 182 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Fenton, C. L. and Fenton, M. A. / THE FOSSIL BOOK: A Record of Prehistoric Life, 1^st Edition, Garden City, 1958, cl, 482 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Fenton, C. L. and Fenton, M. A. / THE FOSSIL BOOK: A Record of Prehistoric Life with over 1500 Illustrations, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1989, cl, 740 pages, - 2 -, $ 50

Fenton, C. L. and Fenton, M. A. / THE FOSSIL BOOK: A Record of Prehistoric Life with over 1500 Illustrations, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1989, cl, 740 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Fortey, R. / FOSSILS: The Key to the Past, Cambridge, 1991, New Edition, 187 pages, illust., - 1 -, $ 50

Fortney, R. / FOSSILS: The Key to the Past, Cambridge, 1991, pb, 187 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Futuyma, D. J. and Slatkin, M., Ed. / COEVOLUTION, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 1983, cl, 555 pages, -5 -, $ 20

Goldring, W. / HANDBOOK OF PALENTOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS AND AMATEURS, PART 1: THE FOSSILS, 2nd Edition, Ann Arbor, 1960, pb, 394 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Galloway, J. J. And Kaska, H. V. / GENUS PENTREMITES AND ITS SPECIES, New York, 1957, cl, 104 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Gould, S. J. / WONDERFUL LIFE: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, 1989, New York, cl, 347 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Gould, S. J. / WONDERFUL LIFE: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, 1989, New York, pb, 347 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Gould, S. J., Ed. / THE BOOK OF LIFE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH, New York, 1993, cl, 256 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Grimaldi, D. A. / AMBER: Window to the Past, New York, 1996, cl, 216 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Harding, J. P. and Tebble, N. / SPECIATION IN THE SEA, Systematics Association # 5, London, 1963, pb, 199 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Harland, W. B., et. al., Ed. / THE FOSSIL RECORD: A Symposium with Documentation, London, 1967, cl, 827 pages, - 3 -, $ 100

Haq, B. U. and Boersma, A. / INTRODUCTION TO MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY, New York, 1978, cl, 376 pages, - 3 -, slight yellow highlighting, $ 30

Hoskins, D. M. / COMMON FOSSILS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Harrisburg, 1999, pb, 19 pages, - 1 -, $ 5 [included inside each copy is a brochure on Swatara State Park, known as a prime Pennsylvania fossil collecting site]

Hussey, R. C. / HISTORICAL GEOLOGY: The Geologic History of North America, 1947, New York, cl, 465 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Huxley, T. H. / ON A PIECE OF CHALK, New York, 1967, cl, 90 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Huxley, T. H. / DARWINIANA ESSAYS, New York, 1896, cl, 475 pages, - 3 -, $ 75 [Book is divided into 11 sections containing original works relating to the topic of evolution]

Ivanov, M., et. al. / THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOSSILS, Praha, 2001, cl, 312 pages, - 1 -, $ 20  [650 color photographs and an easy to use system of categorizing fossils]

King, J. E. / FOSSILS, Springfield, 1982, pb, 68 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Kirkaldy, J. F. / FOSSILS IN COLOR (Hippocrene Color Guide), New York, 1972, cl, 223 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Koch, D. C. / FOSSILS: Evidence of Ancient Life in Iowa, in Iowa Geology # 8, 1983, Iowa City, pb, pages 4 - 9, - 3 -, $ 4

Kuhn-Schnyder, E. and Rieber, H. / HANDBOOK OF PALEOZOOLOGY, Translated by E. Kucera, Baltimore, 1986, cl, 394 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Kummel, B. / HISTORY OF THE EARTH: An Introduction to Historical Geology, 2^nd Edition, San Francisco, 1970, cl, 707 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Kurten, B. / BEFORE THE INDIANS, New York, 1988, cl, 158 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Kurten, B. / BEFORE THE INDIANS, New York, 1988, pb, 158 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Lambert, D. and the Diagram Group / THE FIELD GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC LIFE, New York, 1994, pb, 256 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Lambert, D. and the Diagram Group / THE FIELD GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC LIFE, New York, 1994, cl, 256 pages, - 2 -, $ 15

Lane, N. G. / LIFE OF THE PAST, 1^st Edition, Columbus, 1978, pb, 288 pages, - 3 -, $ 16

Lanham, U. / THE BONE HUNTERS: The Heroic Age of Paleontology in the American West, New York, 1973, pb, 285 pages, - 2 -, $ 18

Look, A. / 1000 MILLION YEARS ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU, Denver, 1967 or 1971, 300 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Lyell, C. / STUDENT’S ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY, New York, 1891, cl, 640 pages, - 3 -, $ 95

Lyell, C. / PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY, Volume III, 1^st Edition facsimile of 1880 edition, pb, Chicago, 1991, - 5 -, $ 10

MacFall, R. P. and Wollin, J. / FOSSILS FOR AMATEURS, New York, 1972, cl, 341 pages, illus, - 3 -, $ 30

Maples, C. G. and West, R. R., Ed. / TRACE FOSSILS, Knoxville, 1992, pb, 238 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Marek, V. T. and Benes, J. / FOSSILS OF THE WORLD: A Comprehensive, Practical Guide to Collecting and Studying Fossils, New York, 1988, cl, 495 pages, - 1 -, $ 60

Mayr, H. / A GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Princeton, 1985, cl, 256 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

McAlester, A. L. / THE HISTORY OF LIFE, Englewood Cliffs, 1968, pb, 151 pages, small amount of highlighting, ovg, - 4 -, $ 5

McDonald, J. R. / THE FOSSIL COLLECTOR’S HANDBOOK, A PALEONTOLOGY FIELD GUIDE, Englewood Cliffs, 1983, 193 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Mehl, M. G. / MISSOURI’S ICE AGE ANIMALS, Rolla, 1962, pb, 104 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Moore-Landecker, E. / FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FUNGI, 4th Edition, Upper Saddle River, 1996, cl, 574 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Neaverson, E. / STRATIGRAPHIC PALAEONTOLOGY: A Study of Ancient Life-Provinces, 2^nd Edition, London, 1955, cl, 806 pages, 18 plates, - 3 -, $ 125

Nield, E. W. And Tucker, V. C. T. / PALAEONTOLOGY: An Introduction, Oxford, 1985, pb, 178 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Palmer, D. / THE MARSHALL ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DINOSAURS & PREHISTORIC ANIMALS: A Comprehensive, Colour Guide to Over 500 Species, London, 1999, cl, 312 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Parker, S. and Dernor, R. L. / THE PRACTICAL PALEONTOLOGIST, New York, 1990, pb, 159 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Pellant, C. / AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Limpsfield, 1996, 192 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Pinna, G. / THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOSSILS, New York, 1990, cl, 240 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Ransom, J. E. / FOSSILS IN AMERICA: Their Nature, Origin, Identificaiton and Classification, and a Range Guide to Collecting Sites, New York, 1964, cl, 402 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Raup, D. M. and Stanley, S. M. / PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY, 1^st Edition, San Francisco, 1971, cl, 388 pages, - 3 - or - 5 -, $ 20

Raup, D. M. and Stanley, S. M. / PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1978, cl, 481 pages, - 3 -, several highlighted sentences in text, ovg, $ 35

Raup, D. M. and Stanley, S. M. / PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY, 2^nd Edition, New York, 1978, cl, 481 pages, - 1 -, $ 75

Raymond, P. E. / PREHISTORIC LIFE, Cambridge, 1947, cl, 324 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Rudwick, M. J. S. / THE MEANING OF FOSSILS: Episodes in the History of Palaeontology, 2nd Edition, 1985, cl, 287 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Schopf, J. W. / THE DISCOVERY OF EARTH’S EARLIEST FOSSILS: Cradle of Life, Princeton, 1999, pb, 367 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Schuchert, C. and Dunbar, C. O. / A TEXTBOOK OF GEOLOGY: Part II — Historical Geology, New York, 1948 edition of 1915 original, 4^th Edition, 12^th printing, 544 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Scotchmoor, J. and McKinney, F. K., Ed. / LEARNING FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD, Knoxville, 1996, pb, 329 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Scott, J. / PALAEONTOLOGY, 1973, New York, cl, 160 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Shimer, H.W. / AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FOSSILS (PLANTS AND ANIMALS), 2^nd Edition, New York, 1929, cl, 450 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Shimer, H. W. and Shrock, R. R. / INDEX FOSSILS OF NORTH AMERICA, New York, 1944, cl[2], 837 pages, light yellow stain in extreme right margin edge of ~14 pages; book has a nicer binding than the book above, ovg; - 3 -, $ 100

Simpson, G. G. / LIFE IN THE PAST: An Introduction to Paleontology, New Haven, 1953, cl, 198 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Sinibaldi, R. W. / FOSSIL DIVING IN FLORIDA’S WATER OR ANY OTHER WATERS CONTAINING PREHISTORIC TREASURES, St. Pete, 1998, pb, 118 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

Stanley, S. M. / EARTH AND LIFE THROUGH TIME, 1^st Ed., New York, 1986, cl, 690 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Stanley, S. M. / EARTH AND LIFE THROUGH TIME, 2^nd Ed., New York, 1987, cl, 689 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Steel, R. and Harvey, A., Ed. / THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PREHISTORIC LIFE, New York, 1979, cl, 218 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Swinnerton, H. H. / OUTLINES OF PALAENTOLOGY, London, various dates from 1950 to 1961, cl, 393 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Sylvester - Bradley, P. C. / THE SPECIES CONCEPT IN PALAEONTOLOGY, London, 1956, pb, - 3 -, $ 12

Teichert, C. and Yochelson, E. L., Ed. / ESSAYS IN PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY, R. C. MOORE COMMEMORATIVE VOLUME, Lawrence, 1962, cl, 626 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Thompson, I. / THE AUDUBON SOCIETY FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN FOSSILS, New York, 1990, vinyl covering, 846 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Thormann, C. D. / LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS IN PREDATION, University of South Alabama M.S. Thesis, 2000, cl, 76 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Turek, V. et. al. / FOSSILS OF THE WORLD, Prague, 1990, cl, 495 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Unklesbay, A. G. / COMMON FOSSILS OF MISSOURI, Missouri Handbook # 4, Columbia, 1955, pb, 98 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Von Zittel, K. A. / TEXT-BOOK OF PALAEONTOLOGY, translated by C. R. Eastman, Volume II, 2nd English Edition Revised, London, 1932, cl, 464 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

Walker, C. and Ward, D. / FOSSILS (Eye Witness Handbook), New York, 1992, pb, 320 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Weidensaul, S. / FOSSIL IDENTIFIER, New York, 1992, cl, 80 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Weidensaul, S. / FOSSIL IDENTIFIER, New York, 1992, cl, 80 pages, - 4 -, $ 10

Wicander, R. and Monroe, J. S. / HISTORICAL GEOLOGY, 4th Ed., Instructor’s Edition, Belmont, 2004, pb, 427 pages, complete with CD, - 3 -, $ 20

Williams, R. B. / ANCIENT LIFE FOUND IN KANSAS ROCKS: An Introduction to Common Kansas Fossils, Lawrence, 1975, pb, 42 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Yochelson, E. L., Ed. / PROCEEDINGS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGICAL CONVENTION, Chicago, 1969, in two volumes, Lawrence, 1970, cl, 1674 pages, - 3 -, $ 150