Vertebrate zoogeography and evolution in Australasia: animals in space and time.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1984. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1984. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. Large octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Part of a series on the major dinosaur types, this book on armoured, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs collects information reflecting the discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon and..... More
Albany NY: New York Education Department, 1909. Quarto, uncoulered plates. Publisher's cloth, lightly flecked, some stamps, otherwise an excellent copy. More
London: Thomas Murby, 1925. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
London: George Allen and Unwin, (1975. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published 1934. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Examines three celebrated scientific landscapes: Adelaide's Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales. It offers philosophical insights into significant issues of heritage..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Octavo, colour illustrations, black and white photographs, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Tells the story of the five million years when giant sharks, marine reptiles called mosasaurs, pteranodons, and birds with teeth flourished in and around this shallow sea. The abundant and well-preserved remains..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2009. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. In this book, four leading scientists present the most up-to-date discoveries in the different fields of Ice Age Research. They reveal how the epoch was discovered, the profound climatic fluctuations it generated as ice sheets waxed and waned..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. Quarto, photographs, illustrations, maps, dustwrapper. More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Describes the history and way..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2005. second edition). Quarto, illustrations, laminated boards. This new edition of The evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs is a unique, comprehensive treatment of this fascinating group of organisms. It is a detailed survey of dinosaur origins, their diversity, and their eventual extinction. More
London: Natural History Museum, (2015. revised edition). Octavo, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, softcover. In his accessible introduction to the study and meaning of fossils, the world-renowned palaeontologist Richard Fortey provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of fossils and their use in reconstructing the history of life on Earth. Extensively..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Brings together nineteen review articles written for Nature over the past decade by many of the major figures in paleontology and evolution. The editor gives new commentary and updated references. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Octavo, black and white illustrations, softcover. Reconstructing past environments is critical in evaluating modern environmental change and making predictions for the future. Records can be found in a range of natural sources, including microfossils, and their analysis can make important contributions to studies of..... More
West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This up-to-date and reliable atlas of an important group of marine microfossils (foraminifera) offers comprehensive coverage of 300 species, 1000 spectacular full-colour images, and detailed morphological, ecological, and biogeographical information. It is designed for researchers such as micropalaeontologists..... More
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1925-1930. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's wrappers, a very good set. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1925-1930. Octavo, text illustrations. binder's cloth, the three parts bound together, a fine set. More
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 1995. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. Tells the history of dinosaurs in Texas and the accounts of people who found their fossilized remains. Dinosaurs covered in Lone Star Dinosaurs include Pleurocoelus, Alamosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Quezalcoatus, which flew like a bird, and last, but never..... More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1986. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2002. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations. This text models ecosystem evolution integrating basic geologic, demographic, morphologic, genomic, and biotic interrelated changes. It presents ecosystem evolution as a sustainable oriented process with an increase in the biomass-to-dead mass ratio as a measure of progress. Palaeontology deciphers..... More
London: Watts & Co, 1911. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, bookplate, some wear. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Octavo, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, this book unwraps the twentieth century's developments, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors, such as..... More
Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America, 1969-1972. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine set in publisher's cloth. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Richard Owen (1804-92) was both a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. In his role as superintendent of natural history in the British Museum he became an authority on comparative anatomy and palaeontology, coining the term 'dinosaur' and founding..... More
London: New Holland, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. For experts and armchair enthusiasts alike, "Fossils: A Photographic Field Guide" will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the many mysteries of the Earth's fossils. Easy-to-use, highly informative, and illustrated with amazing colour photographs, this photographic field guide covers..... More