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Rocks and Mineral Magazine [listed by volume (issue) year, topic, and price]

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

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

Augusta, J. / THE AGE OF MONSTERS, PREHISTORIC AND LEGENDARY, London, 1966, cl, dust cover (with some chips), 79 pages, full color plates, - 3 -, $ 100

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

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

Black, R. M. / THE ELEMENTS OF PALAEONTOLOGY, 2nd 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

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, - 5 -, $ 10
Clark, D. L. / FOSSILS, PALEONTOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION, Brown Foundations of Earth Sciences Series, Dubuque, 1968, pb, 130 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

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

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

Cowen, R. / HISTORY OF LIFE, Boston, 1990, pb, 470 pages, - 3 -, slight wear, small crease in bottom right corner of front cover, ovg, $ 25

Douglas, D. / MIDWEST FOSSILS, Downers Grove, 1971, pb, 80 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Eldredge, N. / FOSSILS: The Evolution and Extinction of Species, New York, 1991, cl, 220 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

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

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, 1st 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, 2nd 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, 2nd Edition, New York, 1989, cl, 740 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Fortney, R. / FOSSILS: The Key to the Past, Cambridge, 1991, cl, 187 pages, - 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

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

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

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

Ivanov, M., et. al. / THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOSSILS, Praha, 2001, cl, 312 pages, - 1 -, [650 color photographs and an easy to use system of categorizing fossils],
regular price $ 20, or one copy free with any $100 order from this website

James, B. W. / DRAWINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF OUTSTANDING FOSSILS OF THE UNITED STATES, Adrmore, 1984, pb, 159 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

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

Knoll, A. H. / LIFE ON A YOUNG PLANET: THE FIRST THREE BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION ON EARTH, Woodstock, 2003, pb, 277 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

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

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, 1st Edition, Columbus, 1978, pb, 288 pages, - 3 -, $ 16

Lane, N. G. / LIFE OF THE PAST, 2nd Edition, Columbus, 1986, pb, 326 pages, - 3 -, $ 22

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

Ley, W. / DRAGONS IN AMBER, FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A ROMANTIC NATURALIST, New York, 1951, cl, 328 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

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

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

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

Mayr, H. / A GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Princeton, 1985, cl, 256 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

McAlester, A. L. / THE HISTORY OF LIFE, Englewood Cliffs, 1968, pb, 151 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

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

McGowen, C. / THE DRAGON SEEKERS, HOW AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCLE OF FOSSILISTS DISCOVERED THE DINOSAURS AND PAVED THE WAY FOR DARWIN, Cambridge, 2001, pb, 254 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

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

Neaverson, E. / STRATIGRAPHIC PALAEONTOLOGY: A Study of Ancient Life-Provinces, 2nd 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

Owen, R. / PALEONTOLOGY OR A SYSTEMATIC SUMMARY OF EXTINCT ANIMALS AND THEIR GEOLOGICAL RELATIONS, Edinburgh, 1860, cl, 420 pages, - 3 -, $ 95 [Back hinge weak, wear to boards, chip on bottom right of front board, fine swirl pattern to end plates and page edges, gold leaf picture on cover recognizing Glacow Andersonian University]

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

Palmer, D., Consultant Editor / THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE PREHISTORIC WORLD: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE PREHISTORIC WORLD, FEATURING ILLUSTRATIONS OF MORE THAN 600 SPECIES, Edison, 2006, cl, 512 pages, - 2 -, $ 40

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

Pinna, G. / THE DAWN OF LIFE, New York, 1972, cl, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 10 [Excellent fossil pictures in color]

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

Pellant, C. / AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FOSSILS, Limpsfield, 1996, 192 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, 2nd Edition, New York, 1978, cl, 481 pages, - 3 -, $ 45; another - 3 - copy with several highlighted sentences in text, ovg, $ 35

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. / CRADLE OF LIFE: THE DISCOVERY OF EARTH’S EARLIEST FOSSILS, Princeton, 1999, pb, 367 pages, - 1 -, $ 22

Schuchert, C. and Dunbar, C. O. / A TEXTBOOK OF GEOLOGY: Part II — Historical Geology, New York, 1948 edition of 1915 original, 4th Edition, 12th 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. 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, ovg, - 3 -, $ 100

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,1st Ed., New York, 1986, cl, 690 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Stanley, S. M. / EARTH AND LIFE THROUGH TIME, 2nd 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

Trimble, S. / FROM OUT OF THE ROCKS, DISCOVERING ANCIENT LIFE IN NEW MEXICO, Phoenix, 1980, pb, 32 pages, - 3 -, $ 9

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, - 3 -, $ 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

Weiner, J. S. / THE PILTDOWN FORGERY, London, 1955, cl, 214 pages, - 2 -, $ 12

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


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