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  1. Arthaber, G. von, 1906. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation und der Anpassungserscheinungen des Genus Metriorhynchus. Beitr. Paläont. Geol. Oesterreich-Ungarns u. d. Orients, 19: pp. 287-320, several illus. on 6 fold. pls., 10 figs. Large 4to. New plain wrs. - € 21.00

  2. Benton, M.J., 1985. Classification and phylogeny of the Diapsid reptiles. Zool. Jour. Linn. Soc. London, 74(2): pp. 97-164, 17 figs., refs. Wrs. - € 13.50

  3. Bertrand, C.-E., 1903. Les coprolithes de Bernissart. I. Les coprolithes qui ont été attribués aux Iguanodons. [Mém. Roy. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgique, 4.] Bruxelles. Large 4to. Pp. 154, many photos on 15 pls. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 26.50

  4. Bird, R.T., 1985. Bones for Barnum Brown. Adventures of a dinosaur hunter. Edited by V. Theodore SCHREIBER. With a foreword by Edwin H. COLBERT. Introduction and annotations by James O. FARLOW. Fort Worth, Tx. 4to. Pp. x,227, 1 full-page portr., many photos and drawings, notes, index. Orig. wrs. - € 22.50

  5. Boy, J.A., 1972. Die Branchosaurier (Amphibia) des saarpfälzischen Rotliegenden (Perm, SW-Deutschland). [Abh. Hess. Landesamt. Bodenf., 65.] Wiesbaden. Pp. 137, 2 pls., 70 text illus., 2 tabs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 14.75

  6. Carpenter, K., Hirsch, K., & Horner, J., editors, 1994. Dinosaur eggs and babies. Cambridge. Large 8vo. Pp. 372, 24 tabs., 95 photos, 143 figs. and diagrs., refs., index. Orig. laminated boards. - The first book devoted exclusively to one of the most fertile areas of recent dinosaur research. - € 91.75

  7. Baszio, S., 1997. Investigations on Canadian Dinosaurs. [Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 196.] Frankfurt a.M. 4to. Pp. 77, 12 pls., 25 text illus., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 29.00

  8. Charig, A.J., & Reig, O.A., 1970. The classification of the Proterosuchia. Biol. Jour. Linn. Soc. London, 2: pp. 125-171, 6 figs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 9.75

  9. Charig, A., 1983. A new look at the Dinosaurs. Second edition. London. Small 4to. Pp. 160, many illus. on 16 col. pls. and in text, refs., index. Orig. stiff wrs. - € 10.50

  10. Charig, A.J., & Gans, C., 1990. Two new Amphisbaenians from the Lower Miocene of Kenya. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Geol., 46(1): pp. 19-36, 24 photos and figs., refs. 4to. New plain wrs. - € 8.50

  11. Cheylan, G., editor, 1994. Dinosaures en Provence. [Les Cahiers de Sainte-Victoire, 1.] Aix-en-Provence. Oblong small 4to. Pp. 72, 67 illus. (mostly col., several full-page), bibl. Orig. stiff pictorial wrs. - € 11.95

  12. Colbert, E.H., 1965. The Age of Reptiles. [The World Naturalist.] New York: W.H. Norton. Pp. xii,228, 20 illus. on pls., 67 figs., bibl., index. Orig. cloth. - € 22.75

  13. Degerbøl, M., & Krog, H., 1951. The European Pond Tortoise (Emys orbicularis L.) in Denmark. A zoological and geological investigation of Danish Postglacial finds and their importance in the estimation of the temperature of pre-historic times. Danm. Geol. Unders., II. R., 78.] Copenhagen. Pp. 130, 29 photos on 3 fold. pls., 19 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - Danish text with extensive English summary. - € 21.00

  14. Desmond, A.J., 1975. The hot-blooded Dinosaurs. A revolution in palaeontology. London: Blond & Briggs. Small 4to. Pp. 238, 67 illus. in text, gloss., refs., notes. index. Orig. boards. - € 24.50

  15. Desmond, A.J., 1978. De warmbloedige Dinosauriërs. Een nieuwe kijk op de prehistorie. [The hot-blooded Dinosaurs. Nederlandse vertaling: L.E.M. de Boer.] Baarn: Fontein. Large 8vo. Pp. 227,[3], 52 illus., 2 diagrs., gloss., bibl., notes & refs. Orig. boards. - € 19.50

  16. Desmond, A.J., 1978. Das Rätsel der Dinosaurier. Aus dem Englischen von Herbert Graf. Frankfurt a.M. [: Büchergilde Gutenberg]. Large 8vo. Pp. 281, 64 text illus., 8 double-page col. pls., notes, refs., index. Orig. cloth. - € 22.50

  17. Dollo, L., 1913. Podocnemis congolensis, tortue fluviatile nouvelle du Montien (Paléocène inférieur) du Congo, et l'évolution des Chéloniens fluviatiles. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Géol., Sér. III, 1: pp. [ii],49-65, 1 fold. pl. Folio. Plain wrs. - € 9.50

  18. Evans, S., 1980. The skull of a new Eosuchian reptile from the Lower Jurassic of New South Wales. Zool. Jour. Linn. Soc. London, 70(3): pp. 203-264, many drawings in 53 figs., refs. Plain new wrs. -/ € 12.50

  19. Farlow, J.O., & Brett-Surman, M.K., editors, 1997. The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Ind. Large 8vo. Pp. 848, 16 pp. of col. illus., 350 other illus. (photos, figs., diagrs.), bibl., index. Hardbound in dust-jacket. - € 77.50
    A thorough survey by 47 experts, from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs through the contemporary controversies over the way of their extinction.

  20. Fichter, J., 1983. Untersuchungen an Fährten einheimischer Urodelen und Lacertilier, Teil II: Aktupaläontologie-quantitative Fährtenanalyse. Mainz. Naturwiss. Arch., 21: pp. 25-66, 9 tabs., 15 figs., refs. Plain new wrs. - € 11.00

  21. Galton, P.M., 1974. The Ornithischian dinosaur Hypsilophodon from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. [Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Geol., 25(1).] London. Pp. 1-152+152a-c, 2 pls., 64 figs., refs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 33.50

  22. Gillette, D.D., 1994. Seismosaurus, the earth shaker. With illustrations by Mark Hallett. New York. 4to. Pp. xii,206, numerous photos and drawings (mostly col.), refs., index. Orig. boards in dust jacket. - € 58.50
    A lively and well-illustrated account of the discovery and excavation of Seismosaurus, including the description of new cutting-edge techniques and the use of ground-penetrating radar.

  23. Haller-Probst, M.S., 1997. Die Verbreitung der Reptilia in den Klimazonen der Erde unter Berücksichtigung Känozoischer Vorkommen Europas. [Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 203.] Frankfurt a.M. 4to. Pp. 67, 83 illus., 30 tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 51.50

  24. Hennig, E., 1915. Stegosauria. [Fossilium Catalogus, Anim., 9.] Berlin: W. Junk. Pp. 16. Orig. wrs. - € 7.25

  25. Holland, W.J., 1906. The osteology of Diplodocus Marsh. With special reference to the restoration of Diplodocus carnegiei Hatcher, presented by Mr. Andrew Carnegie to the British Museum, May 12, 1905. Mem. Carnegie Mus., 2(6): pp. 225-278, 8 (2 fold.) pls., 30 illus. in text. Large 4to. Orig. wrs. Spine neatly mended. - € 40.00
    With author's presentation inscription to Prof. Marcellin Boule.

  26. Jacobs, L., 1993. Quest for the African dinosaurs. New York. Pp. xviii,314,[2], 42 figs., refs., index. Orig. half cloth in dust jacket. - € 22.50

  27. Janensch, W., 1906. Pterosphenus schweinfurthi Andrews und die Entwicklung der Palaeophiden. Arch. Biontol., 1: pp. [5],-314-350, 2 fold. pls., 2 figs. Plain wrs. - € 13540

  28. Kaufmann, E.G., & Kesling, R.V., 1960. An Upper Cretaceoous ammonite bitten by a Mosasaur. Contr. Mus. Paleont. Univ. Michigan, 15(9): pp. 193-248, 9 pls., 7 figs., refs. Wrs. - € 10.00

  29. Kuhn, O., 1936 (1972). Crocodilia. [Fossilium Catalogus, I, Animalia, Pars 75.] The Hague: W. Junk, facsimile reprint Amsterdam: A. Asher. Pp. 144, refs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 21.50

  30. Kuhn, O., 1937 (1972). Cotylosauria et Theromorpha. [Fossilium Catalogus, I, Animalia, Pars 79.] The Hague: W. Junk, facsimile reprint Amsterdam: A. Asher. Pp. 209, refs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 24.50

  31. Kuhn, O., 1938. Die Crocodilier aus dem mittleren Eozän des Geiseltales bei Halle. [N. Acta Leopold., N.F., 6(39).] Halle (Saale). Small 4to. Pp. 19, several photos on 12 pls., 1 fold. tab. Orig. wrs. - € 9.50

  32. Kuhn, O., 1938 (1971). Stegocephalia (Labyrinthodontiis exclusis). Urodela. Anura. [Fossilium Catalogus, I, Animalia, Pars 84.] The Hague: W. Junk, facsimile reprint Amsterdam: A. Asher. Pp. 107, refs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 17.00

  33. Kuhn, O., 1939 (1972). Squamata: Lacertilia et Ophidia. [Fossilium Catalogus, I, Animalia, Pars 86.] The Hague: W. Junk, facsimile reprint Amsterdam: A. Asher. Pp. 125, refs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 18.50

  34. Kuhn, O., 1939 (1972). Saurischia. [Fossilium Catalogus, I, Animalia, Pars 87.] The Hague: W. Junk, facsimile reprint Amsterdam; A. Asher. Pp. 126, refs., index. Orig. wrs. - / € 18.50

  35. Kuhn, O., 1958. Die Lurche und Kriechtiere der Vorzeit. [Neue Brehm-Bücherei, 217.] Wittenberg. Pp. 96, 76 text illus., gloss. Orig. wrs. Trace of small label, covers a bit browned, contents good. - € 11.50

  36. Kuhn, O., 1958. Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien. [Bamberg.] Pp. 64, 510 figs. on 13 pls., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 11.50

  37. Lapparent, A.F. de, & Montenat, C., 1967. Les empreintes de pas de reptiles de l'Infralias du Veillon (Vendée). [Mém. Soc. Géol. France, N.S., 46(2) / 107.] Paris. 4to. Pp. 44, 32 photos on 13 pls., 18 figs., bibl. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 24.95

  38. Lockley, M., 1991. Tracking dinosaurs. A new look at an ancient world. Cambridge. Large 8vo. Pp. xii,238, frontisp., 21 col. photos on 8 pls., many figs. and some photos in text, gloss., notes, index. Orig. cloth. - € 46.50

  39. McGinnis, H.J., 1967. The osteology of Phlegethontia, a Carboniferous and Permian aïstopod amphibian. [Univ. Calif. Publ. Geol. Sci., 71.] Berkeley. Large 8vo. Pp. vi,46, 1 pl., 13 figs., refs. Plain wrs. - #131; 27.50 / € 12.45

  40. McLoughlin, J.C., 1979. Archosauria. A new look at the old dinosaur. New York: Viking Press. 4to. Pp. viii,117, numerous drawings, gloss., index. Orig. quarter cloth in dust jacket. - € 22.50

  41. Norell, M.A., Gaffney, E.S., & Dingus, L., 1995. Discovering dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History. Foreword by Angela Milner. New York. Small square 4to. Pp. xx,204, col. frontisp., 141 photos, drawings, and other illus. (mostly col.), index. Orig. boards in dust jacket. - € 36.50

  42. Norman, D.B., 1986. On the anatomy of Iguanodon atherfieldensis (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda). Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, 56: pp. 281-371, 89 figs., refs., append. 4to. Plain new wrs. - € 19.50

  43. Norman, D., 1991. Dinosaurier. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Christoph Arndt. München: C. Bertelsmann. 4to. Pp. 192, numerous illus. (mostly col.) in text and on pls., bibl., index. Orig. boards in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 22.50

  45. Ørvig, T., 1953. On the Mesozoic field of Andøya. 1. Notes on the Ichthyosaurian remains collected in 1952, with remarks on the age of the vertebrate-bearing beds. [Acta Borealia, Ser. A, 4.] Tromsø: Tromsø Museum. Pp. 31, 5 photogr. pls., 4 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 9.50

  46. Paton, R.L., 1975. A catalogue of fossil vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Part 4. Amphibia & Reptilia. Edinburgh. 4to. Pp. x,38, refs., taxon. index. Orig. wrs. - € 9.50

  47. Raup, D.M., 1986. The Nemesis Affair. A story of the death of Dinosaurs and the ways of science. New York. Pp. 220, few figs., index. Orig. half cloth in dust-jacket. - € 19.50

  48. Reid, M., 1990. The last great Dinosaurs. A guide to the Dinosaurs of Alberta. Illustrations by Jan SOVAK. Red Deer, Alb. 4to. Pp. 184, 42 full-page col. illus., many illus. in text (partly col.), indexes. Orig. boards in dust-jacket. - € 29.95

  49. Santafé Llopis, J.V., & Casanovas Cladellas, M.L., 1990. El món dels Dinosaures. Barcelona. 4to. Pp. 162, 70 illus. (partly col.) in text, bibl. Orig. pictorial stiff wrs. - "The world of the dinosaurs." Text in Catalan. - € 15.90

  50. Schaeffer, B., 1941. The morphological and functional evolution of the tarsus in amphibians and reptiles. Bull. Am. Must. Nat. Hist., 78(6): pp. 395-472, many drawings in 19 figs., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 13.50

  51. Schröder, H., 1885. Saurierreste aus der baltischen Oberen Kreide. Jahrb. Preuss. Geol. Landesanst., Jg. 1884: pp. 293-333,[11], 5 fold. pls. Large 8vo. Wrs. - € 15.00
  52. Schleich, H.H. (editor), 1994. Amphibien und Reptilien aus dem Känozoikum Eurasiens. / Cenozoic amphibians and reptiles from Eurasia. [Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 173.] Frankfurt a.M. 4to. Pp. 359, many photos and drawings on 42 pls., 108 illus. in text, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 62.50
    Contains 18 papers.
  53. Schmidt, H., 1959. Die Cornberger Fährten im Rahmen der Vierfüssler-Entwicklung. [Abh. Hess. Landesamt Bodenf., 28.] Wiesbaden. Pp. 137,[21], 9 pls., 57 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 11.50
  54. Schroeder, H., 1905. Datheosaurus macrourus nov. gen. nov. sp. aus dem Rothliegenden von Neurode. Jahrb. Preuss. Geol. Landesanst., 25(2): pp. 282-294,[4], 2 fold. pls. Lafge 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 9.50
  55. Smithson, T.R., 1985. The morphology and relationships of the Carboniferous amphibian Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen. Zool. Jour. Linn. Soc., 85(4): pp. 317-410, several drawings and some photos in 40 illus. in text, refs. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - € 14.75
  56. Spinar, Z.V., 1972. Tertiary frogs from Central Europe. Prague: Academia; The Hague: W. Junk. Pp. 286, col. frontisp., 184 pls., 96 figs. Orig. cloth in dust jacket. - € 34.50
  57. Staesche, K., 1928. Sumpfschildkröten aus hessischen Tertiärablagerungen. [Abh. Hess. Geol. Landesamt, 8(4).] Darmstadt. Large 8vo. Pp. 72, 9 pls., 1 fig. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50
  58. Sternberg, C.H., 1990. The life of a fossil hunter. Bloomington. Pp. 368, frontisp., photos, figs., index. Orig. cloth in dust-jacket. - € 41.00
    Reissue of the original edition of 1909 of this classic memoir, part autobiography, part adventure story by one of the pioneer dinosaur hunters of the American West.
  59. Stromer, E., 1935. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 15. Plesiosauria. (Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II.) [Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-nat. Kl., N.F., 26.] München. 4to. Pp. 56, 1 pl., 19 figs.,, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 13.50
  60. Swinton, W.E., 1937. The crocodile of Maransart (Dollosuchus dixoni (Owen)). [Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belg., 80.] Bruxelles. Large 4to. Pp. 46, 1 pl., 12 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 13.50
  61. Tchernov, E., 1986. Evolution des crocodiles en Afrique du Nord et de l'Est. [Cah. Paléont. Est-Afric.] Paris. 4to. Pp. 64, 6 pls., 25 figs., refs., index. orig. wrs. - € 25.00
  62. Tresise, G., & Sarjeant, W.A.S., 1997. The tracks of Triassic vertebrates. Fossil evidence from North-West England. Liverpool. 4to. Pp. 216, many illus. (incl. several in colour), refs., index. Hardbound in dust-jacket. - € 82.50
    Fossil footprints deriving from large vertebrates dating from the Triassic period were found in both Germany and Ebgland in the 1830s. The present lavishly illustrated new book traces the history of discovery of these tracks in north-west England, and narrates the finds of the 19th century, drawing from hitherto unpublished contemporary accounts and illustrations. It also describes the turn-of-the-century work of the ichnologist Henry Beasley, who played a leading role in the study and classification of the footprints, and whose extensive photographic archive is both fully inventoried and generously illustrated here.
  63. Van Straelen, V., 1928. Les oeufs de reptiles fossiles. Palaeobiol., 1:: pp. 295-312, 8 photos on 3 pls., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 6.50
  64. Wellnhofer, P., 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands. [Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-nat. Kl., N.F., 141.] München. 4to. Pp. 128, 14 pls., 28 figs., 3 tabs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 26.50
  65. White, T.E., 1973. Catalogue of the genera of dinosaurs. Ann. Carnegie Mus., 44(9): pp. 117-155. Journal installment, stapled as issued. - € 6.00
  66. Wilford, J.N., 1988. The riddle of the dinosaur. New York: A.A. Knopf. Pp. viii,304,[6], 12 pp. of coloured plates, many illus. in text, bibl., detailed index. Orig. quarter cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. - € 27.00
  67. Winkler, T.C., 1876. Etude sur le genre Mystriosaurus, et description de deux exemplaires nouveaux de ce genre. Arch. Mus. Teyler, 4(1): pp. 4132, 3 large fold. tinted lithogr. plates. Large 8vo. Wrs. - € 32.50
  68. [Woodward, H.,] 1896. A guide to the fossil reptiles and fishes in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum (Natural History). London. Pp. x,[2],130, frontisp., 165 wood-engraved figs., index. Orig. wrs. Spine mended. - € 15.00
    First edition.

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