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Who were the first people to unearth dinosaur fossils and why did they do it? 107 pages drawings throughout the text and a map. Book in near fine condition with some minor marks to top.
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Bone Hunters: On the Trail of the Dinosaurs
by Stephen Dedman
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The Book of Life
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Life on Earth, a drama of survival and extinction, for billions of years the only life forms were mostly single-celled bacteria and then came an explosion of life for the last 650 million years. Throughout this time the planet was also changing. 256 pages with numerous illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.
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British Palaeozoic Fossils
by British Museum (Natural History)
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Palaeozoic time is some 375 million years and during that time some 41 miles of rock were deposited on the earth's surface. A selection of 443 species of animals and plants are illustrated. 208 pages including 69 plates. Book in good+ condition with damage to spine but all intact- text and plates sound and some tanning.
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Bully for Brontosaurus; Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
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A collection of essays covering six years of writing - a history of our struggle to understand nature. 540 pages with illustrations in the text. Book in very good+ condition with minor spotting to top edge. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.
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The Burgess Shale: Geology and Paleontology in Yoho National Park
by Murray Coppold and Wayne Powell
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The geological history of the Rock Mountains region and the fossils of the Burgess Shales. 76 pages with illustrations on almost all pages. Book in as new condition.
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Collins Eyewitness Guides: Fossil
by Paul D Taylor
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What fossils are, how they formed, and how the creatures lived. 64 pages with hundreds of colour photographs. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners names on front endpapers.
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The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry & the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
by Deborah Cadbury
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Intrigue and deception, ambition and failed dreams - clashes of the 19th Century men who discovered dinosaurs. 374 pages including 40 pictures throughout the text. Book in very good condition with small marks to top.
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Dinosaur
by David Norman and Angela Milner
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Part of Collins Eyewitness Guides series. The Fascinating world of dinosaurs - their evolution, behaviour, habitats, and why they mysteriously disappeared. 64 pages with colour illustrations on all but last page. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and sticker bottom front cover.
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Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Reptiles
by Jane Werner Watson
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The fascinating story of the creatures which roamed the Earth millions of years ago - the dinosaurs. How they came to be, where they lived, and types of dinosaurs. 45 pages with colour illustrations on all pages and endpapers. Book in very good condition with light tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).
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Dinosaurs, Their discovery and their world
by Edwin H Colbert
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The evolutionary patterns of dinosaurs, discovery of dinosaur fossils, how fossils are located, excavated, preserved and displayed; details on individual dinosaurs; how they functioned; and their environment. 288 pages with 100 Plates and 48 Figures. Book in very good condition with previous owners signature on front endpaper, and sticky tape remnants on front and back endpapers. Dust jacket in good condition price clipped with knocks to corners and edges, some small tears and some wear (see photo).
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Dragon Bones; The Story of Peking Man
by Penny van Oosterzee
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At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in Chinese backstreets sold as dragon bones to be ground down to be made into powerful medicines. When the sources of these fossils were tracked down sites rich with fossil remains were found including the ancestors of mankind - one of the most famous humanoid fossils of all time - Peking Man. 198 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and black and white illustrations in the text. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition with previous owners stamp on front endpaper.
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Dragon Hunter, Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions
by Charles Gallenkamp
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The incredible life story of Roy Andrews from floor sweeper to international fame as one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed explorers. Led by Andrews the Central Asiatic Expeditions (1922-1930) comprised the most ambitious scientific venture launched from the United States - five expeditions to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia which found the Flaming Cliffs, dinosaur eggs, the first Velociraptor fossil, and a fossil trove of other dinosaurs and extinct mammals. 344 pages with 32 pages of black and white illustrations and end paper map. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear sleeve, price clipped.
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Eight Little Piggies, Reflections in natural history
by Stephen Jay Gould
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History on the broadest scale of life's evolution during 3.5 billion years told in a series of essays. 479 pages with illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good condition.
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The Elements of Geology
by William Harmon Norton
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Introduction - scope and aim of Geology; Part I - External Geological Agencies; Part II - Internal Geological Agencies; Part III - Historical Geology. 464 pages with 376 Figures. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on front endpaper and some wear to cover (see photo).
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The Evolution of Life
by F H T Rhodes
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The emergence and expansion of each of great groups of living and extinct animals and plants, how they are related and what conditions they encountered. 302 pages with 8 pages of illustrations, 53 figures throughout the text and a glossary. Book in good condition with previous owners details on first page, tanning and some cover wear.
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The Face of Australia: The Shaping of a Continent
by Charles Francis Laseron
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How the distinctive features of Australia's landscape were fashioned by nature. Revised edition of the original to incorporate new information and correct statements found wrong in detail with new photographs and maps. 205 pages with 24 pages of black and white photographs and 31 text figures. Book in very good+ condition with some underlining on about twenty pages. Dust jacket in good+ condition with some knocks and wear to edges and booksellers sticker inside front cover.
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Flying Dinosaurs; How fearsome reptiles became birds
by John Pickrell
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How dinosaurs developed flight, the latest discoveries in China, the USA, Europe and Australia, and can we use a chicken to bring back dinosaurs. 215 pages with 16 pages of colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition.
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The Fossil Hunters; Stories from the Palaeontologists Volume 3
by Sue Mikkelsen (Editor)
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A collection of stories by ten palaeontologists about their journeys of discovery and passion for the natural world and about inquiring minds, fate, dreams and achievements, and the fossil regions of South Australia. 116 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in as new condition.
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The Fossil World
by Richard Moody
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How plants and animals have been fossilized enabling us to discover much about Earth's early history and the process of evolution, how to collect and prepare fossils with the minimum of damage, and the importance of fossils in such fields as geology, biology and oil exploration. 124 pages with over 100 colour photographs and 60 black and white photographs and line drawings. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear to edges (see photo).
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Fossils
by Douglas Palmer
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A Dorling Kindersley Book first published in Australia by Readers Digest - a Pockets guide. An insight into the origin, formation, and variety of fossils and information on how to find and collect fossils. 160 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in near fine condition.
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