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Ten (10) Books Related to Fossils, Paleontology, and Natural History. 1st-2nd items: NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK: PALEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK, Vol. I & II, by James Hall, printed by C. Van Benthuysen, Albany, 1847 & 1852. Hardcover octavoes, 700 total pages with engraved title and additional engraved plates, rebound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 3rd item: REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO, Vol. I, Part II, by J. S. Newberry, et al., printed by Nevins and Myers, Columbus, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 399 pages with additional lithographed plates, rebound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 4th item: GEOLOGY OF THE COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE: FOURTH SERIES, BULLETIN 14, by Clinton R. Stauffer, George D. Hubbard, and J. A. Bownocker, printed by The Springfield Publishing Company, Springfield, 1911. Hardcover octavo, 133 pages including index, includes three survey maps of Ohio in back pocket, hardbound in green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. 5th item: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO: COMPRISING BULLETINS 12,13,14 AND 15 OF THE FOURTH SERIES, Vol. XI, by J. A. Bownocker, State Geologist, printed by The Springfield Publishing Company, Springfield, 1913. Hardcover octavo, 908 pages including index, includes three survey maps of Ohio in back pocket, hardbound in black cloth with gilt blindstamped Seal of Ohio to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. 6th item: PALEONTOLOGY, First Edition, Third Impression, by Edward Wilber Berry, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York and London, 1929. Hardcover octavo, 392 pages including index with frontispiece and illustrations, hardbound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, ex libris book plate, interior of front cover. 7th item: INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, First Edition, Fifth Impression, by William H. Twenhoffel and Robert R. Shrock, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York and London, 1935. Hardcover octavo, 511 pages with illustrations, hardbound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, ex libris book plate, interior of front cover. 8th item: INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS, by Raymond C. Moore, Cecil G. Lalicker, and Alfred G. Fischer, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1952. Hardcover octavo, 766 pages including index and illustrations, hardbound in black cloth with blindstamped front cover, gilt lettering to spine. 9th-10th items: THE CRETACEOUS FOSSILS OF NEW JERSEY, Part I & II, by Horace G. Richards, et al., published by the New Jersey Geological Survey, 1958 & 1962. Hardcover octavoes, 503 total pages with additional photographic plates, hardbound in grey cloth with black lettering to spines. Ranging in size from to 8 1/2" H x 5 3/4" W x 1 3/8" D to 11 5/8" H x 9 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D. The estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: All covers with shelf wear, rubbing, scuffs, and surface grime. Pages with toning/acid burn, some with dirt encrustation to top edges, foxing spots. Fold-out maps with some insect damage to fold lines.
