Kadimakara: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia Tapa dura - 1991

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1985. Well illustrated with full page colour plates by Frank Knight and black and white photograpgs, tall quarto, pp 284, very slight foxing to the fore-edge otherwise extremely clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper. [According to the traditions of some Australian Aborigines, the strange monsters known as "Kadimakara" once lived in a "roof" of vegetation over Central Australia, occasionally foraging for foods in the "lower" world. These Aborigines believed that on one occasion, when the Kadimakara's path back to their home was cut off, they were obliged to roam on earth until they died in Lake Eyre. Their bones, the Aborigines thought, became what we know as fossils. In the richly illustrated volume Kadimakara, pioneers of the bourgeoning field of Australian fossil research provide a broad overview of vertebrate history in that country. Offering a wealth of information on how… Leer más

Princeton University Press, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover; this is NOT ex-library; dustjacket w/ several small tears/chips along edges; minor edgewear; light creasing of upper corner of first couple of pages; o/w book in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders..

New Jersey, Princeton University Press. 1990. Original publisher's dark-red paper-covered boards, white title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 2nd printing [1985], large 4to: 284pp.,very richly illustrated with coloured platesmaps - photographs - drawings, list of names vertebrate palaeontologists in Australia, references, index.

Princeton University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton University Press, 12/21/1990. Hardcover. Like New. 284 pages : illustrations, some color, maps ; 32 cm. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.