Early Tertiary Tapiroidea of Asia (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History)

[American Museum of Natural History], 1965-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1965 first editionAmerican Museum of Natural History (NY), 7 x 10 inches tall paperbound in blue printed covers, 183-263 pp. Bumping to upper and lower tips of book, with resultant slight creasing to page tips, especially lower tips. Prior owner names and date to top edge of front cover. Mild to moderate rubbing, sun fading and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Copiously illustrated with drawings and plates. [d1] ~SP38~ Contents: Introduction; Taxonomy (Superfamily Tapiroidea; Family Lophialetidae, New Rank; ?Family Lophialetidae; Deperetellidae, New Family; Family Helaletidae; Family Isectolophidae; Family Incertae Sedis; Genera Removed from the Tapiroidea), Osteology (Family Lophialetidae; Family Deperetellidae; Family Helaletidae), Notes on Distribution, Summary, References. Association copy: The prior owner, Craig C. Black (1932-1998), was a respected vertebrate paleontologist and professor who served as Curator and later Director of Carnegie Museum of National History, and from 1982 until his retirement in 1994, Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.