Classic geological and palaeontological textbook, from William Buckland, the first professor for Geology in Oxford and this is the first American edition which had a great influence in the US! Buckland's importance lay "in helping to ...

The final edition of one of Mantell's most successful works, first published 13 years before with only 18 pages and stemming from the answers he gave his young son concerning a flint pebble from a nearby stream bed.

This publication, designed for the public, describes the discovery of the Burgess shale, recent work on its formation, and the flora and fauna found in it.