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Trilobites of New York: An Illustrated Guide (Comstock Books)

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If you like trilobites you'll LOVE this book. In addition to great information the photgraphy is astounding!! The content is beautiful and the quality of book (cover,binding and pages) is as good as it gets! It's something to be proud of! At full price it's a great value,at the sale price it's a steal!!

This coffee table tome celebrates New York State's high standing in the study of trilobites, those cute, bug-like fossils prized by collectors. Several scholarly chapters on trilobite biology, taphonomy and the geology of the region are followed by dozens of beautiful, full page, black and white photos of specimens. The garish cover illustration does not do justice to the images within. If you've got the cash and the passion, this is a worthy purchase.

For anyone interested in trilobites, this is a fantastic book. The photography is superb, many of the specimens pictured are incredibly complete and masterfully prepared. It is amazing how many species of this extinct creature are preserved in New York. Not only are there wonderful photos, but excellent background and stratigraphic information to make the treatise complete. These authors know their subject. Clearly a lot of effort went into this book, and it shows. And the glorious photo on the front cover makes it a book you want to leave out on the coffee table.