Fossil Feud : The Rivalry of the First American Dinosaur Hunters

Parsippany, New Jersey:: Julian Messner, 1998. 7.25" wide by 10.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. True story of the feud between two great paleontologists who were the first to organize large-scale fossil-hunting expeditions and who developed many of the techniques still in use today for digging and preserving fossils. Bound in the original glossy pictorial boards. The art on the full-color Dust Jacket duplicates that on the glazed pictorial boards. First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the rear cover: "This is the story of Edward Drinker Cope [1840-1897] and Othniel Charles Marsh [1931-1899], their great competition, and how they changed the world of dinosaur science forever.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Clement, Cameron (interior art); Michelle Farinella (cover art). 160pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…