Fossils and Flies. The Life of a Compleat Scientist Samuel Wendell Williston (1851-1918) - Rare Book Insider
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Fossils and Flies. The Life of a Compleat Scientist Samuel Wendell Williston (1851-1918)

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Quarto. black stamped spine lettered in gilt and black on red marbled boards. Illustrated with photographs. "Samuel Wendell Williston attained worldwide fame in two scientific fields as widely apart as vertebrate paleontology and entomology. From his early years as assistant to Yale's noted paleontologist O. C. Marsh, he became known for his reconstructions of prehistoric monsters and their fossil remains, and his hobby of collecting and classifying flies led to recognition as the foremost authority on Diptera. Yet scientific achievement is only a part of the pictures of the dedicated and very human man which emerges in this biography." -from the dust jacket. Spotting of top edges, else fine dust jacket (spine and upper edges slightly browned)
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