Author: Carpenter, William B., Parker, William K. and Jones, T. Rupert.
Title: Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera.
Description: London: Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1862. First edition. Pp. xxii, 22 full page lithographed plates (many are by G. West), 47 text-figures (wood-engravings). Later pale green cloth, lettered in black on the spine, folio (13.5 x 10.2 inches). According to Richard Currie (Ray Society Bibliographic History) only 750 copies were printed of this work. This work is long out-of-print. There is a faint oval stamp of Lehigh University Library on the title paper; there are no other library marks and no other ownership marks. The final plate shows some marginal browning; the cloth binding and the entire text and plates are bright and clean; a tight copy in near fine condition..

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