Some useful books for Paleophilately collectors

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Most of the books listed below are in my library, already read by myself or are in my to read list. Some other are recommended to me by a good friends.
If there any book related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology topics that you think have to be added here, please not hesitate to contact me.
As I read in Germany and in Russian too, I decided to include some interesting books on these languages, which are not translated to English yet, for the visitors who feel comfortable to read books in these languages.

Philatelic catalogs

Michel "Dinos - whole world" catalog 2019, with Novelties up to MICHEL Rundschau 1/2019 have been catalogued in this edition The World of Prehistoric Fishes and their Reflection in Philately Nautilids and Ammonites worldwide - the world of Cephalopods and their reflection in Philately Trilobites worldwide - the world of trilobites and their reflection in Philately
The only recently printed stamps catalog of Dinosaur and Prehistoric animal stamps.
Paperback (A5 format), 160pages, issued in December 2019.
Approx. 2500 colour illustrations and about 20 000 price quotations. 		"The World of Prehistoric Fishes and their Reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Oliver Hampe. Published in 2018.
Preview of some pages is here.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Nautilids and Ammonites worldwide - the world of Cephalopods and their reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Christian Klug. Published in 2011.
Preview of some pages is here
Amazon: UK, DE 		"Trilobites worldwide - the world of trilobites and their reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Frank Rudolph. Published in 2002.
Preview of some pages is here
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Language: German
(an introduction to English speaking reader is here, symbols translation to Russian is here) 		Dr. med. Hans Ulrich Ernst, coauthor of all 3 book, is an active member of German Mining and Geosciences philatelic club (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften), where he published many "Paleophilately" related articles, include updates to his books.
To date (2021), there are 9 updates of the Trilobites and 10 updates of Nautilids and Ammonites book. Members of the club, can get it for free as they get access to many old magazines where these list, as well as many other "Paleophilately" related articles were published. Most of it in German, but some are in English.



Some older books. It might be a bit outdated, but still interesting. Some used copies can be found on ebay or other online bookstores,
Domfil: Thematic stamp Catalogue: prehistoric Fauna & Fossils Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals on stamps - a worldwide catalogue Dinosaur stamps of the World Charles Darwin - His Life through Commemorative stamps, Barry Floyd, D S Media Resources, 2011 Den Dinosauriern auf der_ Spur
Domfil: Thematic stamp Catalogue: prehistoric Fauna & Fossils.
The last 25th edition issued in 2002.
Contain colorful images and numbers of Michel, Scott and Yvert & Tellier of all stamps issued to date of the issue.
Abbreviations and icons index provided in Spanish and English. 		"Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals on stamps - a worldwide catalogue", by Dr. Karl P.N. Shuker
Published in 2010. Contain some interesting articles.
Very few black-white images of the stamps. Stamp catalog numbers not included. 		"Dinosaur stamps of the World", by Stuart Baldwin and Beverly Halstead.
In 1991 it was possible to show all dinosaur stamps from around the world in a small book. The book contain many interesting stories about these stamps. 		"Charles Darwin - His Life through Commemorative stamps, Barry Floyd, D S Media Resources, 2011".
The book tells a story of great British naturalist Charles Darwin, illustrated with post stamps from around the world. All stamps of Charles Darwin issued to date of the book issue can be seen there. 		"Den Dinosauriern auf der Spur" (in German)
The book have only few images of dinosaur stamp and sticked (cannot be removed) CTO Mini-sheet of Germany 2008 inside.
It issued in conjunction with German dinosaur stamps in 2008. Can be very interesting to German readers as it has many information about different dinosaur species from around the world, as shown on example page.



Paleontology books with Preview or the Authors interviews

Some books about Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animal, contain interesting information and images. (Most recent first)

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte

"The rise and reign of the Mammals", by Steve Brusatte.
Published in 2022.
Paleontology: An illustarted History

"Paleontology: An illustarted History, by David Bainbridge. Published in 2022.
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Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World

"Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World", by Michael J. Benton (Author), Bob Nicholls (Illustrator).
Published in 2021.
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Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils

"Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils", by Dean R. Lomax and Robert Nicholls. Published in 2021.
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The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History

"The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History",by Michael J. Benton. Published in 2020.
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

"The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs" / "Aufstieg und Fall der Dinosaurier: Eine neue Geschichte der Urzeitgiganten", by Steve Brusatte (translated on many languages). Original book published in 2018.
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The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Theropods

"The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Theropods", by Rubén Molina-Pérez and Asier Larramendi. Published in 2018.
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The fossil woman a life of Mary Anning

"The fossil woman a life of Mary Anning", by Tom Sharpe. Published in 2020. Amazon: USA UK, DE 		4
The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs

"The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs", by David Hone (translated on many languages). Original book published in 2017.
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Q&A - How the Tyrannosaurs Ruled the World – with David Hone
Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved

"Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved", by Darren Naish and Paul Barrett (translated on many languages). Original book published in 2016.
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Paleontology books without preview on Youtube

Dinosaur World: Over 1,200 Amazing Dinosaurs, Famous Fossils, and the Latest Discoveries from the Prehistoric Era Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs
"Dinosaur World": Over 1,200 Amazing Dinosaurs, Famous Fossils, and the Latest Discoveries from the Prehistoric Era . Published in 2023.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide". Coming in October 2023.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Ancient Sea Reptiles": Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More. Published in 2023.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs". Published in 2023.
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Paleontology: An illustarted History Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Sauropods The World of Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Photographic Reference Book Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: The definitive visual guide to prehistoric animals
"Paleontology: An illustarted History, by David Bainbridge. Published in 2022.
Brief preview on Youtube
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History", by David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel, illustration John Sibbick. 4th edition coming in July 2021.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Sauropods", by Rubén Molina-Pérez and Asier Larramendi. Published in 2020.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"The World of Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Photographic Reference Book", by Mark A. Norell. Published in 2019.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: The definitive visual guide to prehistoric animals". Published in 2019.
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Dinosaurs-The Grand Tour, Second Edition: Everything Worth Knowing about Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcher and the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals Natural History Mini-Marks - Magnetic Bookmarks
"Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour, Second Edition: Everything Worth Knowing about Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops". by Keiron Pim, Illustrator Fabio Pastori, Contributor Jack Horner. Published in 2019.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution", by Donald R. Prothero. Published in 2018
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcher and the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology", by Lowell Dingus. Published 2018.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals", by Ross D E MacPhee, Illustrator Peter Schouten. Published in 2018
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Evolution: The Human Story Discovering the Mammoth: A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs The Bare Bones: An Unconventional Evolutionary History of the Skeleton A history of Life in 100 fossils
"Evolution: The Human Story" / "Die Anfänge der Menschheit: Vom aufrechten Gang bis zu den frühen Hochkulturen", by Alice Dr. Roberts. Published in 2018.
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"Discovering the Mammoth: A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science", by John J McKay. Published in 2017.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs", von Luis M. Chiappe, Meng Qingjin. Published 2016.
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"The Bare Bones: An Unconventional Evolutionary History of the Skeleton", by Matthew F. Bonnan. Published in 2016. Amazon: USA UK, DE "A history of life in 100 fossils", by Paul D. Taylor, Aaron O'Dea. Published in 2014 Amazon: USA UK, DE





Neanderthal man in search of lost genomes Dinosaurs by Decades Vertebrate Palaeontology Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy In pursuit of early Mammals
"Neanderthal man in search of lost genomes", by Svante Pääbo. Published in 2015
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs by the Decades: A Chronology of the Dinosaur in Science and Popular Culture", by Randy Moore. Published in 2014.
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"Vertebrate Palaeontology", by Michael J. Benton. Published in 2014
Amazon: USA, UK, DE (in German) 		"Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2013.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"In pursuit of early mammals", by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska. Published in 2013.
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PREHISTORIC LIFE: The Definitive Visual history of Life on Earth The complete Dinosaurs Written in Stone: The Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth FOSSIL HUNTER Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age
"PREHISTORIC LIFE: The Definitive Visual history of Life on Earth" / "Die Urzeit: Die große Bild-Enzyklopädie mit über 2500 Farbfotografien und Grafiken". Published in 2012.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"The complete Dinosaurs", almost 60 autors who wrote different articles for this book. Editors Michael K. Brett-Surman and Thomas R. Holtz. Published in 2012, a bit dated but still interesting. Amazon: USA UK, DE "Written in Stone: The Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth", by Brian Switek. Published in 2012. Amazon: USA "FOSSIL HUNTER", by Shelley Emling. Published in 2011. Amazon: USA UK, DE "Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age", by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn. Published in 2009.
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Archaeopteryx the icon of evolution Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Archaeopteryx: the icon of evolution" / "Archaeopteryx: Der Urvogel von Solnhofen", by Peter Wellnhofer. Published in 2009
Amazon: USA, UK, DE (in German) 		"Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History", by Stephen Jay Gould. Published in 1990.
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Some books of and about Charles Darwin

Darwin: The Man, his great voyage, and his Theory of Evolution On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection: Slip-Cased Edition Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution The Voyage of the Beagle
"Darwin: The Man, his great voyage, and his Theory of Evolution", by John Van Wyhe. Published in 2018.
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Free PDF files from Darwin-online website: "Charles Darwin: his life and work by Charles Frederick Holder, published in 1892" 		"On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection: Slip-Cased Edition"
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Free PDF files from Darwin-online website. 		"Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution", by Adrian Lister. Published in 2018.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"The Voyage of the Beagle"
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Free PDF files from Darwin-online website.



Paleoart

Many images from these books can be seen on the postage stamps.
Mesozoic Art Dinosaur Art II Dinosaur Art I The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi
"Mesozoic Art: Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals in Art", by Steve White and Darren Naish. Planned for October 2022.
 "Dinosaur Art II", by Steve White. Published in 2017.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaur Art I", by Steve White. Published in 2012.
Amazon: USA, UK, s DE 		"The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi". Published in 2014.
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Paleoart : Visions of the Prehistoric Past The Evolution of Paleontological Art
"Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past", by Zoë Lescaze and Walton Ford. Published in 2017
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		The Evolution of Paleontological Art, published in 2022


Life through the ages The Paleoartist's Handbook Recreating an Age of Reptiles Russian Paleoart: Pictures of the Earth's past
"Life through the ages II", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2020.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"The Paleoartist's Handbook", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2019.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Recreating an Age of Reptiles", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2018.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		Russian Paleoart: "Pictures of the Earth's past" / "Картины пршлого Земли" - it is worth to look on the images even if you cannot read the Russian text.
Ilustrated by: Andrey Atuchin, Roman Evseev, Sergey Krasovsky, Nikolay Zverkov.
Text written by Russian Paleontologists Ivanov A.V. and M.S. Arkhangelskij.





Paleontology books in German

Palaeontologie: 100 Jahre Palaeontologische Gesellschaft Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen Das Mammut: Mit Zeichnungen von Shuhei Tamura Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen
"Palaeontologie: 100 Jahre Palaeontologische Gesellschaft", von Thomas Martin, Wighart von Koenigswald, Gudrun Radtke, Jes Rust. Ausgabe 2012.
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Solnhofen - Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit". Ausgabe 2015
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Erdgeschichte Südostbayerns: Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum Siegsdorf". 2016
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Dass Mammut", von Ernst Probst. Ausgabe 2014.
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen", von Bärbel Auffermann und Jörg Orschiedt. Ausgabe 2006.
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