Zdansky O K J (2 results)

Peiping (Peking) [Beijing], The Geological Survey of China, 1935. 4to (29.5 x 23.0 cm). 54 pp.; seven plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = A rarely seen work on the palaeontology of Chinese horses and related taxa. Written by the Austrian vertebrate palaeontologist Otto Karl Josef Zdansky (1894-1988), the discoverer of Peking Man. One species is new. Tiny chip to wrapper edge; otherwise an excellent, clean copy.…

Peking, Geological Survey of China, 1928. 4to (29.0 x 22.8 cm). 146 pp.; 16 plates. Later half linen over patterned boards. Gilt title on the spine. = A rarely seen work on the palaeontology of Chinese mammals, including several new species of insectivores, a bear, a cat, a pig, etc., as wel as an unidentified Homo species. Well illustrated. Written by the Austrian vertebrate palaeontologist Otto Karl Josef Zdansky (1894-1988), the discoverer of Peking Man. This is Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C, Volume 5(4). With a small library stamp of Dr. H. Zapfe in the top margin of the title page; otherwise very good, clean, and neatly bound.…