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Help me find a book from my childhood, please

Started by Ezikot, August 19, 2018, 10:16:14 AM

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Ezikot

I'd love to find a book from my childhood, but I'm just able to remember few things about it:
- Its cover was black with some frames, the biggest one containing a picture of a triceratops (restoration).
- Probably edited in late 70s or early 80s.
- I can remember some pages with life restorations of triceratops and gallimimus (there were others, but my memories are blurred)
Maybe was it published by the NHM?
I'd love if some of you could help me finding a piece of my childhood.
Thank you very much in advance.
P.S. I'm just a lurker, but I love the DTF community.


Libraraptor

As soon as I am back home I am going to take a picture of what I suppose you mean.

Libraraptor

photo upload

Thought of this one.  It's the German version of David Lambert's 'The Ultimate Dinosaur Book' .

Ezikot

Libraraptor, thank you very much for such a quick reply and for spending your time for the the picture, but unfortunately it's not the book i'm looking for.

Regarding the book, i can add:
I'm sure it was a paperback, and there was another book of the same "series" about history of the genus homo.
If my memory doesn't fail it was around 100 pages, and around 20x20 cm. 
It was in italian, but i'm sure it came from (edited by?) a british museum, so my guess is that it was well spread at least in western europe.

Theropodavid

Some of the information you gave fit, some do not...


Libraraptor

Maybe a book by David Norman?  Angela Milner?


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Ezikot

RobinGoodfellow posted some pics of the book in his magnificent thread about his collection,
so i took a look to find the english version and i found this
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oct-17-1979-dinosaurs-and-their-living-relatives-exhibition-laura-69496834.html
So i have some questions...
are those models still there (it says "permanent exhibition")?
have some of you seen them?

(btw, the english version shoud be Dinosaurs and their living relatives, London: British Museum (Natural History), 1979, 72 p.) 

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Halichoeres

Just to be sure, you're not looking for the English version, right? You just wanted the Italian edition?
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Ezikot

Quote from: Halichoeres on September 07, 2018, 12:51:17 PM
Just to be sure, you're not looking for the English version, right? You just wanted the Italian edition?
Luckily i was able to find and buy it a couple of weeks ago :)

When RobinGoodfellow posted pics of the book some days ago,
i looked for the english edition (it should be "Dinosaurs and their living relatives, London: British Museum (Natural History), 1979, 72 p.)
thinking that someone else could be interested.

when i was looking for the english edition, i found that the models decipted in the book were part of an exhibiton
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-oct-17-1979-dinosaurs-and-their-living-relatives-exhibition-laura-69496834.html
and i would like to know if the models are still there or where they are now,
and if some DTF members visited the exhibition in the late 70s.
But also... why are those models so invicta-like? same artist?

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