Libraraptor´s book collection

[Libraraptor]

Dinosaurs and books are my two passions and go very well together. In this thread I would like to inform you about my books and answer questions about content, layout a.s.o.

I´d like to start with three classics from the "Neue Brehm Bücherei"








Three classics by Dougal Dixon!




This one is about the German Spinophorosaurus excavations in Africa:




The dino - renaissance bible:



To be continued 

[Roselaar]

Looking good!

I really should start doing this too. I got plenty of old and lovely outdated dinosaur books all over the place.

[Libraraptor]

Looking good!

I really should start doing this too. I got plenty of old and lovely outdated dinosaur books all over the place.

Pictures please!!! ;-)

[Gwangi]

Great collection. I really need to get those Dougal Dixon books someday. I have fond memories of always checking them out of the school library.

[CityRaptor]

Nice collection!

I have the German Version of "After Man", I hope to get "The New Dinosaurs" at some point. "Man after Man" not so much. Not a fan of body horror.
I also see that your "Dinosaur Heresies" is in a far better condition than mine ( got mine in an used book store, would have ended as landfill if I didn't buy it ), but my "Die Dinosaurier" is in a better condition than yours.

[Libraraptor]

[Gwangi]

"Gorgon" looks really interesting. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy of that.

[Libraraptor]

This is a curious book showing dinosaur figures in modern landscape. Great art!

[Libraraptor]

Just ordered

Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science (John MacRae Books) by Deborah Cadbury

Does anyone here already know the book? And can I look forward to reading it?

[Himmapaan]

Just ordered

Terrible Lizard: The First Dinosaur Hunters and the Birth of a New Science (John MacRae Books) by Deborah Cadbury

Does anyone here already know the book? And can I look forward to reading it?

Given its title, I imagine it must be the same book as The Dinosaur Hunters by the same author? I started reading it but for various reasons hadn't continued it yet.  But I did enjoy what I've read so far. It also comes highly recommended by a number of people, not least our own Horridus.

[Libraraptor]

Ignored the warning in red for I have some new book acquisitions I´d like to share. Here are two masterpieces by Steve Palin. Not directly about dinosaurs, but great art in combination with some etymology stuff. Wonderful!



Don Glut´s New Dinosaur Dictionary. Some very funny and almost ridiculous drawings inside!
And a 50 or so year old German "Was ist Was" - issue, the book itself almost being prehistoric. The ancestor of the succesful "Was ist Was?" - books.

[Libraraptor]

Just ordered myself a copy of "All Yesterdays", with those strange animals inside. Fascinating thought, that not all dinosaurs were as slender as they´re being drawn nowadays. A friend of mine would always try to annoy me asking "Do you know if T.rex had 5m long fleshy antennas? You can´t disapprove it, can you?" I hope the new book will be fun to read. Has anyone got any experience with it?

[tyrantqueen]

Just ordered myself a copy of "All Yesterdays", with those strange animals inside. Fascinating thought, that not all dinosaurs were as slender as they´re being drawn nowadays. A friend of mine would always try to annoy me asking "Do you know if T.rex had 5m long fleshy antennas? You can´t disapprove it, can you?" I hope the new book will be fun to read. Has anyone got any experience with it?

It's okay if you like wild speculation, I guess.

[Libraraptor]

Just ordered myself a copy of "All Yesterdays", with those strange animals inside. Fascinating thought, that not all dinosaurs were as slender as they´re being drawn nowadays. A friend of mine would always try to annoy me asking "Do you know if T.rex had 5m long fleshy antennas? You can´t disapprove it, can you?" I hope the new book will be fun to read. Has anyone got any experience with it?

It's okay if you like wild speculation, I guess.

Got it! Like it! Fills a much needed gap! Unfourtunately it´s not really a book but a brochure And 30 or so Euros is a little too much i.m.o.

[Libraraptor]

And I just bought this one. Star Wars, not dinosaurs, but very cool!

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3868524487/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?cmd=redxme&ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Libraraptor]

We all know selfies, but how about "shelfies"? Here are some from me:

[Gwangi]

Very cool. I love looking through peoples book collections and seeing what titles they have. I'll have to take a couple myself.

[Libraraptor]

Very cool. I love looking through peoples book collections and seeing what titles they have. I'll have to take a couple myself.

That would be cool. Sometimes one accidently sees some bookshelves as a background for collections, which ist great as well, but I also love having my eyes stroll through other peoples´ shelves!

[Katieraptor]

The Dinosaur Heresies are a must read!

I also love Raptor Red. I've listened to it on cassette a long time ago, but I may finally have to track it down in book form.

[Gwangi]

Very cool. I love looking through peoples book collections and seeing what titles they have. I'll have to take a couple myself.

That would be cool. Sometimes one accidently sees some bookshelves as a background for collections, which ist great as well, but I also love having my eyes stroll through other peoples´ shelves!

Glad to know I'm not the only one!