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Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1931. Folio (36.0 x 27.0 cm). Title pages, 108 pp. [551-658]; 22 plates [CIII-CXXIV] with explantory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = Seldom-seen part of an important monograph on fossil cephalopods of the south-eastern Indian province of Kutchh. Written by the British palaeontologist of German descent, Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957). Published in Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the geological survey of India. New Series. Volume IX(2). Many species, and several higher taxa, are new. Their state of preservation varies from good to very good. Author's compliments stamp in front wrapper top margin. Spine cover a bit chipped, mostly at edges, otherwise a very good, unmarked copy.