Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1931. Folio (36.0 x 27.0 cm). Title pages, 272 pp. [279-550]; 55 plates [XLVIII-CII] with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers.

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. The state of preservation of the specimens varies from good to very good. Wrappers and spine cover worn, chipping at edges, otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. Not in Nissen.