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Re: 1970s Children's dino book
I can remember reading Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs in a doctor's
office as a kid, and also getting lost in the strange atmosphere the
images evoked. Sepia tones and weird textures in the images
(monoprints?) by George Solonevich. The cover is shown here:
http://homepage.mac.com/doubtboy/dinosaurbooks.html
At my first trip to the AMNH as a boy, my parents picked up The Last of
the Dinosaurs published by Bellerophon Books. Dense black and white
illustrations with everything identified, even the plants! It includes
a great picture of Bradycneme as a giant owl peering from a conifer
branch while two Struthiosaurus amble past. I was so impressed with
this one that I tried to recreate it for a friend by drawing and
labelling each of the animals on the pages of a notepad.
Bellerophon Books still lists it on their website, although it is sadly
out of stock:
http://www.bellerophonbooks.com/shopsys/shopdisplayproducts.asp?
id=22&cat=Dinosaurs
--Matt.
http://www.hmnh.org