Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America
Subtitle: illustrated by figures drawn on stone, from nature
By: by T.A. Conrad
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Sold by J. Dobson
Published: 1842
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Notes: Publication dates for this ed. based on Dall (see below)

Parts numbered v. 1, no. 1 (dated Oct. 1, 1832), v. 1, no. 2 (dated Dec. 1832) and v. 1, no. 3 (dated Mar. 1, 1835). No more published.

For publication history, see W.H. Dall, Determination of the dates of publication of Conrad's Fossils [i.e. Fossil shells] of the Tertiary Formation[s] and Medial Tertiary, in: Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington, v. 12 (1893), p. 215-239.

Rev. reprint of the work published in 1835, which was itself a rev. reprint of a work originally published in 4 pts. between Oct. 1832 and Oct. 1833. This ed. is identical to the 1835 ed. with the following exceptions: p. [i]-viii consists of the rev. version issued in some of the copies of the 1835 ed.; the section entitled "The following terms are adopted for the American Tertiary formations" (p. 36) is revised; and the accusation of plagiarism against Mr. Lea (on p. 36 of the 1835 ed.) has been expunged.