A Monograph of British Graptolites. [AND] A Synoptic Supplement to "A monograph of British Graptolites by Miss G. L. Elles and Miss E. M. R. Wood".

London, Palaeontographical Society, 1901-1918, 1971. In three volumes. Thick 8vo (27.1 x 21.3 cm). Text volume: Title page, 719 pp. ([e]-m, clxxi, 539); 359 text illustrations; Atlas volume: Title page, 52 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves; Supplement: Title page, 130 pp. Uniform red buckram with black title on the spines. = A massive, well-illustrated monograph which included many new and previously poorly known species. Written by the British palaeontologists Gertrude Lilian Elles (1872-1960) and Ethel Mary Reader Wood (later Dame Ethel Shakespear) (1871-1946). The fine illustrations are by Wood. With a long publishing span and, therefore, seldom found complete. It consists of the Palaeontographical Society's Monograph series numbers 260, 265, 271, 288, 297, 305, 316, 323, and 339. The much later supplement (Pal. Soc. Monograph 529), was written by the graptolite specialist Isles Strachan (1924-2012). It contains historical notes, type designations, a revision of nomenclature, and addition of British species described between 1818 and 1970, and forms an essential addition to the main work. An excellent, clean set.