GENERAL WORKS
Dunbar, C. O. (1959) Historical geology, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
College-level text, well written and well illustrated.
Moore, R. C. (1958) Introduction to historical geology, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.
College-level presentation of earth history. Many illustrations of fossils.
Moore, Ruth (1953) Man, time, and fossils, Alfred Knopf, New York.
A readable account of fossils and their development throughout geologic time.
Panghorn, M. W., Jr. (1957) Earth for the layman, American Geological Institute, Washington, D. C.
Contains many valuable references.
Raymond, P. E. (1950) Prehistoric life, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
College-level text.
Richards, H. G. (1953) Record of the rocks, Ronald Press, New York.
College-level earth history text.
Simpson, G. G. (1953) Life of the past, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
Thorough, yet readable, introduction to paleontology.
Stirton, R. A. (1959) Time, life, and man: the [fossil] record, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
An introductory college text, most of which is of interest to adult level general readers.
Note: See also sections on Paleontology and Fossils in Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and others.