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Jen, Regarding the old Cincinnati Fossils plates you mention below, those are from the original 1939 version published by UC and used as classroom guides. This UC set also had a few Silurian plates at the end.  The newer versions (1955 and after) ditched most of the bryozoan thin sections.  You need to come to our April auction this year because we have the entire 1939 book available. I’d call this a rarity and sought after by us old book nuts (place the emphasis any way you’d like regarding “old book nuts”).  The Silurian plates did not make it into the published book.  The 1945 version appears to me to be the rarest one as I only know of a few copies.  It is the only one to have a non-Ordovician critter on the cover – a sea horse!

Alas, the Museum is adamant about never reprinting this old standby in any form.  It is out of print and Internet prices are ridiculous.  This $7.00 book is being sold on Amazon from third party sellers for $55 to $118!!  They intend to do a new book all updated but in different form.  I doubt we’ll see this for another year.

Jack