Scopes john t (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by both John T. Scopes and James Presley. Does have the words, "For Gerald" in Scopes' handwriting above his signature and Presley's signature. Photos can be provided upon request. Second printing 1967 published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston (New York * Chicago * San Francisco). The iconic original dust jacket has some ever so slight shelf wear and is NOT price clipped. The book itself is pristine. Highly collectible. Protected in a special clear mylar sleeve. (BR) Box 327. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vi, [2], 277pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in white on spine. Stated "first edition" on the copyright page. Offsetting to endpapers from laid-in newspaper clipping, now removed. A fine example. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $5.95 on front flap, shallow chipping at head of spine, a bright, near fine example. Signed on the front endpaper by John T. Scopes, who died two years after the book's publication. John T. Scopes (1900-1970) was an American educator best known for his role in the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial," which tested the legality of teaching evolution in Tennessee public schools. Scopes, a high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was charged with violating the Butler Act, a state law prohibiting the teaching of human evolution. The trial, featuring prominent attorneys Clarence Darrow for the defense and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution, became a national sensation. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict was later overturned on a technicality. After the trial, Scopes pursued a quieter life, studying geology and working in the oil industry until his retirement. The first edition of Center of the Storm: Memoirs of John T. Scopes, inscribed by the author. (illustrator). Signed.…

Zustand: Very good. 9pp., rectos only, signed at end. 4to. A highly flattering reminiscence of Bryan: "No fair man would judge Bryan's place in history by his actions at Dayton alone; he deserves better." 9pp., rectos only, signed at end. 4to. Signed.