Author: DARROW, CLARENCE AND WILLIAM J. BRYAN Title: The World's Most Famous Court Trial Tennessee Evolution Case
Description: Cincinnati, OH: National Book Company, 1925. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is one inked previous owner's notation regarding the trial on the reverse of the table of contents page. (looks like it's the last names of the Scope's defense team) . There is one chip missing from the bottom edge of page 85/86 that does not affect the text. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. This book is a bit scarce. "Shortly after the conclusion of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial – officially, the case of State of Tennessee versus John Thomas Scopes, the National Book Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) published transcripts of the trial. Under the title, The World’s Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case, this claimed to be a “complete stenographic record”. As the title page explains, “A word-for-word report of the famous court test of the Tennessee anti-evolution act, at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, including speeches and arguments of attorneys, testimony of noted scientists, and Bryan’s last speech. "The volume included courtroom transcripts for each day of the trial as well as other documents, including: statements by the defence submitted to the court: statements by “noted scientists” submitted at trial for use on appeal text of William Jennings Bryan’s last speech (also available from Euston Grove Press) " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
Keywords: True Crime Religion Evolution Scopes Monkey Trial National Book Company
Price: US$ 175.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49181
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