Scopes john t (9 résultats)

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Etat : 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.

Etat : 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. Etat : Very Good plus. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 2nd Printing. (1967). 277 pages. Stated 2nd printing. SIGNED by both Scopes and Presley on front free endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket. (079) Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : 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).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. **The Most Famous Scientific Legal Case of the 20th Century Freedom from Intolerance and Bigotry** (Evolution/Scopes Money Trial) 3 items. (1) Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind. First edition. (2) George William Hunter, "A Civic Biology, presented in problems" 1914, first edition. (3) Leslie Allen, "Bryan and Darrow at Dayton,"1925, first edition. **The 100th ANNIVERSARY of the Famous Trial** (Evolution/Scopes Money Trial) 3 items (1) Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind. New York, Random House. 1955. First printing. 162pp. FINE+ copy in a near-Fine dustjacket. The binding is lovely; the dj has a couple of very limited chips at top and bottom of spine. Really, a very nice copy. || This is a first printing of one of the most popular plays in the U.S. theatre in the mid-20th century. It details the famous Scopes "Money trial" in which a Tennessee science teacher was brought to trial essentially for teaching evolution and using a textbook which actually has evolution in it. The text he used was a required book for the science curriculum of Tennessee: George William Hunter, "A Civic Biology, presented in problems" which is also included in this offering. The case was argued by two titans of the U.S. Legal system, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan their story is related in Leslie Allen's "Bryan and Darrow at Dayton" (1925), which is also included as the third part of this three-part offer. [++] (2) George William Hunter, "A Civic Biology, presented in problems", NY, American Book Company, 1914, 432pp. Cloth, VG copy, though there is a slight 2-inch discoloration on the front cover. The section on evolution is limited to pp 192-196 and Darwin's name appears only once. (3) Leslie Allen, "Bryan and Darrow at Dayton," New York, Arthur Lee and Company, 1925, 218pp. This is the contemporary account of the legal action and players at the heart of the Scopes ordeal. (This also includes a transcript at the very end of two pages of the Hunter book dealing with evolution.) [++] " 'A Civic Biology: Presented in Problems' (usually referred to as just Civic Biology) was a biology textbook written by George William Hunter, published in 1914. It is the book which the state of Tennessee required high school teachers to use in 1925 and is best known for its section about evolution that was ruled by a local court to be in violation of the state Butler Act. It was for teaching from this textbook that John T. Scopes was brought to trial in Dayton, Tennessee in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. The views espoused in the book about evolution, race, and eugenics were common to American Progressives (especially in the work of Charles Benedict Davenport, one of the most prominent American biologists of the early 20th century, whom Hunter cites in the book)."--Wikipedia [++] The Hunter "Civic Biology" and the Allen "Bryan and Darrow" books are housed in a new and beautiful custom-made calf-backed solander case--a lovely effort.…

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : 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. (illustrateur). Signed.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. vi, 1 leaf, 277 pp. Original cloth. Very Good, in WORN dust jacket (see photo of the spine, front and rear panels of the dust jacket for the wear and tear; but at least the front flap of the dust jacket has NOT been price-clipped!)). This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition, First Printing. The first printing has the words "First Edition" printed on the back of the title page (see photo). SIGNED BY JOHN T. SCOPES: "For Scott Morrison/ John Scopes" (see photos). John Scopes died in 1970, only three years after the publication of this book. He did sign copies, but not as many as would have been the case, had he lived much longer. John Scopes's autobiography, devoted primarily to the "Scopes Monkey Trial" in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. Signed by Author(s). …

Etat : 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.