MASSIVE 1,114-PAGE DOCUMENTATION CONTRASTING EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND ABRUPT APPEARANCE (CREATIONISM). Two volumes, 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, publisher's black cloth boards, gilt title to spines, xvi, 551 pp; xix, 563 pp; very good in very good dust jackets. FROM DUST JACKET: The Origin of Species Revisited is a comprehensive, thoroughly documented investigation of one of the great ongoing battles of this or any age: Darwin's theory of evolution versus the theory of creation and the theory of abrupt appearance. W. R. Bird, who argued the major case on the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court,... View More...
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London, The Christian Evidence Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge : 1875
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PALEY'S NATURAL THEOLOGY - FAMOUS CREATIONIST BIOLOGY TEXT REVISED WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS BY PROMINENT BRITISH SURGEON. 7 inches tall harcover, xv, 565 pages, original blindstamped red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, many fine wood engravings throughout the text. Covers darkened, spine faded, spine ends frayed, unmarked and overall very good. WILLIAM PALEY (1743 - 1805) was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. He is best known for his natural theology exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his work Natural Theology or Evidenc... View More...
1802 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF FAMOUS 19TH CENTURY BOOK ON NATURE'S 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN' PUBLISHED SAME YEAR AS LONDON EDITION. 8 inches tall hardcover, vi, 402 pages, original full leather binding, red leather label to spine. Covers, spine and rear hinge show residue from removal of tape, and entire cover and spine have been varnished. Front hinge has been strengthened with linen tape, binder's ticket (J.A.M. Heisington, Saint Paul, M.T. [Minnesota Territory]), bookplate of 'John Nicol's Library' to front paste-down, handstamp of Walter Kennedy to front endpaper, book ticket of 'Mrs. Wm. J. D... View More...
