This puzzling planet: the Earth’s unfinished story; how men have read it in the past, and how the wayfarer may read it now. . . .
by [EVOLUTION & CREATIONIST GEOLOGY]. BREWSTER, Edwin Tenney
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Indianpolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1928]. 8vo. 328 pp. Frontisp., numerous plates, photo plates, diagrams. Blue-ribbed publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear, dustsoiling), w/ d.j. cover art of geological strata (minor closed tears, old scotch tape repairs), still VG/G copy. First edition, stated, of this popularized geology which followed up the author’s 1927 “Creation. A History of Non-Evolutionary Theories,” detailing here the “Flood theory of fossils,” “Earthquake Wave” theories, and more.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60740
- Title
- This puzzling planet: the Earth’s unfinished story; how men have read it in the past, and how the wayfarer may read it now. . . .
- Author
- [EVOLUTION & CREATIONIST GEOLOGY]. BREWSTER, Edwin Tenney
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Indianpolis:
- Date Published
- [1928].
- Keywords
- Geology, History of Science, Ancient History, Evolutionary Science, Evolution, Creationism, Geological History, Eugenics, Fossils
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
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We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
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