The Problem of Human Life: Embracing the "Evolution of Sound" and "Evolution Evolved," with a Review of the Six Great Modern Scientists, Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, Haeckel, Helmholtz, and Mayer by A. Wilford Hall - 1883

Hall and Company, 1880. Hardcover. Good. .

Hall and Company, 1880. Hardcover. Good. . General age/reading wear. Pages tanned but clean. Boards clean.

Hall & Company, 1880. Hardcover. Used - Good. NY: Hall & Company, 1880. 524 pages, 4pp Opinions of Press. Frontispiece portraits. 9.5x6", gold & black stamped brown cloth. 'I have made it my object to conduct the discussion & condense the arguments against the theory of man's descent by transmutation from lower animals in such a manner that the superficial reader shall have the weapons at hand to meet with irresistible effect the acknowledged champions of the system, & put a check to its progress.' Cover rubbed, soiled, text bit toned, VG.

New York: Hall and Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1883, viii, [13]-524pp, frontispiece portrait of the six scientists. There are a few waterstains on the covers, inner hinge neatly reinforced, extremities worn, contents VG. Although it is difficult to get a handle on this book without reading it thoroughly, it appears to be an early entry in the Creation vs. Evolution argument. The author states that the human soul is an organism possessed of eyes, ears, and brain, and thus, since matter cannot be annihilated, the human soul must continue to exist in some dimension after bodily death. By refuting the theories of some of the scientists, he builds a platform on which to base his own theories. A curious mix of philosophy and science..

New York: Hall and Company, 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Cover shows heavy wear and rubbing, paper taped over the cover with tape affixed to the endpaper. Pages are shaken, library stamps, chipped edges, pages show minor spotting.

New York: Hall and Company, 1880. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. Twentieth revised edition, 1880, hardcover with black stamped brown cloth boards, octavo, 524pp., frontispiece in b&w, otherwise not illustrated. Book VG with soil and rubbing, mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text toned throughout and shows some mild soil to edges of text block. No DJ.

New York: Hall and Company, 1880. 522+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and scattered throughout. Previous owner's name on title pg. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hall and Company, 1880. [Alexander] Wilford Hall (1819-1902) was a Christian Evangelist and critic of the Theory of Evolution. He was quite successful, publishing almost twenty books; he is also known for some medical quackery. First published in 1877; this is a Very Good copy of the "Revised Edition" from three years later. The Thirty-Ninth Thousand. Brown decorative cloth binding, with stamping on the front cover in black. Titling and decoration on the spine in black and gilt. Clean text; ix, continues from page 13 to 524, with four pages of publisher adverts and Opinions of the Press in the rear. Frontis portraits of the named scientists. Bumped corners, a bit of rub to head and foot of the spine; small spot of discoloration on the lower front cover. An historical piece and perhaps still interesting today, when many conservative religions harbor negativity towards Darwin's great breakthrough. A sold copy.. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read More

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