The Scopes Trial Worlds Famous Court Case (Gryphon Editions Leather Bound)

by John Thomas Scopes

1993 The American Classics Library / Gryphon Editions (Birmingham, Alabama), 6 x 8 1/2 inches tall green leather bound, gilt design to covers, four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, all page edges gilt, color marbled endpapers, ribbon marker sewn in, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 339 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked, seemingly unopened. 

This premium deluxe facsimile edition replicates the complete, word-for-word stenographic record of 'The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case,' famously known as the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Meticulously documenting the epic legal showdown between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow in Dayton, Tennessee, this text captures the full courtroom heat of one of the absolute defining cultural and constitutional battles in American history. 

Published exclusively for subscribers of Gryphon Editions, this legal masterpiece features an elite full-leather binding, hubbed spine, and genuine gilt tooling, making it a definitive cornerstone addition for collectors of legal history, landmark trials, and fine bindings.