Frederic Wood-Jones — The Problem of Man&Apos;S Ancestry

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1918. Cloth. A smart first edition of Frederic Wood-Jones' very scarce work on the ancestry of man. Expanded from a lecture given by the author, this work provides a new idea regarding the origin of man.Written by Frederic Wood Jones, a British naturalist and anthropologist and critic of Darwinism.From Prinknash Abbey library; with their bookplates to the front endpaper and pastedown and a stamp to the title page. Prinknash Abbey is a Roman-Catholic monastery in Gloucestershire, and known for being the largest European manufacturer of incense.A first edition of this very scarce work. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart; just a touch bumped to the head and tail of the spine. Library bookplates to the front pastedown and endpaper. Internally, front hinge has been repaired with tape. Binding is strained to pages 16 and 17. Pages are a little age-toned. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .