The Piltdown Inquest

First edition, first printing. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. 261 pages. Dust jacket has some closed tears and other light edgewear; in an archival mylar sleeve. Contents: [Part I: The Crime]. 1. The Piltdown Pit. 2. The Rise of Piltdown Man. 3. The Skeptics. 4. Between the Wars. 5. Expose. [Part II: The Criminal]. 6. Profile of a Hoaxer. 7. Prime Suspect: Charles Dawson. 8. A Curator, an Analyst, and a Chemist. 9. The French Connection: Teilhard de Chardin. 10. The British Museum: M.A. C Hinton, et al. 11. The Adventure of Queer Street: Arthur Conan Doyle. 12. Hunter of Ancients: W. J. Sollas. 13. A Counterfeiter: W. J. Lewis Abbott. 14. Piltdown Man: Grafton Elliot Smith. [Part III: The Verdict]. 15. Piltdown Man on Trial. Bibliography. Index.