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Pasteur and the Invisible Giants
by Edward F. Dolan, Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1958 Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. 1958. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); light bumping to head and tail; sticker removal scar on the spine. Speckled brown paper over boards with green cloth overlay on the spine with clack and white lettering on the spine. Clean internals; Internal hinges are sound and not split. 214 pp 8vo. There have been numerous biographies of Louis Pasteur but none has so dramatically captured the ardent excitement of the scientist himself in his laboratory, bending over a microscope-his experiments ofter failing for a time, but ultimately ending in triumph. Pasteur's parallel life as a man- as a son, husband, and father is also shows in a warm and sensitive portrayal. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013396
- Title
- Pasteur and the Invisible Giants
- Author
- Edward F. Dolan, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Louis Pasteur, germ theory, microscope, germs, rabies, germ multiplication, hydrophobia, vaccinations, antiseptics, laboratory, microbes, invisible giants, infection, disease spread, bacteria
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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