Pasteur and the Invisible Giants

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.