Breakthrough: The Saga of Jonas Salk by Carter, Richard - 1967

New York. Trident Press. 1966. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/VG dj. Book appears unread albeit with a gift inscription.Covers & text clean/tight/crisp. Jacket complete/clean, scuffed/scratched, edge worn in places. Octavo. (8vo). x. + 436pp. + blank. Author's Note & Index. Black boards & brown cloth spine. Top outer edge tinted lime green. NOT a remainder. First Edition. THIRD PRINTING so stated. NOT a remainder. Non-authorial gift inscription on front endpaper. 'xxx Thanks so much for helping with the "March of Dimes". $5.95 jacket price.

NY: Trident Press, 1966 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition, Third Printing. Investigative type story of the discoveries of the vaccine for polio. Dust jacket has rubmarks/edgewear..

New York.: Trident Press., 1966. First edition. Possibly a 1st. No print line.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor soiling to end papers. Scuffing to spine titles.. 1 Brown cloth over spine. Black paper over boards. Black and white spine titles. 435 p. 22 cm. Called a "folk victory", "an extraordinary undertaking in the history of science", the world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Edward Salk, M.D. had developed a reliable vaccine to prevent paralytic poliomyelitis. The research project had been led by a Wall Street lawyer and financed by the American people through "hundreds of millions of small donations". Spontaneous celebrations were widespread. Salk was 40, bashful about publicity, and had refused to patent the vaccine, thus spurning profit. He was a moderately prominent research professor with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. By day's end, "he was the most beloved medical scientist on earth". There followed scorn… Read More

Pocket Books, 1967. Good softcover . Paper Back. Good.

Trident Press, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Trident Press, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Trident Press, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Very Good. VG book/ good jacket. 2nd printing.

Trident Press, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

[New York: Trident Press, 1966. First edition. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. A Very Good Copy In Very Good Dust Jacket. 435 p. 22 cm.