MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY & JOSEPH HENRY: SCIENTISTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

by Patricia Jahns

$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1961 . Octavo, pp. 308, cloth. First edition. Fighting on opposite sides in the Civil War, these two unusual men overcame obstacles to contribute much to their respective causes, Maury as an oceanographer, Henry as an inventor. With bibliography and index. A very good copy in good dust jacket with rubbing and wear at edges and foxing to inner surface. #146974

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.