Adventurous Alliance: The Story of the Agassiz Family of Boston [Inscribed]

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xiv],[3],4-354pp. Inscribed on front endpaper, "For / Dorothy Cooney / best wishes / Sincerely, / Louise Hall Tharp". Spine-wear, foxing at edges of textblock, finger-soil at lower edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustwrapper unclipped (priced $5.00) with mild external wear; Very Good+. Biography explores backgrounds, obstacles, professional lives, and love between Louis Agassiz, a Swiss naturalist, and Elizabeth Cary, of Boston. [82578].