Silent Spring
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition, first printing. x, [vi], 368 pp. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth lettered in gilt, yellow topstain. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities, slight bump to upper edge of rear board. In a Good unclipped dust jacket with moderate toning and edgewear, waterstaining along upper edge, several open tears to fold lines, and scratches to rear panel. Carson's best-known work, widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement.
Price: $850
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