CARSON, Rachel

Silent Spring

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. This book on the effects of pesticides is a landmark in environmental writing inspiring the movement that led to the banning of DDT and raising awareness of the important connection between humans and their environment which hitherto had been generally taken for granted. Ironically, Carson died of cancer less than two years after its publication. A couple of pages with a small brown stain from previously laid-in botanical specimen. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor edgewear .

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Book number: 021900

Catalogue: Environmental Literature

Keywords: High Spot, Rachel Carson, Environmental Literature, Pesticides, Modern Firsts, Literature: American, Ecology, Modern First Editions, Science, Natural History Environmental Literature Science Natural History Modern First Editions