[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED First Edition of Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING

[Charles Agvent]

CARSON, Rachel. SILENT SPRING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. First 
Edition. 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. 
This copy is SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Signed copies 
of this important book, one of the most important of the century by many 
standards, are rather scarce as, ironically, Carson died of cancer less 
than two years after its publication. Near Fine in a Very Good or better 
dustwrapper with light chipping to the spine head and minor edgewear. 
(#014692)        $3,000.00

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