[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED First Edition of Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING
Charles Agvent
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Wed Mar 6 12:03:46 EST 2013
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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