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

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CARSON, Rachel. SILENT SPRING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 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 INSCRIBED "To Eunice/with best wishes" and 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. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light chipping to 
the spine head and minor edgewear. (#017526)        $3,500.00

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