Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. 368 pages. Primarily focused on pesticides' effects on the ecosystems, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, helped bring a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides while sparking the movement that ultimately led to the creation of the US Environmental Protections Agency (EPA). Laid in: Memo paper from Laurence Hughes - longtime William Morrow President and CEO. In original dust wrapper (with $5.00) price intact, with yellow topstain. Crisp, clean copy. Dust wrapper rubbed and chipped at spine, with 1 cm. loss. In protective mylar cover. Green cloth covered boards. Near fine, in good dust wrapper. Item #4572

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