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Carson | Rachel L.

Under the Sea-Wind

First Edition | First Printing

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Description

Octavo, xix, 316pp. Blue buckram cloth, title on spine, gilt illustration of a bird on front cover. Previous ownership stamp on front end paper. In publishers scarce first edition jacket, $3.00 on front flap, some separation along front panel fold, but stable, chipping along top edge. Bright illustrations and vibrant colors on spine. Fully illustrated with 8 full page illustrations by Howard Frech. An excellent copy.

Comments: This was the first book by influential naturalist Rachel Carson. This book would make up part of a trilogy, which she completed in the early 1950s and includes “The Sea Around Us” and “The Edge of the Sea.”

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Edition

First Edition, First Printing

Date Published

1941

ISBN
Binding

Cloth

Condition

Near Fine

Jacket Condition
Author

Carson | Rachel L.