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GOOD+ Cond.some minimal pencil marginal notes ,otherwise quite nice; White titles on green paper covers. "50 Fiftieth Anniversary" circle cover blurb. THE CLASSIC THAT LAUNCHED THE ENFVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT" ; 378ps pages; Environmental Classic.book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death.

Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Afterward by Edward O. Wilson. First printing thus. Fine in a fine slipcase.; 295 pages

Near Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded bottom and side edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Collector's Edition.