Silent Spring

2001, second printing of Folio edition first published in 2000. No jacket as issued, with original slipcase. Slipcase is near fine with a few small scuffs. Book is unread, no inscriptions or other markings, as new internally. 317pp, colour photographs and diagrams, list of principal sources and index. Introduction by Peter Mathiessen, illustrations by Jonathan Hitchen. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement.