Frech Howard (7 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 316 pages, 8 blue and white illustrations, extensive glossary. Author's first book, scarce original edition. Slight rubbing to the corners, faint sunning on the spine. Binding is square and tight, A speck or two of soiling on the edges; otherwise, clean. Rear flap of the jacket(all that remains) laiid in. Overall, near fine. Frech, Howard (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2". 314 pgs including glossary. Bluish-green cloth with a sea bird in gold on front cover. Also prior owners name imprinted at bottom of front cover in gilt. Very good condition. Spine color lightly faded. Lacking DJ. Illustrated with color plate drawing by Howard Frech. Her first book. The famous naturalist and environment author. Uncommon first edition. Howard Frech (illustrator).…

First edition, first printing. 314pp. 8.5" x 6.5" THE OFT FORGOTTEN START TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT Overshadowed and eclipsed, the making of Under the Sea-Wind began in 1937 as an article for the Atlantic on government fisheries. What grew from that early work would become the marine biologist's first--and favorite--of her book-length environmental explorations. Published in November 1941, just weeks before Pearl Harbor and the United States' entrance into WWII, Under the Sea-Wind was admired by its early readership, but sold poorly. It was not until 1951, with the publication of her National Book Award-winning sequel, The Sea Around Us, that Under the Sea-Wind received its long-overdue recognition and republication by Oxford University Press. What followed would help catalyze the modern environmental movement and solidify Carson as one of the most important environmental voices of the twentieth century. An extremely scarce signed first edition of Carson's first book. Signed by Carson on the ffep. Mild foxing endpapers, boards heavily soiled, small tide mark upper corner of text block, abrasive erasure of previous owner's mark top edge, a few spots of soiling throughout, though text and margins remain overwhelmingly clean and sharp, binding tight, overall not quite a very good copy, lacking scarce original dust jacket. Publisher's blue-green cloth, decorated with gilt bird, spine titled in gilt over dark blue stamped label. Lacking scarce original dust jacket. Eight illustrations by Howard Frech. (illustrator). Signed.…