Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

Published by A Crest Book / Fawcett World Library, New York, NY, 1964

About this Item

A Crest Book / Fawcett World Library, New York. 1964. Softcover/Trade Wraps/ Mass Market Paperback. Stated First Crest Printing January 1964. t681 / 75¢. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant edge bumps; light rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Clean internals. Tinted textblock edges. 304 pp 12mo. With the printing of this book on September 27, 1962 the birth of the modern environmental movement in the U.S began. Rachel Carson, a biologist and nature writer from Pennsylvania, authored the book to expose the hidden costs of widespread pesticide use, particularly focusing on their devastating effects on birds, insects, and the broader natural environment. Her focus was especially on the pesticide DDT and made the public aware that pesticides don?t stay where they are put; they get into the soil, water-ways, wildlife and human beings. Decades after Silent Spring, we are still discovering just how far these chemicals can travel and how deeply they affect human health and wildlife. A clean very presentable that has probably never been read or opened.

Seller Inventory # 019984

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silent Spring
• Publisher: A Crest Book / Fawcett World Library, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1964
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medical/Human Nature/Psychology
  • Science