SILENT SPRING
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Groundbreaking study of the effects of pesticides on the environment and upon the health of humankind itself. Carson's work as a biologist and writer is directly responsible for the banning of DDT as a commercial insecticide. It also inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson (1907-64) was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. Octavo: x, [vi], 368 pp. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Tiny bump to the top edge. Some mild edgewear to the dust jacket ($5.00); otherwise very good. Very good / Very good. Item #78418
Price: $350.00