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Carson, Rachel L., Introduction By Maitland A. Edey, Illus With, Photos By Alfred Eisenstaedt

The Sea Around Us

1980

84.60 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1980
Place of printing
New York. The Limited Editions Club
Author
Carson, Rachel L., Introduction By Maitland A. Edey, Illus With , Photos By Alfred Eisenstaedt
Keyword
Nature - Marine & Fresh Water Biology Signed
Languages
English

Description

4to [26 x 18.5 cm]; xxix, 252, [i, limitation page] pp, fine colored full-page illustrations from photos, pictorial endpapers. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in original slipcase with title on paper label (label creased). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of Silent Spring, and the premier ecologist of her time, won the National Book Award in 1952 for this book. 'Sheer pleasure to read. . . a perfect combination of the fascinating science and the eternal beauty of the sea' [Thor Heyerdahl]. This copy has the publisher's monthly letter that describes the publication of this work and gives bibliographical details on the author as well as another blurb from the Limited Editions Club. This work is finely produced and well-bound.

Edizione: limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is #1009, signed by the photographer eisenstaedt.