London: Folio Society 2000. First edition. This is a new edition of the classic work by Rachel Carson, published in 1962. Peter Matthiessen provides an interesting and insightful account of how Carson's work went from an extended article in The New Yorker to a best-selling and ground-breaking work. Fine in colored boards with no dust jacket as issued. With publisher's slipcase. Illustrations by Jonathan Hitchens. Signed by Matthiessen on a laid in bookplate.

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