The Edge of the Sea
by Rachel Carson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A lovely book by a founder of modern environmentalism. Beautifully illustrated from the colorful dust jacket to seaweed-patterned endpapers to the many B&W drawings within.
Book itself has a small white stain on the front cover and a small bit of writing on the half-title. Pages are age tanned. Dust jacket has numerous tears, wear, and stains.
Book itself has a small white stain on the front cover and a small bit of writing on the half-title. Pages are age tanned. Dust jacket has numerous tears, wear, and stains.
Synopsis
"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements. New introduction by Sue Hubbell. (A Mariner Reissue)
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2
- Title
- The Edge of the Sea
- Author
- Rachel Carson
- Illustrator
- Bob Hines
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Date Published
- October 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Rachel Carson
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Nonfiction; Women's History;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
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About the Seller
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...