The Sea Around Us

London: Staples Press, 1951. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Katherine L. Howe (Drawings). A foundational classic for the ecology movement. First edition published 1951, this is a1953 eighth printing thus. Blue hardcover with gilt titling to spine and gilt colophon to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press. 1951. Later issue of the first edition. Later issue of the first edition. Signed by the author. Original illustrated glossy paper-covered boards with titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers with drawings by Katherine L. Howe. A better than very good copy, the binding firm, the extremities with a little light bumping and… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Howe, Katherine L.. Signed by Author Oxford University Press, 1951. First Edition. Fourth printing. Hard Cover. SIGNED by Author on title page just above her printed name. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear, chipped corners, 1/2 inch chip at top of spine, two tiny holes on folds,… Read more about this item

NY/London: Oxford University Press, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, probable later issue with glossy boards. 230pp. Illustrated by Katherine L. Howe. Spine ends worn with spine cocked, corners rubbed, very good lacking the dustwrapper. Carson, an American marine biologist consulted with a number of oceanographers to get the most up-to-date information at the time. This best-selling book… Read more about this item

Originally published by Oxford University Press in 1951, this copy is from the fourth printing. Unjacketed hardback, preprinted cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, bumped and chipped. Edges aged, text appears unmarked. Printed endpaper with dedication on first free endpaper. Binding firm, head and tail bands. From the author of Silent Spring, Under the Sea-Wind, and At the… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. full blue buckram stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in near fine slipcase. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. First edition, early printing of Carson's classic second book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Inscribed for Ruth Y. Whyte with my best wishes. Rachel L. Carson." Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Drawings by Katherine L. Howe.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing, second state in glossy boards. Signed by Rachel L. Carson on the title page. Very Good+ with rubbing to extremities, pages toned, browning to preliminary pages with an exposed hinge. In a Very Good third state dust jacket with toning, shallow chipping to… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Howe, Katherine L. First edition, second state (glossy boards). Very good in good jacket. Jacket foxed on reverse with faint ring stain on front panel, jacket toned, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1951 Hard Cover. vii, [1], 230 pp. 8vo. Illustrated endpapers. Author's second book.… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. full blue buckram stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in near fine slipcase. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dustjacket. 1961. Revised Edition. Hardcover. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 237 pages .

Oxford University Press 1951 New York, 1951 Good in a torn dust jacket 12th Hardbound 8vo vii,230 Page ends damp stained, offset darkening to front end paper and paste down, corners rubbed, head edges bumped, spine heal. Hardcover.

Oxford University Press: NY. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, early issue with 1951 on both the title and cp. No later printings stated and "By Rachel L. Carson", H, Wolfe, on the copyright page. Green and white stitching on top edge joining spine. Pictorial boards tight and clean, free of… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Good+ dust jacket. Brief owner inscription on top FEP corner. Light damp wrinkling on rear panel. Few open tears along panel edges. .

Berkley, 1954. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Staples Press, 1952. 1st edn 6th imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (fading at edges of boards and page edges spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped and creased at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 230, illus with b&w drawings by L. Howe (no inscriptions).

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1980, Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is #1009, signed by the photographer Eisenstaedt. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in original slipcase with title on paper label (label creased). . 4to [26 x 18.5 cm]; xxix, 252, [i, limitation page] pp, fine colored full-page illustrations… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0195147014 . Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket. ; 1 X 8.25 X 10 inches; 274 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. 10th printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 230p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed, bookplate inside front cover, and tanning on front endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. Award-winning book by the author of SILENT SPRING.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003-11-13. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.