128540 CARSON, RACHEL.
- Silent Spring. Introduction by Lord Shackleton. Preface by Sir Julian Huxley.
First UK Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 304; list of principal sources, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged on edges, page edges a little foxed, first and last few pages foxed, dustjacket faded on spine, good copy. London; Hamish Hamilton; 1963. The book influenced the environmental movement like almost no other book. An important book in its time and remains a reminder to this day of the dangers of environmental complacency. Many of the insecticides, organochlorins and organophosphates at the heart of her story are now banned or highly restricted in their use. Click here to Order
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