Description
The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson
Prize-winning non-fiction book by the American marine biologist, Rachel Carson. It reveals the science and poetry of the sea while ranging from its primeval beginnings to the latest scientific probings. Often described as “poetic,” it was Carson’s second published book and the one that launched her into the public eye and a second career as a writer and conservationist; in retrospect it is counted the second book of her so-called sea trilogy.
Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket worn at the edges and piece missing from bottom corner of back cover. Light foxing to endpapers. Bookseller’s sticker on inside front cover. Front endpaper inscribed with the the name and address of previous owner together with an address label.
230 pages
A few B&W illustrations
148 mm x 220 mm (approx. 6 in x 8.75 in)
1951, Oxford University Press, New York