SILENT SPRING

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition, first printing. Groundbreaking study of the effects of pesticides on the environment and upon the health of humankind itself. Carson's work as a biologist and writer is directly responsible for the banning of DDT as a commercial insecticide. It also inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson (1907-64) was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. Octavo: x, [vi], 368 pp. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Tiny bump to the top edge. (truncated) Some mild edgewear to the dust jacket ($5.00); otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78418)