NY: Franklin Watts, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Bancroft and located at "Sanibel-Captiva," the islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida where he lived and worked as a writer and nature guide after a career in journalism. With the owl-illustration bookplate on the pastedown of.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Larry, with best regards, from Paul." The recipient was Laurence Hughes, longtime William Morrow president and CEO. Brooks was editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin, and in that capacity was a great champion of environmental.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For George, with affection + admiration, Paul, April 1972." Brooks was the editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin as well as Rachel Carson's editor, and in fact he suggested the title Silent Spring. This book.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page by the editor and Carson's biographer: "For Isabelle [?], with warm good wishes and gratitude, Linda Lear." Uncommon signed. This book includes Carson's previously uncollected writings, including newspapers articles, Fish and Wildlife Service publications, journal entries, letters, and.....
London: Bloomsbury, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jameson on the title page. Uncommon signed. From the jacket: "Fifty years on, Connor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation, popular culture and political history in.....
NY: Henry Holt, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "To Ann Sheffield, with kind regards and best wishes to your work. Linda Lear." Uncommon signed. Lear's book is the definitive biography of Rachel Carson, and it received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize.....
NY: Henry Holt, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. An uncommon softcover uncorrected proof of this definitive biography of Rachel Carson, which received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize from the History of Science Society. Lear has continued to write about Carson and has become the foremost steward and.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. An uncommon softcover uncorrected proof with a laid in letter from the publicist to a generic book reviewer. This volume includes Carson's previously uncollected writings such as for newspapers and the Fish and Wildlife Service she worked for, journal entries, letters, and more.....
Various, 1983-2002. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of six signed books taking inspiration from Robert K. Musil's Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America's Environment. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2014. A fine/fine copy of that book is provided here inscribed: "For Susan, Thanks for caring about.....