The Sea Around Us, Rachel L. Carson, Oxford University Press, 1951, VG w/DJ

Carson, Rachel L., and Katherine L. Howe (Illustrations). The Sea Around Us (New York: Oxford University Press, 1951).

English, a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket, HC, 8vo, 8 1/2" x 5 3/4," 230 pp., including illustrations and Index.

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Very Good 8vo with black and green pictorial matte paper-covered boards. Covers have light age toning, slight rubbing, and mild wear to edges and head and tail of spine, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Good - black and green pictorial paper dust jacket. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear, fading along spine (white lettering is now beige), and chips to head and tail of spine (largest at head of spine measures about 1/2" x 1 3/4"), else clean and intact, not price-clipped, protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages have light age toning, else pristine and intact. A few black-and-white illustrations included. The best-selling book by Rachel L. Carson (1907-1964), American marine biologist, conservationist, and author. Carson's treatise on the ocean covers the primeval seas, prehistoric marine life, newly discovered life found in marine abysses, currents, tides, mineral resources, historical explorations of the ocean, and recent scientific discoveries.