The House of Life
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 350pp. stated first printing. author's signature tipped in on card from National Wildlife Federation on FFEP. From back cover: "Though Rachel Carson's last book, Silent Spring, may have changed the course of history, she was not at heart a crusader. I have sought here to stress her achievements as an author rather than as a prophet. Yet fully to appreciate her work one should remember that, in her intense feeling for man's relationship to the living world around him, she was ahead of her time." Brooks was Carson's editor at Houghton Mifflin, and a prolific nature writer in his own right. near fine: bookplate tipped in front paste down, $.17 Great Americans stamp of Rachel Carson tipped in front paste down, pencil note on FFEP / very good: creasing along edges, shelf wear, sunned spine. Item #448
ISBN: 0395135176
#00222.
Price: $300.00