“THE EDGE OF THE SEA IS A STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE”
CARSON, Rachel. The Edge of the Sea. With Illustrations by Bob Hines. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of Rachel Carson’s third book.
This bestseller, preceding her classic Silent Spring, is filled with Bob Hines’ splendid illustrations and explores the varieties of life at the Atlantic coast of America. “I have tried to interpret the shore in terms of that essential unity that binds life to the earth.”
Book fine, dust jacket near-fine, with moderate edge-wear.