Under the Sea-Wind A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life by Carson, Rachel L - 1952

Oxford University Press, 1952 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New and Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Short gift inscription dated 1952 on top edge of title page, otherwise unmarked, clean and solid copy in clean dust jacket with minor edge wear. Dj now in a protective mylar jacket.

London: Staple Press Limited, 1952. Cover: blue cloth on boards with gilt titles; light sprinkling of soiling. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and midl rubbing. Edges: top-edge once blue now slightly faded; moderate foxing. Moderate wear to some of the extremeties. Few only foxing to a few only pages and mostly to the margins. Line drawings. Binding is VG. 239p Dj: moderate rubbing & dusting of soiling. Front jacket with 9 cm closed angled tear from spine outward. Spine: old sunning now greyed; head with 3 x 2 cm open v-piece missing, small tears and chips; foot with wear, small tears and chips. Front flap spine: head with 3 x 1 opne piece missing, and chips; foot with wear and chips. rear flap spine: head with 2cm open split, foot with wear and chips.. First Edition. Hb. VG/Good+. Illus. by C.F.Tunnicliffe.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1952. Book. VG. Hardback. 1st Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in dark green cloth-covered boards with silver designs and titles. Only flaw is ligh soiling on closed pages edges. Dust jacket has small edge chipping and some rubs ( now protected in archival jacket cover). Book states this is a New Edition with corrections to the 1941 original. 314 pages..