The Edge Of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements. New introduction by Sue Hubbell. (A Mariner Reissue)
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The Edge of the Sea
by Rachel Carson
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First edition, second printing
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- October 1955
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- Hardcover, with dust jacket
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Plano, Texas, USA
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NZ$51.44
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A lovely book by a founder of modern environmentalism. Beautifully illustrated from the colorful dust jacket to seaweed-patterned endpapers to the many B&W drawings within.
Book itself has a small white stain on the front cover and a small bit of writing on the half-title. Pages are age tanned. Dust jacket has numerous tears, wear, and stains. Item Price
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by Carson, Rachel
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$145.74
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. Teal Binding w/black lettering on spine, crab on cover, 276 pgs w/numorous b&w illustrations. Tight Clean Volume w/previous owner blind stamp on fep. Priced dust jacket has light edge wear, back cover dust soil, now in protective sleeve.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Bob Hines. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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NZ$188.61
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Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bob Hines. 1955 Houghton Mifflin Stated First Edition of Carson's sequel to The Sea Around Us. A beautiful copy in VG+/VG condition. The HB is clean and tight with very minor browning along the edges. The DJ is price clipped with vibrant colors and a bit… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea.
by CARSON, Rachel.
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- 1955
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London, GBR
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NZ$640.77
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1955. First edition, first printing, of the third and most scientific of the conservationist's sea trilogy. All three books were best-sellers and established Carson's reputation as a prominent naturalist prior to the publication of Silent Spring (1962), the work that ignited the popular environmental movement. Written for the non-specialist, her sea books combine a deep… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by CARSON, Rachel
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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NZ$342.92
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Blue-green cloth stamped in black, in pictorial dust jacket; patterned endpapers; [xii],276pp; in-text illustrations by Bob Hines. Spine toned, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped ($3.95), lightly rubbed and toned and edges, spine lightly toned, one short tear to rear upper edge, mild foxing to verso: overall, around Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by (DODSON, Owen) CARSON, Rachel
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$600.11
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 276pp. Illustrations by Bob Hines. A trifle soiled at the top of the boards, near fine in very good dust jacket with age-toning and a couple of modest chips, the largest on the front panel. African-American poet and novelist Owen Dodson's copy with his bold Signature.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Mass Market Paperback Edition 1st Printing
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- 1959
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- Soft cover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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NZ$25.72
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mentor/New American Library, 1959. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/Good. Hines, Bob. Carson's third book on Earth's oceans, this one focused on the American Atlantic coast, with emphasis on three areas: the rocky shore, the rim of sand, & the coral coast. In 238 pages with Index, 160+… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- 1955
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San Francisco, California, USA
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NZ$600.11
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955 First edition. viii, [4], 276pp. Illustrations throughout by Bob Hines. Index. Green cloth stamped in black. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Written by pioneering aquatic biologist Rachel Carson, author of The Sea Around Us, and the ground-breaking Silent Spring, this fine work is divided into three main sections: The Rocky Shore, The Rim… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE EDGE OF THE SEA
by Carson, Rachel [Author]; Hines, Bob [Illustrator]
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- Used
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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NZ$85.73
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 276 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine light blue, dark blue, tan, and white with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "3.95." Rubbing and light tearing to edges of dust jacket. Large tear and fading to front cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE EDGE OF THE SEA
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$118.31
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. 276 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Grey illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's stamp on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened and spotted. Bound in green cloth with black titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Blue illustrated dustjacket in very good condition with black titles.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by CARSON, Rachel
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1959
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- Softcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$34.29
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Boston: New American Library, 1959. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 238 [2]pp. Illustrations by Bob Hines. Gift inscription with age-toned pages and wear along the extremities, very good. The noted environmentalist's third book, pre-dating her classic Silent Spring. Item Price
NZ$34.29
The Edge of the Sea: Rachel Carson (Canons)
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 9781786899149
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$13.46
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Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Edge of the Sea, The
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - Fine
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- 1963
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- Mass Market Paperback
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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NZ$68.17
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New American Library / Signet, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Hines, Bob. Book is in excellent condition, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, heavily illustrated throughout. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used
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- F
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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NZ$68.58
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955, 1955. F. Hardcover. Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1955. First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Book fine. No DJ. Item Price
NZ$68.58
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The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - very good: ex libris card on front pastedown, christmas card taped into FFEP, previous owner's name on top of FFEP, text otherwi
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- good: price clipped, chipping and small closed tears at corners and top and bottom of spine, faded, rear cover shows signs of ag
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- first
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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NZ$188.61
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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. first. hardcover. very good: ex libris card on front pastedown, christmas card taped into FFEP, previous owner's name on top of FFEP, text otherwise clean. tight binding, some signs of age, spine slightly cocked/good: price clipped, chipping and small closed tears at corners and top and bottom of spine, faded, rear cover shows signs of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- 1955
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- Hardcover; 2nd Printing
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Hartland, Michigan, USA
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NZ$42.86
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Houghton Mifflin. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover; 2nd Printing. Green cloth boards show very mild wear, corners straight with no markings. In an edgeworn but not price clipped dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and now in protective mylar. ; MCN33034; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pp . Item Price
NZ$42.86
THE EDGE OF THE SEA
by Rachel Carson
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- Used
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- First Edition; Second Printing
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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NZ$617.17
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1955. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges. 1/2 inch open tear at top of front panel. . Item Price
NZ$617.17
The Edge of the Sea
by Carson, Rachel
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- Used - Good
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- 9780395285190
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Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
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NZ$13.61
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
NZ$13.61
The Edge Of The Sea
by Rachel Carson
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- Used - Very Good
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- October 1998
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780395924969
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Henrico, Virginia, USA
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NZ$17.15
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Mariner Books Classics, October 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This wonderfully maintained paperback looks unread with no spine creases and minimal shelf wear. Item Price
NZ$17.15
The Edge of The Sea
by CARSON, Rachel
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- Used
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- 1956
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Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
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NZ$51.44
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1956. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 276 pages. An earlier book from the author of the seminal "Silent Spring." Features illustrations by Bob Hines. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards and in an about very good dust jacket with some edge tears, chips and wear. Item Price
NZ$51.44
