Under the Sea-Wind: A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life

Title: Under the Sea-Wind: A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean LifeAuthor: Carson, Rachel L.Publication: New York: Oxford University Press, 1952.Description: Rachel Carson's first book. Previously published in 1941 and reissued in this "new edition with corrections" by Oxford University Press, in response to the popularity of Carson's "The Sea Around Us." First Oxford University Press printing. Black-and-white illustrations. Bound in full black cloth over boards, stamped in silver, with decorative blue and white endpapers. In blue pictorial dust jacket, with black and white lettering. No price on dust jacket, as is common for Oxford University Press. 8 x 5.5 inches; [6], 314 pages. Binding with mild edgewear, interior with light toning and small abrasion to half-title, and dust jacket with moderate creasing and chipping (largest chip about 0.25 x 0.5 inch). Very Good+ in a Very Good jacket. An attractive copy with the blue of the dust jacket still bright.