THE SEA AROUND US Correct First State Book Club de Carson, Rachel L - 1951

Oxford University Press: NY. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Scarce first state book club edition. Book is very good, Former owner bookplate on front fly. Pictorial boards are lightly rubbed, white lettering on spine has moderate age tone. First issue points for the book: First thus ed. Title page states: NEW YORK OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1951 Copyright page states at bottom: Copyright 1950, 1951 by Rachel L. Carson Printed in the United States of America, by H. Wolff, New York. The boards are not later state glossy. Book is 8 3/8 inches tall; straight cut page edges. The pictorial boards were easily rubbed and damaged and were not acceptable to Carson. These dull board, reviewer copies are the first state of this ed. Oxford University Press had all remaining copies of the 1st printing rebound in a glossy “plasticized” paper over the boards. The boards were still pictorial and mimicked the dust jacket. The second state of the 1st printing is characterized by these highly glossy boards (print run unknown) ". 1951 National Book Award to Rachel Carson For the Sea Around Us. 'Rachael Carson's The Sea Around Us brings to the attention of the public a hitherto unconsidered field of scientific inquiry of great importance to the spiritual and material economy of mankind. It is a work of scientific accuracy, presented with poetic imagination, and such clarity of style and originality of approach as to win and hold every reader's attention. ' Oxford University Press. 114 Fifth Avenue New York 11, N. Y. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo; 230 pages .