DAY 1: Historical, Medical, Scientific, Rare Books & Native American, DAY 2: American, European, Modern & Jewelry
Wed, Feb 11, 2026 09:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 329
Rachel Carson & Jacques Cousteau Nine First Editions
Estimate: $200 - $400
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $200 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $50,000 |
Rachel Carson. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. 1962 First Edition. First Printing. Dust Jacket. The Edge of the Sea. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition Second Printing (October 1955). Dust Jacket. Under the Sea Wind. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1941. No Jacket. First Edition of Carson's first book.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau The Silent World (with Frederic Dumas). Harper & Brothers New York. First Edition A-C. Dust Jacket. Diving For Sunken Treasure. Doubleday & Company. 1971. First American Edition. Dust Jacket. The Shark. Doubleday & Company. New York. 1970. Dust Jacket. The Whale. Doubleday & Company. New York. 1972. First American Edition. The Living Sea. Harper & Row. 1963. Publisher's code W. Dust Jacket priced at $6.50 and 0463 at bottom. To Hidden Depths. By Captain Philippe Tailliez. Introductory note by J. Y. Cousteau. E.P. Dutton. New York. 1954. First Edition. Dust Jacket.
Condition
All volumes are in very good used condition, with some tears and minor losses/folds to dust jackets, age darkening to the non-glossy texts. A significant collection of seminal early ecological works by two of the pioneers.
Shipping/Pickup
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