The Edge of the Sea

Copyright

FIRST MARINER BOOKS EDITION 1998

Introduction copyright © 1998 by Sue Hubble

Text copyright © 1955 by Rachel L. Carson

Text copyright © renewed 1983 by Roger Christie

Illustrations copyright © 1955 by Robert W. Hines

Illustrations copyright © renewed 1983 by Robert W. Hines

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Carson, Rachel, 1907–1964.

The edge of the sea / by Rachel Carson; with illustrations by

Bob Hines and a new introduction by Sue Hubbell.—

1st Mariner Books ed.

p. cm.

“A Mariner book.”

ISBN-13: 978-0-395-07505-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-395-92496-9 (pbk.)

ISBN-10: 0-395-07505-x ISBN-10: 0-395-92496-0 (pbk.)

1. Seashore biology. I. Hubbell, Sue. II. Tide.

QH95.7.C385 1998

578.769’9—dc21 98-44435 CIP

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

QUM 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

Parts of this book first appeared in The New Yorker.