[NATURAL HISTORY]. DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms with Observations on their Habits. London: John Murray, 1881.
8vo. Several illustrations and diagrams in the text. (Some spotting to title-page and preliminaries.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine slightly darkened, some spotting to upper cover, slight lean, front joint starting, library call number on spine). Provenance: The Grundy Library, Malvern College (bookplate, embossed stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION of Darwin's last published book. Freeman 1357.
[With:] DARWIN. The Formation of Vegetable Mould... London: John Murray, 1881. 8vo. Original green cloth. Second edition.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
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