The Formation Of Vegetable Mould Through The Action Of Worms

Later American edition, half morocco boards (red leather, marbled), in good condition, small owner inscription on f.p.e.p., otherwise text and binding very good and tight; top edge gilt, pages have yellowed somewhat with age, corners bumped, spine showing wear, more so at the head. A presentable copy. NOTE: This last book is outside the main stream of Darwin's work, and reverts to his earlier geological interests. He had indeed published papers on mould in 1838 and in 1840. The work appeared in America in 1882, some copies being in the U.S.A. form of the International Scientific Series, although no work wholly by Darwin was published in the English series put out by King and later by Kegan Paul. After a long gap, since an American printing of 1915, an important edition, with an introduction by Sir Albert Howard, appeared in 1945 and has been reprinted three times since. A Brussels facsimile of the second thousand appeared in 1969. Translations into French, German, Italian and Russian appeared before the end of 1882, but Armenian in 1896 seems to have been the only language added since. [notes above obtained from 'www.darwin-online.org.uk']