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[Biology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] vii [1] 326 [2], publisher's advertisement to rear. With numerous in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth, boards blind-ruled, gilt titles to spine. Brown endpapers. With a loose photograph included. Minor, infrequent spotting, mostly to front and rear blanks. Hinges starting. A few faint white marks to boards, spine toned, joints lightly rubbed, gentle edgewear. Very good. Darwin's last published scientific work surrounding the activity of earthworms and how they gradually, by passing soil - or vegetable mould, through their digestive systems over and over again, literally form the ground we walk on.

This book by Charles Darwin, published in 1881, investigates the role of earthworms in the process of soil formation and the decomposition of organic material, presenting detailed research on their behavior and effects on plant growth.