The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits
by DARWIN, Charles
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- Hardcover
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1904.. "Thirteenth thousand". 8vo. (viii), 298, (2) pp. Publisher's leaf green cloth, black lettered and decorated to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, New Zealand bookseller's labels to the front pastedown and the jacket spine, mid 20th century ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, the date of the first edition annotated in ink underneath the imprint on the title page. 10 plates. Jacket tanned and worn with small losses, some old repairs on the verso, Uncommon with the jacket. Freeman, 1389. A later issue with the spine title in black.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44332
- Title
- The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits
- Author
- DARWIN, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Murray
- Date Published
- 1904.
- Keywords
- Natural History
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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