NMLP P-035467 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms

Charles Darwin · John Murray (London) · 1881

Because of brisk demand Murray printed a 'second thousand' from the same setting of type almost immediately, adding only the words 'Second Thousand' to the title page; the unmarked first-thousand state and the second-thousand state are textually identical and both belong to the same first-edition printing

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035467 for "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms" by Charles Darwin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035467, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).