School stamp to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or rubbed with slight creasing to upper edge. Jacket fully protected in original publisher's sleeve. 237pp.

A comprehensive account of our soil and its interaction with the animals and plants which live in and on it. The author was Director of the Rothamsted Experimantal Station for thirty years.