Captain Robert Fitzroy (18 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Slipcase. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. London: Folio Society, 1977. 1st edition thus, F/(slipcase VG+). Book has very little wear. Slipcase has wear to edges of opening (top & bottom). Color frontispiece and 10 textual color plates, map end-papers. 20 page intro by Stanbury. Fitzroy was the Captain of the ship that carried Darwin on his first journey around the globe. Nice copy, 359 pp. AM.

Condition: Good. 1977. No edition remarks. 359 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Brown slipcase. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustration plates. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Slipcase has moderate edge wear with marks on panels and scuffing to edges. One edge split.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Slipcase shows some wear, rubbed along edges.

Slip Case. Condition: Fine. 1st Folio Society. 359pp. Illus. with a colour frontis. and plates throughout. Near mint. Colour illus. boards and spine. Brown slipcase a trifle toned but fine. Printed in Great Britain, by W & J Mackay Limited, Chatham, Kent.

Condition: Very Fine. A very fine, clean and tight copy in slipcase. Third Impression. A very nice copy in like unread condition.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Passages from the Narrative written by Capt John FitzRoy, with additional material by Charles Darwin, Midshipman Philip King and 2nd Lt Bartholomew Sulivan. 359pp illustrated with colour portrait to frontis. Gilt lettering to spine, wraparound illustration to boards and top edges tinted. Minimal marking and surface wear to boards, otherwise very good uninscribed copy. Patterned slipcase has minor wear, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

360pp. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth in slipcase. Colour frontispiece and plates. Sight mark to backstrip. A near fine copy. First edition thus.

Slipcased. Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Full-colour frontis and 11 other full-colour illustrations. In a brown slip case. Slip case has some wear and partial splits along edges. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 359 pp.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Conrad Martens; Various (illustrator). The first thus of this collection of diary entries, letters and reports to share the history of the H. M. S. Beagle. First thus of A Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle edited by David Stanbury in the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase.Being passages from the 'Narrative' written by Captain Robert FitzRoy with extracts from his logs, reports and letters.Also includes material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Phillip King and letters from Batholomew Sulivan.Illustrated with twelve colour plates based from drawings by Conrad Martens. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase. The slipcase is very good indeed with some slight wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Conrad Martens; Various (illustrator). The first thus of this collection of diary entries, letters and reports to share the history of the H. M. S. Beagle. First thus of A Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle edited by David Stanbury in the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase.Being passages from the 'Narrative' written by Captain Robert FitzRoy with extracts from his logs, reports and letters.Also includes material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Phillip King and letters from Batholomew Sulivan.Illustrated with twelve colour plates based from drawings by Conrad Martens. Collated, complete.Prior owner's small doodle to the bottom corner of the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase. The slipcase is very good, the rear board is slightly loose and there is some slight wear to the extremities. To the binding, there is some very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Prior owner's small doodle to the bottom corner of the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. 1979 Folio Society Hardcover 1st Edition 3rd Impression. Fine copy with wonderful cover design & illustration. Complete with slipcase.

VERY GOOD COPY. IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. PASSAGES FROM THE NARRATIVE TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE AUTHOR`S LOGS, REPORTS AND LETTERS; ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FROM THE DIARY AND LETTER OF CHARLES DARWIN, NOTES FROM MIDSHIPMAN PHILIP KING AND LETTERS FROM SECOND LIEUTENANT BARTHOLOMEW SULIVAN. SELECTED AND EDITED BY DAVID STANBURY.

8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispiece, coloured plates and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, gilt back, brown top, a near fine copy in publisher's patterned board slip-case. Loosely inserted is a FDC (10 February 1982) of Charles Darwin stamped for Bournemouth-Poole.

Pp. 308, frontispiece portrait, 8 plates, 2 full page maps, appendix, bibliographical note, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; top edges orange; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip and top edge of front panel faded, with signs of sticker removal near top fore-corner of front panel and two small chips (silverfishing) to the backstrip; Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, [New York], 1968. First U.S. edition. *Includes a study of the influence that Darwin and Fitzroy had on one another.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Clean copy in original slipcase. Ships promptly.

Condition: Poor. No slipcase. Knock at base of spine. Dent at base of first 20 approx pages. Minor tanning and foxing to edge of text block.