Captain Robert Fitzroy Charles Darwin (3 results)

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

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.