8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "From the Author" in Murray's clerk's hand on the half title, autograph note signed ("Ch. Darwin") tipped in informing the addressee that he has asked his publisher to send him a copy of the book, "which I hope that you will accept", press clipping loosely inserted, original blind stamped green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, collector's folding box, binding rubbed, some wear to endpapers

"Masters", pencil inscription on front free endpapers

The inscription "Masters" may suggest this copy was presented to the botanist Maxwell Tylden Masters, who reviewed Insectivorous Plants in The Gardener's Chronicle.