3 volumes and Appendix, large 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-titles in volumes 1-3, frontispieces in volume one and 2, 46 plates, charts and maps (16 in volume one, including one folding; 24 in volume 2; 6 in Appendix), 8 folding maps in front pockets (2 in each volume) with dark blue ribbons, tables and woodcuts in the text, original dark blue cloth decorated in blind, lettered in gilt on spine with authors' names and "Colburn | London", bindings somewhat worn, spines faded, hinges split in volumes one and 2, some spotting and browning to folding maps, one folding map a little torn (4)

Bodleian Library, booklabels with shelfmarks (cancelled with "duplicate" stamps, which also appear on some titles)

Freeman 10 (variant a); Grolier, Darwin (2004), p.12

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

FIRST APPEARANCE OF WHAT IS NOW UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. Darwin's section of Fitzroy's Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle was finished  by June 1837 and in print by early 1838. The author hoped there would be "a very remote possibility of my publishing my part before the Captains" (letter to Henslow, 18 May 1837). However, publication was held back until Fitzroy and King's contributions were finished, and the three volumes, plus the appendix to the second volume, appeared in mid-1839.