From D. Appleton & Co. 23 February 1872
New York
Feb 23/72
Dear Sir
We have the pleasure to hand you the a/c of sales of yr books, showing a balance of £427.13.81 The difference charged being the cost of casts if Mr Murray had furnished them & the sum we were obliged to pay him makes some difference in the a/c. As we are unable to pay the percentage of 10% on the gross price unless you can secure the casts through yr London publisher we urge you to insist upon this with all future books— We have printed & sold abt. 2000 of yr old Journal.2
Very faithfully & truly | D. Appleton Co.
We have instructed Mr Layton3 our agent to send you a cheque for above amount
Sales by D Appleton & Co to Feby 1/71 of “Darwin’s Origin of the Species” for a/c of Charles Darwin
| On hand last a/c | 521 | |
| Printed since | 500 | |
| Feby 1. 1871 | ||
| On hand | 502 | |
| Sold to date | 519 | @ $2 5% $51.90 |
| Sales to Feby 1/72 | ||
| On hand Feby 1/71 | 502 | |
| Printed since | 4000 | |
| Feby 1/72 | ||
| On hand | 645 | |
| Sold to date | 3857 | $2 @ 5% 385.70 |
“Descent of Man” to Feby 1/72
| Printed vol 1. | 12.000 | |
| " " 2. | 11.000 | |
| Feby 1/72 | ||
| On hand | 2335 | |
| given away | 225 | |
| sold to date | 20.440 | @ $2 10% 4.088.– |
| Forward $4.525.60 | ||
| Forward $4.525.60 | ||
| On June 1/71 Paid in London by C. Layton £200 value | ||
| in Currency | $1.109.91 | |
| Cost of Composition & Stereotyping here over the cost of Casts of | ||
| the English plates | 1.100 | 2.209.91 |
| $2.315.69 | ||
| Value in Sterling Exch 110 Gold 110 | ||
| £427.13.8 | ||
CD annotations
| ‘428 |
| 22 |
| 350 ’ |
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Descent US ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton. 1871.
Journal of researches US ed. (1871): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin. New edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1871.
Origin 2d US ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. From the fifth London edition, with additions and corrections. New York: D. Appleton. 1870.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Enclosed account has had charged against it difference in costs between type composition in the U. S. and securing stereotype plates from Murray. CD should insist on securing plates from the London publisher of all future books, otherwise Appleton unable to pay 10% of gross price.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8222
- From
- D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- New York
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 89
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8222,” accessed on 30 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8222.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
