To John Murray 13 November 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov 13th 1872
My dear Mr Murray
Many thanks for the 210£ for the last reprint of the Origin. The next thousand, as there will be much less outlay, will give us both larger proportional profit.—1 I am heartily glad it has gone off so well, & will I hope sell moderately for some years to come.
With respect to the Expression Book, I am not short of money, & it will be fairer for me, & I hope quite convenient to yourself to defer paying me till you actually receive payment from the Bookseller for half or of the copies printed, & then let me have the of profit whatever it may amount to.— I am extremely pleased at the success of the book, as far as sale is concerned, & as far as I hear of the opinion of my friends. At some time hence please let me hear how many copies are struck off—
My dear Mr. Murray | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
To | J. Murray Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
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
Thanks JM for £210 on last reprint of Origin [6th ed.]. Pleased by its sale
and by the success of Expression.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8623
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 291–2)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8623,” accessed on 21 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8623.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20