To ? 10 March 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Mar 10 1875
Dear Sir
In answer to your obliging letter, I have to inform you that no uniform edition of all my works has appeared in England. The latest editions have been re-published in America, with the exception of the Descent of Man, & that will soon there appear.1
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Descent 2d US ed. was published in 1875. See also Correspondence vol. 23, letter from John Murray, 17 February [1875].
Bibliography
Descent 2d US ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. New York: D. Appleton. 1875.
Summary
No uniform edition of CD’s works has appeared in England.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9882F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 5)
- Physical description
- 1p LS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9882F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9882F.xml
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