From D. Appleton & Co. 11 October 1875
549 & 551 Broadway, | New York.
Oct 11/75
Charles Darwin Esq
Dear Sir
We have at last succeeded in negociating with Judd & Co. for the plates of yr. work on “Animals & Plants under Domestication” paying them 350$. and allowing them 50% discount on 150 copies of the new Edn.1 This is a considerable sum as we can make no use of the plates yet we felt it was for yr. advantage, as well as our own to have all yr. works together. We hope the casts of the plates of the new edition to be furnished by Mr Murray will not exceed the cost of the taking the casts of plates & letter press.2
Messrs. Judd made a very small sale of the work & suffered very considerable loss by the undertaking.3 We shall be glad to know how soon the new edn. will appear | We remain | very faithfully | & truly | D. Appleton & Co
P.S. We will add that in our negociation with Messrs. Judd we stated you did not wish to interfere with their rights, but you wd. be glad for the change if they could see it was for their interest— All was amicable & kind. Yrs. DA & Co
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Has secured rights to Variation from Judd & Co.; had to pay $350 [dollars or pounds!?] for old plates and promise 50% discount on 150 copies of the new edition. Hopes Murray’s charge for plates of new edition will not exceed cost of doing the work in the U. S. Judd lost out considerably from small sale of his edition.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10189
- From
- D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- New York
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 96
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10189,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10189.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23