From John Murray 6 January [1876]1
50, Albemarle St. | W.
Jan 6
My Dear Sir
At last a move has become perceptible in the Expression book. That is to say I cannot supply the demand made at my sale by 40 copies wanted for home use.—
I have therefore ordered 500 plates to be worked:—hitherto an unnecessary expense while the 2000 copies lay dormant in my warehouse— I hope the move may continue—2
The Index of Var. under Dom has been for 2 days in Printers hands—3
Cooke is feeling his way as to the numbers to print so will write you word as soon as he is able to determine.4
I am My Dear Sir | yours faithfully | John Murray
Chas Darwin Esqr
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Murray, John. 1908–9. Darwin and his publisher. Science Progress in the Twentieth Century 3: 537–42.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
At last, Expression is beginning to sell again.
Cooke has not yet decided on number of Variation [2d ed.] to print.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10347
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 481
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10347,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10347.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24