From D. Appleton & Co. [1 August – 15 September 1877]1
Sales by D. Appleton & Co to Aug 1/77 of “Origin of Species” for a/c Chas Darwin | |||||||
Febry 1/77. | On hand | 310 | |||||
May | Printed | 250 | |||||
Ed over | 6 | ||||||
Aug 1/77. | On hand | 307 | |||||
Sold | 259 | . | 5% of $2. | $25.90 | |||
deduct copyright on 34 sold under cost—is | $1.70 | ||||||
$24.20 | |||||||
Expression of Emotions | |||||||
Feb 1/77. | On hand | 1310 | |||||
Aug 1/77 | " | 1184 | |||||
sold | 126 | . | 10% of $3.50 | $44.10 | |||
deduct copyright on % sold under cost, 17 | $1.22 | 42.88 | |||||
Descent of Man | |||||||
Feb 1/77 | On hand | 158 | |||||
Mch | Printed | 500 | |||||
Aug 1/77 | on hand | 472 | . | ||||
Sold | 186 | 10% of $2 | $37.20 | ||||
deduct copyright on 15 sold under cost 1.50 | 35.70 | ||||||
$102.78 | |||||||
Stg value of $10278 Exch 48888. Gold 105 £19.18.62 | |||||||
Insectivorous Plants. No sales to report in consequence of an Error of 100 copies in stock on hand Feb 1/77—reported as 475—should have been 575—sales should ⟨have⟩ been 107 instead of 207 |
Footnotes
The date range is established by the date of the statement and by the date when CD recorded receiving payment (see n. 2, below).
CD recorded a payment on 15 September 1877 of £19 18s 6d in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS) under the heading ‘Appleton per Ch Layton for sale of my Books in U. States.’ Charles Layton was the London agent for D. Appleton & Co., CD’s American publisher.
Summary
Statement of U. S. sales of CD’s works.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11089
- From
- D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 159: A100
- Physical description
- D 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11089,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11089.xml
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