From D. Appleton & Co. to Asa Gray 1 September 1870
Sept 1st, 1870
Statement of Sales of Darwin Origin of Species to Sept 1st, 1870 By D. Appleton & Co. | |||
for account of Asa Gray1 | |||
On hand last account, | 433 | On hand this date, | 521 |
Printed since, | 500 | Given away | |
Sold to date, | 412 | ||
933 | 933 | ||
Sold 412 Copies @ 250 Rate 5% | $51.50 | ||
Febry 1/70 Balance | 298.99 | ||
Balance Sept/70 | 350.49 | ||
Value in Sterling | |||
Exch @ 110 Gold 117 | £ 62.5.2 |
Footnotes
This statement gives sales figures for the US edition of Origin. Gray had negotiated the original terms of publication of the book with Appleton & Co. (see Correspondence vol. 8, Appendix IV).
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7313
- From
- Asa Gray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 87
- Physical description
- D 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7313,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7313.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
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