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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 58 Gold 11712 £ 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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