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From D. Appleton & Co.   1 August 1872

Statement of Sales of Origin of Species1

for account of Chas Darwin

On hand last account, 645 On hand this date, 522

Printed since, … 1000

Given away,

Sold to date, … 1123

1645 1645

Sold 1123 Copies @ 2$ Rate 5% $112.30

Descent of Man

On hand last account, 2335 On hand this date, 1662

Printed since 2000 Given away, …

Sold to date, … 2673

4335 4335

Sold 2673 Copies @2$  Rate 10% $534 60

* 646 90

Value in Stg Exch 110 Gold 1142

£ 116.1.5

Charles Darwin| Aug. 1/72

CD annotations

End of document: ‘Last a/c rendered Febry’3 pencil

Footnotes

This statement gives sales figures for the US editions of Origin and Descent. D. Appleton & Co. had issued a new edition of Origin in 1870 based on the fifth English edition; another edition was printed in 1873, based on the sixth London edition (Freeman 1977).
The value is given in sterling and gold.

Bibliography

Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.

Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.

Summary

Statement of sales of U. S. editions of Origin and Descent.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8443
From
D. Appleton & Co
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
unstated
Source of text
DAR 159: 90
Physical description
D 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8443,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8443.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20

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