From R. F. Cooke 12 February 1872
Summary
Sends first copy of new [6th] edition of Origin. Expenses have been much higher than estimated because of extensive revisions. 3000 copies retailing at 6s would yield only £100 profit. Suggests fixing price at 7s 6d.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 407 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8209 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … for an even lower price (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter from John Murray, 31 May [ …
- … letter to John Murray, 23 April [1871] ). CD had added a new chapter, ‘Miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection’ to Origin 6th ed. ( Origin 6th ed. , pp. 168–204); it included material that had been in several different places in earlier editions, as well as much new content. John Murray had suggested a price …
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Author
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| John Murray |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| John Murray | (1) |
