From D. Appleton & Co. to Asa Gray 1 February 1868
Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 1 Feb 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5833 |
From Asa Gray 7 August 1866
Summary
Appleton’s will not print a new edition of Origin.
AG has read sheets of new English edition [4th] and is much pleased by the passage on Richard Owen in the historical sketch.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Aug 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 153 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5184 |
To R. F. Cooke 1 September [1875]
Summary
Thanks RC for his kind note. It was only Climbing plants for which he wanted the proofs to have wide margins. Wishes he understood more about printing. It would be a great convenience to authors if exterior margins of proofs were broad.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 1 Sept [1875] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 328–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10147 |
From D. Appleton & Co. 16 August 1875
Summary
Accepts offer of stereotype plates from Murray for Climbing plants, and will give same terms.
Has only just made Insectivorous plants ready. Long and favourable review just appeared in Times.
Wants to publish Variation and so will approach Judd & Co. [publishers of first U. S. edition (1868)].
Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Aug 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: A95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10121 |
From D. Appleton & Co. 18 February 1876
Summary
Encloses statement of sales of Origin, Expression, Descent, and Insectivorous plants to 1 Feb 1876.
Has charged against CD’s account half the cost of old plates from Judd for Variation. When will plates for new edition be sent?
Insectivorous plants not selling well because of general depression in business.
Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Feb 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 98 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10401 |
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- … 1868; they had not used stereotypes from CD’s publisher, John Murray , for their edition since they wanted the text in their own preferred format. Before publishing the second US edition, D. Appleton & …
- … D. Appleton & Co. 1875. Variation 2d ed. : The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From C. A. Kennard 26 December 1881
Summary
The author of a paper on the inferiority of women has cited CD’s Origin as her authority. CK wishes to know if she has satisfactorily represented CD’s views.
Author: | Caroline Augusta Smith; Caroline Augusta Kennard |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 201: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13579 |
From D. Appleton & Co. 11 October 1875
Summary
Has secured rights to Variation from Judd & Co.; had to pay $350 [dollars or pounds!?] for old plates and promise 50% discount on 150 copies of the new edition. Hopes Murray’s charge for plates of new edition will not exceed cost of doing the work in the U. S. Judd lost out considerably from small sale of his edition.
Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10189 |
To John Murray 26 September 1870
Summary
Wants sheets [of Descent] for foreign editions. Asks JM to determine price to be charged for the stereotypes of 62 cuts. Dallas would be excellent for the index but must be "civilly warned" not to delay. Encloses memo on the index.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 26 Sept 1870 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 214–17) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7327 |
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- … D. Appleton. 1870. Variation : The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
- … D. Appleton & Co ( Origin 2d US ed. ; see the two letters from E. L. Youmans, 25 September 1870 ). The German edition of Descent was Carus trans. 1871. The reference is to Brehm et al. 1864–9. For a list of the plates from Brehm used in Descent , see Correspondence vol. 16, letter from Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 31 December 1868 …
From Asa Gray 18 July 1866
Summary
Appleton’s cannot alter their plates so as to reproduce revised work [Origin, 4th ed.]. Has made it clear that CD could not do otherwise than object strenuously to course they intend to pursue, and has asked them to return the sheets. Wishes CD’s publisher would supply U. S. market with large numbers of copies, as the English edition could well compete with any American one. Encloses [statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin to 1 February 1866].
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 July 1866 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 149–150); DAR 159: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5160 |
From D. Appleton & Co 23 November 1875
Summary
Can cut the electros from the plates of the illustrations for the new edition of Variation if they are the same as in the first edition.
Has received plates for Climbing plants and will print immediately.
Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Nov 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 97 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10271 |
From Peter Henderson 16 December 1876
Summary
His long experience with propagation of Cytisus and other "sports".
Author: | Peter Henderson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Dec 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 141 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10725 |
From Edward Livingston Youmans 25 September 1870
Summary
Concerning an American edition of Descent by Appleton’s.
Author: | Edward Livingston Youmans |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Sept 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 183: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7324 |
From R. F. Cooke 8 October 1875
Summary
Canestrini still owes £10 from 1869 for electros of 1st edition [of Variation].
RC has urged Clowes on with printing of Variation [2d ed.],
but with Climbing plants [2d ed.] ready, it need not be done before the annual sale.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 471 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10187 |
From Orange Judd & Co 21 April 1869
Summary
Reports on the sales of Variation; discusses the difficulties of inserting additions and corrections.
Author: | Orange Judd & Co. |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Apr 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 173: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6709 |
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- … 1868 . For works expected to require reprinting publishers usually printed by creating fixed metallic plates, or stereotypes; the text for each page was cast from a mould and was therefore virtually unchangeable. CD evidently asked the publisher whether they would be interested in publishing an American edition of the fifth edition of Origin ; he finished making corrections for the fifth edition on 10 February 1869 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 17, Appendix II)). The publishing firm D. Appleton & …
To Alexander Agassiz 10 September [1871 or 1873]
Summary
Discusses exchange of books.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Agassiz |
Date: | 10 Sept [1871 or 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7932 |
From Asa Gray 25 February [1868]
Summary
AG is not surprised at popularity of CD’s Variation. Gives some corrections for next edition.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 162 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5928 |
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To J. D. Hooker 17 March [1863]
Summary
Lyell’s Antiquity of man lacks originality.
Statements in Lyell provoke CD to determine exact publication date of Origin and JDH’s introductory essay [to Flora Tasmaniae].
CD now believes in repeated periods of global cooling and migration.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 187 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4048 |
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- … D. Appleton. 1860. Prete, Frederick R. 1990. The conundrum of the honey bees: one impediment to the publication of Darwin’s theory. Journal of the History of Biology 23: 271–90. Variation : The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
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CCD intro in Commentary
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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …