From R. F. Cooke 29 May 1875
Summary
Asks whether enclosure [missing] has the correct title of Insectivorous plants.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 454 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10001 |
From R. F. Cooke 26 June 1875
Summary
Sends first copy of Insectivorous plants to CD. Price must be 15s.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 June 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 455 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10031 |
From R. F. Cooke 28 June 1875
Summary
Agrees to price Insectivorous plants at 14s.
Has CD quoted a price for stereotype plates to D. Appleton?
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 June 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 458 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10034 |
From R. F. Cooke 3 July 1875
Summary
CD’s pessimistic view [of prospective sale of Insectivorous plants] is to blame for the small printing. Murray’s printed only 1250 copies and sold 1700. A thousand more have been ordered.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 July 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 456 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10040 |
From R. F. Cooke 16 July 1875
Summary
The second printing of 1000 copies [of Insectivorous plants] has sold out. Will print 750 more [3000 in all]. Mudie’s Library and Simpkin & Co. have ordered more copies.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 July 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 457 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10071 |
From R. F. Cooke 29 July 1875
Summary
Sends CD specimen pages, with two different type spacings, for Climbing plants.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 July 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 459 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10100 |
From R. F. Cooke 31 July 1875
Summary
RC will confer with printer about type, etc., for reprint of Variation.
Only 250 copies remain of [2d ed. of] Descent – will print 1000 more for annual sale.
Expression does not move.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 July 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 460 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10105 |
From R. F. Cooke 3 August 1875
Summary
Murray is willing to make same arrangement with D. Appleton for Climbing plants as for Insectivorous plants.
There will be no difficulty about corrections for reprint of Descent, providing new matter fills same space as old.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Aug 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 461 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10107 |
From R. F. Cooke 5 October 1877
Summary
About 150 copies remain of Forms of flowers.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Oct 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 491 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11170 |
From R. F. Cooke 12 October 1877
Summary
Another issue of Origin will be needed for Murray’s annual sale. Has CD any corrections?
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Oct 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 492 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11181 |
From R. F. Cooke 17 October 1877
Summary
Electrotypes and heliotypes can now be sent to Hjalmar Linnström, since payment is guaranteed by the Swedish Consul.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Oct 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 493 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11187 |
From R. F. Cooke 23 November 1877
Summary
Two thousand more copies of Origin to be printed. Has CD any corrections to make?
Type for Cross and self-fertilisation, Orchids, and Forms of flowers must now be broken up. If CD does not object, Murray will have stereotypes made of the three works. Asks for any corrections CD may want embodied.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Nov 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 494 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11250 |
From R. F. Cooke 29 November 1877
Summary
Answers CD’s query about number of copies of Origin recently printed. Order to print 2000, rather than 1000, was given after JM’s annual sales showed demand was keeping up.
Cross and self-fertilisation will be stereotyped after CD’s corrections have been made.
Printer will be asked to keep type of Forms of flowers standing, for the present.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Nov 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 496 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11260 |
From R. F. Cooke 1 December 1877
Summary
Reprint of Origin will bring number to 19500 – so title-page may safely read "Twentieth Thousand".
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Dec 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 498 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11264 |
From R. F. Cooke 13 December 1877
Summary
Messrs Clowes will make CD’s corrections and adjust index of Cross and self-fertilisation. Of this work only 1500 copies have been printed. Edition is sold out and account is enclosed.
Of 500 copies of Climbing plants [2d ed.] printed in June 1876, 450 were still unsold as of June 1877.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Dec 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 499, DAR 210.11: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11278 |
From R. F. Cooke 26 February 1878
Summary
Asks CD’s opinion on number of copies to be printed of Cross and self-fertilisation [2d ed.]. Now that it is revised, they will stereotype.
Type of Forms of flowers stands, awaiting CD’s corrections, before stereotyping and printing of more copies.
RC regrets delay in supply of Origin.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Feb 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 500 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11376 |
From R. F. Cooke 27 November 1878
Summary
Sends report on annual trade sale [missing]. New printings of Journal of researches and Descent are needed.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Nov 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 501 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11764 |
From R. F. Cooke 6 September 1879
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Sept 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B5–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12219 |
From R. F. Cooke 11 September 1879
Summary
On cost of the portrait of Dr Darwin, for Erasmus Darwin.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Sept 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 502 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12226 |
From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1879
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B3–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12270 |
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