From Charles Layton 24 September 1880
D. Appleton & Co. | Publishers | Booksellers & Importers. | 549 & 551, Broadway, | New York. | Foreign Agency |16, Little Britain, E.C. | London
Sept. 24 1880
Charles Darwin Esq
Dear Sir
I enclose a/c Sales of your Books from New York, with cheque on Union Bank for £24.4.11 in payment— a receipt will oblige1
Yours Respectfully | Charles Layton | Agent D. Appleton & Co
[Enclosure]
Statement of sales of Origi⟨n⟩ of Species2 to Aug 1st, 1880 by D. APPLETON & CO. ⟨for account of⟩ Chas Darwin
On hand last account, 523 On hand this day ⟨290⟩
Pri⟨n⟩ted since, ⟨Gi⟩ven away,
Ed over ⟨1⟩ Sold to date, ⟨234⟩
Est
524
s⟨o⟩l⟨d⟩ 234. c⟨opies⟩ ⟨ ⟩
Climbing plants
F⟨e⟩by 1/80 On han⟨d⟩ 366
Aug 1 ⟨3⟩23
⟨sold under cost⟩ 10
⟨Sold⟩ 33 10% ⟨ ⟩
O⟨rchids⟩
Feby 1/80 ⟨on hand⟩ 47⟨6⟩
Aug 1— 456
⟨sol⟩d under cost 10
Sold ⟨10⟩ ⟨ ⟩
Different forms of Flowers
Feby 1/79 on hand 504
Aug 1. — 48⟨2⟩
sold ⟨22⟩ ⟨ ⟩
⟨23.59⟩
⟨Cross Fer⟩tilization Forwd $32.58
⟨Feby 1/80⟩ On hand 258
⟨Aug 1/80⟩ " 217
sold under cost 15
Sold 26. 10% of $2 $5.20
⟨Expressio⟩n of Emotions
⟨Feby 1⟩/80 at hand 944
⟨Aug 1/80⟩ 897
⟨Sol⟩d 47 10% of $3⟨.50⟩ 16.45
⟨De⟩scent ⟨of⟩ Man
⟨Feby 1/80 292⟩
⟨Aug 1/80 75⟩
⟨Sold 217 105⟩ of $3, 65.1⟨0⟩
⟨Insect⟩ivorous Pla⟨nts⟩
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Climbing plants US ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition, revised. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1876.
Cross and self fertilisation US ed.: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1877.
Descent 2d US ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. New York: D. Appleton. 1875.
Expression US ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1873.
Forms of flowers US ed.: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1877.
Insectivorous plants US ed. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1875.
Orchids 2d US ed.: The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1877.
Origin 3d US ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. From the 6th London edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1873.
Summary
Encloses statement of U. S. sales of CD’s works to 1 Aug 1880 and a cheque for the balance due to CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12725
- From
- Charles James (Charles) Layton; D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Little Britain, 16
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 106, 108
- Physical description
- ALS 1p, encl 2pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12725,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12725.xml
