From D. Appleton & Co. to Asa Gray 1 February 1868
Statement of Sales of Darwin’s Origin of Species1 | 1st Feby 1868
by D. APPLETON & CO. for account of Asa Gray
| On hand last account.... | 148 | On hand this date.... | 350 |
| Printed since.... .... . | 500 | Given away.... .... | |
| Sold to date .... .... | 298 | ||
| 648 | 648 | ||
| Sold 298 Copies. $250 Rate 5% | $ 37.25 | ||
| Jany 1/67 By Balance | 115.86 | ||
| $153.11 | |||
Footnotes
This statement gives sales figures for the US edition of Origin. Gray had negotiated the original terms of publication of the book with Appleton & Co. (see Correspondence vol. 8, Appendix IV). Gray may have enclosed the statement in his letter of 24 February 1868, or his letter of 25 February [1868].
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5833
- From
- D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Asa Gray
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 82
- Physical description
- D 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5833,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5833.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
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