From D. Appleton & Co. 1 August 1872
Statement of Sales of Origin of Species1
for account of Chas Darwin
On hand last account, 645 On hand this date, 522
Printed since, … 1000
Given away,
Sold to date, … 1123
1645 1645
Sold 1123 Copies @ 2$ Rate 5% $112.30
Descent of Man
On hand last account, 2335 On hand this date, 1662
Printed since 2000 Given away, …
Sold to date, … 2673
4335 4335
Sold 2673 Copies @2$ Rate 10% $534 60
* 646 90
Value in Stg Exch 110 Gold 1142
£ 116.1.5
Charles Darwin| Aug. 1/72
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Statement of sales of U. S. editions of Origin and Descent.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8443
- From
- D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 90
- Physical description
- D 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8443,” accessed on 24 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8443.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20