From John Murray 25 October [1866]1
50A Albemarle St. | W.
Oct 25
My Dear Sir
Under the circumstances considering Mess. T & F’s position the best course for me to pursue perhaps is to ask D Appletons Co. agent here if he is willing to take the 250 copies new Edn. as proposed— if not agreed to we must trust to a certain demand for single copies from the US2
Had I contemplated sending away 250 copies, I wd have printed more than 1250 for this Editn 3
My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
I thank you for your kind & considerate letter of Oct 204
Ch Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
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
Under circumstances [reluctance of Ticknor & Fields to compete with Appleton], best course is to offer Appleton the 250 copies [of 4th English edition of Origin].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5255
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 339
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5255,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5255.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14