From D. Appleton & Co. to Asa Gray 1 February 1870
Statement of Sales of Darwins Origin of Species1 to 1st Feby 1870 by D. Appleton & Co., for account of Asa Gray On hand last account, 70 On hand this date, 433 Printed since, … 1000 Given away
Sold to date, …637
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1070 1070 Sold 637 Copies @ 250 Rate 5% $79.63
Febry 1/69 Balance 219.36
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298.99
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 14 February 1870.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 26 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7093
- From
- D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 86
- Physical description
- 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7093,” accessed on 14 December 2019, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-7093.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
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