From John Murray 12 November [1872]1
50, Albemarle St. | W.
Novr 12
My Dear Sir
The price of your book on Expression is s12/- not a dear one considering the cost of the Illustrations—2 In a week or two I shall be prepared to make you an offer for the Edition of this work— Meanwhile, it may be proper to clear off my debt for the 3000 Copies printed last month of the Origin of Species, & by my Sale now nearly exhausted—3
I find that the amount of profit when all are sold, will be £310—& I have the pleasure to enclose you a cheque for Two Hundred Guineas—
I have taken no steps about the Italian Translation.4
Mr Appleton of the Academy was furnished with a copy of your book by me on the 4th of November5
I remain | My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Charles Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Ekman, Paul. 1998. Introduction, afterword, and commentary to the third edition of The expression of the emotions in man and animals, by Charles Darwin. London: HarperCollins Publishers.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
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.
Prodger, Phillip. 2009. Darwin’s camera: art and photography in the theory of evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Summary
Price of Expression is 12s.
Sends cheque to pay CD his share of profits on Origin [6th ed.].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8622
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 430
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8622,” accessed on 29 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8622.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
