From John Murray 3 November 1874
50a, Albemarle Street, London. W.
November 3 1874
Darwin Present Stock
570 | DARWIN’S (Charles) Journal of Researches into the Natural History of the Countries visited during a Voyage round the World. Eleventh Thousand. Post 8vo. 9s.1 |
700 | ——Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth Edition. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d. |
Nil | ——Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. With Illustrations. 2 Vols. 8vo. 28s. |
Nil | ——Descent of Man, and on Selection in Relation to Sex. With Illustrations. 2 Vols. Crown 8vo. 24s. |
2150 | ——Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 12s. |
Nil | ——Fertilization of Orchids through Insect Agency, and as to the good of Intercrossing. Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 9s. |
471 | ——Fact and Argument for Darwin. By Fritz Muller. With numerous Illustrations and Additions by the Author. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 6s.2 |
My Dear Sir
Your wishes regarding copies of New Edition of Descent of Man shall be attended to.3
Above you have present state of Stock of your various works.4 Expression at a dead stand still.— curious!5
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Chas Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Journal of researches (1870): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. By Charles Darwin. New edition. London: John Murray. 1870.
Summary
Statement of stock on hand of CD’s works.
Expression, curiously, at a dead stand-still.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9707
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 441
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9707,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9707.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22