From R. F. Cooke 14 December 1875
50A, Albemarle Street, London. W.
Decr. 14 1875
My dear Sir
As near as I can ascertain, we shall have remaining, (after supplying all our present orders) about
130 Climbing Plants &
100 Origin of Species
so I think on yr return home, it would be well for you to let Clowes have any corrections which you want made.1
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
P.S. while writing this Messrs. Longman & Co2 have sent up for 25 copies of Climbing Plants, so that is reduced almost to 100
Footnotes
Bibliography
Climbing plants 2d ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
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 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Copies remaining in stock of Climbing plants [2d ed.], 105,
and Origin [6th ed.], 100.
CD should send the printer any corrections he wants made before reprinting.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10297
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 480
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10297,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10297.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
