From R. F. Cooke 15 July 1880
50A, Albemarle St. | W.
July 15, 1880
My dear Sir
Your new work is calculated to run to 600 pages, which is a good deal more than any of yr previous ones.1
Do you wish to publish this at your own expense or do you wish Mr Murray to undertake it on the usual terms?
I think you may fairly print off 1000 copies as we shall be able to dispose of those sooner or later.2
I calculate that the expenses of 1000 copies will be about £300. & if these are sold (& the retail price is fixed at 12/) they may produce from £75 to £100.
But 12/- is a less price than we have generally fixed on your works. It might be 15/-3
Do you wish a set of stereotype plates to be sent to Messrs. Appleton;?4
Have you returned any sheets to Messrs. Clowes5 for press?
We might print off 1250 No instead of 1000 No & then distribute the type.
Let me know your views & wishes.| Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
We must not use quite so thick a paper this time
CD annotations6
Footnotes
Bibliography
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.
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Movement in plants will be 600 pages. Does CD wish to publish at own expense or on the usual terms with Murray? Estimates expense of printing and possible profit.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12654
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 506
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12654,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12654.xml
