From R. F. Cooke 16 November 1871
50a, Albemarle Street, London, W.
Nov. 16 1871
My dear Sir
We sold nearly 600 copies of the “Descent of Man” at our Trade Sale on Friday last & we have in stock about 120.
The type is standing & we propose to work off 750 or 1000, as you think best. Perhaps the latter No wd. be desirable, as it wd. give you more time to correct the work.
After this reprint I think we must allow Clowes to distribute the type & as we cannot expect the edition to go off rapidly Mr. Murray proposes to defer payment to you until the expenses of the work have been defrayed.1
I hope you are in good health now | Yours very faithfully | Robt. Cooke
We sold also
65 Animals & Plants
&
160 Voyage2
Chas. Darwin Esq
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.
Journal of researches 2d ed.: 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. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Almost 600 copies of Descent sold at trade sale, with 120 left in stock. Suggests printing another 1000 to give more time for correcting the work for 2d edition.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8071
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 405
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8071,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8071.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
