From R. F. Cooke 17 November 1874
50a, Albemarle Street, London, W.
Nov 17 1874
My dear Sir
The price of your new edition was highly approved of by the booksellers & at 12/- very few would have been sold.1
| 1350 | Descent 1 Vol 9/- |
| 600 | Origin 1 Vol 7/6 |
| 136 | Naturalist 1 Vol 9/- |
| 7 | Expression 1 Vol 12/-2 |
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
C. Darwin Esq
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
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.
Summary
Booksellers approve of [9s] price for 2d edition of Descent. 1350 copies were sold at annual sale.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9721
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 443
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9721,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9721.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
