From Charles Layton 20 March 1877
16 Little Britain (City)
March 20/77
Charles Darwin Esq
Dear Sir
I enclose cheque on Union Bank for £42.2.4 in payment of above a/c, a receipt will oblige | Yours Respectfully | Charles Layton | Agt D. Appleton & Co1
[Enclosure]
Sales by D. Appleton & Co to Feby 1/77 for a/c Chas Darwin
Origin of Species | ||||||||||||
1876 | Feby 1. | On hand | 287 | |||||||||
Printed since | 750 | |||||||||||
Feby | 1/77 | on hand | 310 | |||||||||
sold | 727 | 5% of $2 $72.70 | ||||||||||
Expression of Emotions | ||||||||||||
Feby | 1/76 | On hand | 1371 | |||||||||
Feby | 1/77 | " | 1310 | |||||||||
sold | 61 10% of $350. 21.35 | |||||||||||
Descent of Man | ||||||||||||
Feby | 1/76 | on hand | 83 | |||||||||
Mch. | Printed 1 Vol Ed | 500 583 | ||||||||||
Feby | 1/77 | On hand | 1 | Vol | Ed | 158 | ||||||
2 | " | " | 00 | |||||||||
Ed short | 8 | |||||||||||
Damaged | 3 | |||||||||||
sold | 414 10% of | $2 82.80 | ||||||||||
Found | $ 176.85 | |||||||||||
Insectivorous Plants | ||||||||||||
Feby | 1/76 | On hand | 682 | |||||||||
" | 1/77 | " | 475 | sold 207 10% of $2 | 41.40 | |||||||
$218.252 | ||||||||||||
Stg value Exch 110 Gold 106 £42.2.4 | ||||||||||||
Feby | 1/77, | On hand | 1 | vol | Ed | 158 | ||||||
2 | " | " | 00 | |||||||||
Ed short | 8 | |||||||||||
Damaged | 3 | |||||||||||
sold | 414 | 10% of $2 | 82.80 | |||||||||
Found | $ 176.85 |
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Descent 2d US ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. New York: D. Appleton. 1875.
Expression US ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1873.
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.
Insectivorous plants US ed. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1875.
Origin 3d US ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. From the 6th London edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1873.
Summary
Encloses statement of sales for Origin, Expression, Descent and Insectivorous plants and sends a cheque for the balance due to CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10907
- From
- Charles James (Charles) Layton; D. Appleton & Co
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Little Britain, 16
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 99
- Physical description
- ALS 1p encl
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10907,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10907.xml