From R. F. Cooke 3 July 1875
50A, Albemarle Street, London, W.
July 3 1875
My dear Sir
You are to blame. You took such a desponding view of your new work that you made us over cautious & we printed but 1250 Copies, & lo & behold we have sold some 1700 Copies!!!.1
I have ordered Clowes to print off at once 1000 more copies, for fortunately we have kept the type standing.2
If you have detected any errors, let the printers have your corrections as soon as possible.
We have charged Appleton £50 for the Stereotypes, which is the same we did for the Expression, & this is very cheap, as this volume is nearly 3 sheets more.3
What about the enclosed note.4
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
CD’s pessimistic view [of prospective sale of Insectivorous plants] is to blame for the small printing. Murray’s printed only 1250 copies and sold 1700. A thousand more have been ordered.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10040
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 456
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10040,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10040.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23