From John Murray 25 October [1866]
Summary
Under circumstances [reluctance of Ticknor & Fields to compete with Appleton], best course is to offer Appleton the 250 copies [of 4th English edition of Origin].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 339 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5255 |
To John Murray 16 October [1866]
Summary
Arrangements for woodcuts [in Variation]. Hopes to be ready to print early in 1867.
Encloses letter from Asa Gray [5160] about Appleton’s refusal to alter their plates for a new edition of Origin.
CD asks JM to consider Gray’s plan to have the English edition compete with the American.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 16 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 147–148) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5245 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Murray, John (b) …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 15 October 1866 and nn. 1 and 2. George Brettingham Sowerby Jr had made illustrations for some of CD’s other works (see Correspondence vols. 5 and 9). For CD’s interest in having Sowerby contribute illustrations to Variation , see the letter to John Murray, …
From John Murray 18 October [1866]
Summary
JM states he will publish [Variation] on same basis as Origin, i.e., paying CD two-thirds of the profits.
In response to Asa Gray’s suggestion, he could supply Ticknor & Fields with 250 copies [of Origin, 4th ed.] at half-price.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5246 |
To John Murray 23 October [1866]
Summary
A letter from Asa Gray informs CD that Ticknor & Fields will not publish a new edition of Origin to compete with Appleton’s unrevised edition. They recommend sending copies of the English edition for the American market.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 151–152) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5253 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 16 October [1866]
Summary
Hopes to begin printing Variation at the beginning of next year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 16 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5244 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 15 October 1866
Summary
The blocks [for Variation] have been forwarded to Murray.
WBT has been corresponding with Prof. Newton.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5243 |
| letter | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Murray, John (b) | (2) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Murray, John (b) | (2) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Murray, John (b) | (4) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (2) |
