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From:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov 1872
Source of text:
DAR 171: 431
Summary:

Quandary caused by Heliotype Company’s failure to deliver enough plates for Expression because of a strike. Murray’s now has 7000 books and only 3000 sets of plates.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Date:
20 Nov [1872]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 288
Summary:

Discusses production of plates [for Expression].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Nov 1872
Source of text:
DAR 171: 432
Summary:

Murray’s must publish [Expression] tomorrow with only 4000 copies, because plates for 3000 additional copies have not yet been delivered. The trade and public will be dissatisfied. It may be advisable to get police to defend the house.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project