To R. F. Cooke   9 November [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S. E. R.

Nov. 9th

My dear Sir

I hope that you & Mr. Murray are satisfied with the sale of my Books.— I am highly pleased; 3012 copies having been sold.—2 Climbing Plants have gone off better than I expected.3

I imagine you will soon have to print another 1000 of Origin;4 if so let me hear, though I do not remember any errata to be amended.

I have heard from Appletons, & in a few days, when you are not so busy, I will write on this matter.—5

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the reference to Climbing plants 2d ed. (see n. 3, below).
2
The sales figure was probably for CD’s most recently published book, Insectivorous plants. It appeared in July and was reprinted twice in 1875, making a total of 3000 copies (Freeman 1977).
3
Climbing plants 2d ed. was published in the first half of November 1875 (Publishers’ circular 1875, p. 932). See letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1875].
4
Origin 6th ed. was reprinted in 1876; this was the eighteenth thousand with slight textual changes (Freeman 1977).
5
The most recent extant letter from CD’s US publisher, D. Appleton & Co., is that of 11 October 1875, regarding the US edition of Variation 2d ed.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10252,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10252