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To John Murray   20 October [1859]1

Wells Terrace | Ilkley | Otley | Yorkshire

Oct. 20th

My dear Sir

I am obliged for your note & answer to my queries.—

I cannot think of any fit ornament or Device for outside: the subjects treated are so many & so general, that no one illustration would serve.2

I will most gratefully send list of private copies for distribution, as soon as you can tell me about what, within a shilling or so, the trade-price will be.3 I am very glad to hear that there will be no delay in the publication.

I am glad to hear that you were thinking of a Device, as this shows that you intend binding in cloth.—

Your’s very sincerely | C. Darwin

1
The year is given by the reference to the publication of Origin.
2
‘The binding, done by Edmonds and Remnants, was a royal green cloth, ribbed diagonally with wavy ribbing … It was blind-stamped with an elaborate panelled ornament on the sides and in excellent gilt on the spine.’ (Peckham ed. 1959, p. 17).

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