Note 41 to Chapter 5 of the author's Pegasus in Harness: Victorian Publishing and W. M. Thackeray, which University Press of Virginia published in 1992. It has been included in the Victorian Web with the kind permission of the author, who of course retains copyright.
These figures are from the Bradbury and Evans ledgers kept at the Punch Office. The Smith, Elder accounts of stock received, kept at John Murray, Publishers, record the receipt of 1,039 copies - 1,020 in quires and 19 bound.
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