Published in the annual Gesellschaftsspiegel, Published in English for the first Bd. 1, 1845 time 2
Between Herr Dr. Marx, at present residing in Paris, on the one hand, and the C.W. Leske Publishers in Darmstadt, on the other, the following Contract has been concluded today.
§ 1. Herr Dr. Marx gives the C.W. Leske Publishers the exclusive right to publish his work entitled Kritik der Politik und Nationalökonomie, which will comprise two volumes in octavo, each of more than twenty printed sheets.
§ 2. The Author, Dr. Marx, undertakes not to publish in another publishing house any work which could compete with the work named herein.
§ 3. In return, the Leske Publishers will pay Herr Dr. Marx the sum of francs 3,000 (three thousand francs) as royalties for the entire work, the first half of this sum to be paid when the complete Manuscript is handed in, and the second half on completion of the printing. The Publishers also undertake to deliver twelve copies free of charge to the Author.
§ 4. The Publishers will begin the printing of the work as soon as the Manuscript is handed in and will see to it that it appears in a suitable get-up.
§ 5. The edition of the Kritik der Politik und Nationalökonomie is fixed at 2,000 copies.
§ 6. This Contract is valid only for the first edition of the work. Should a second edition become necessary, a new contract will be concluded. It goes without saying, however, that in the event of a second edition the Leske Publishers retain a preferential right.
This Contract has been drawn up in duplicate and is signed by both contracting parties.
Paris, February 1, 1845 Dr. Karl Marx
C. Leske