Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(CRIME.) Examination of Dr. William Graves . . . for the Murder of Mary Anne Wilson . . . by Attempting to Produce an Abortion. 36 pages. 8vo, stitched; moderate foxing, minor wear; uncut. Np, circa 1837
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Graves was a physician in Lowell, MA who was charged with murder after a New Hampshire woman died shortly after the abortion. McDade 379; Shaw-Shoemaker 44571 (lists 3 copies). None known at auction, and only 3 found on OCLC.