May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 205

Price Realized: $ 156
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
19TH C. ACCIDENT AND SURVIVAL GUIDE BOSWORTH, NEWTON. The Accidents of Human Life; with Hints for Their Prevention, and the Removal of Their Consequences. Frontispiece and 6 woodcut illustrations. 12mo, contemporary tree calf with red leather spine label, dried, covers becoming loose; scattered dampstaining, marginal chip to vii/viii, owner's book label. New York: Samuel Wood, 1814

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first american edition of a treatise on how to prevent accidents resulting in bodily harm or death, especially those of fire or water, but also those of sport and travel. The American edition has additions not found in the 1813 London edition. Austin 259.