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4234. Pond, James L., HISTORY OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL CONSTRUCTIONS. INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH FRANCIS WITH SKETCHES AND INCIDENTS OF HIS BUSINESS LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE …. New York. 1885.

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4234. Pond, James L., HISTORY OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL CONSTRUCTIONS. INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH FRANCIS WITH SKETCHES AND INCIDENTS OF HIS BUSINESS LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE …. New York. 1885.

4234. Pond, James L., HISTORY OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL CONSTRUCTIONS. INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH FRANCIS WITH SKETCHES AND INCIDENTS OF HIS BUSINESS LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE …. New York . Published and Printed by E. D. Slater 1885. 127. Tall octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on spine with gilt embossed vignette of the “1850 Francis Patent Metallic Life-Car”. on front cover. Indexed; illustrated in black and white throughout with 17 wonderful engraved illustrations, with several full-page drawings and a folding plate of equipment related to life-saving and life boat construction. With presentation label from Joseph Francis pasted to inside front board. First edition presented to Captain Franklin C. Jessup by Joseph Francis, with Jessup’s name handwritten on Francis’s printed presentation label mounted on the front pastedown. The book is wonderfully illustrated with plates depicting shipwrecks and other maritime accidents, and boats and equipment built by Francis. Chronicles the design and use of Francis’ life-saving appliances including his Patent Metal Life-Car, which saw use on the coast of New Jersey in January, 1850 and was credited with saving 200 lives from the wreck of the Ayrshire. Later the metallic life-car was adopted for use by the United States Life-Saving Service. Excellent descriptions of many terrible wrecks and rescues including the Ayrshire, with many fine engravings. Also includes a great deal of information regarding many other designs of life-saving appliances, some of which were adopted for use by the Life-Saving services throughout the world. The binding is rubbed & stained; the covers are bumped & the head of the spine is chipped. there is insect damage to the portrait frontispiece & to the front edges of the following 3 leaves & of the last 24 pages of the book; there is a short tear to the bottom edge of the folding plate; there is occasional light soiling & staining. A most important work by this early life-saving inventor, a sought after collector’s piece. (VG). $275. Reduced $185.

6376L. Pond, James L., HISTORY OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL CONSTRUCTIONS. INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH FRANCIS WITH SKETCHES AND INCIDENTS OF HIS BUSINESS LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE…. New York. Published and Printed by E. D. Slater 1885. 127p. Tall octavo, rebound in olive green cloth titled in gilt on spine with gilt embossed vignette of the “1850 Francis Patent Metallic Life-Car”. on front cover. Indexed; illustrated in black and white throughout with 17 wonderful engraved illustrations, with several full-page drawings and a folding plate of equipment related to life-saving and life boat construction. First edition withdrawn from Smithsonian Library. The book is wonderfully illustrated with plates depicting shipwrecks and other maritime accidents, and boats and equipment built by Francis. Chronicles the design and use of Francis’ life-saving appliances including his Patent Metal Life-Car, which saw use on the coast of New Jersey in January, 1850 and was credited with saving 200 lives from the wreck of the Ayrshire. Later the metallic life-car was adopted for use by the United States Life-Saving Service. Excellent descriptions of many terrible wrecks and rescues, with many fine engravings. Also includes a great deal of information regarding many other designs of life-saving appliances, some of which were adopted for use by the Life-Saving services throughout the world. The original binding was removed and has been professionally rebound in similar with original vignette on front wrap. Pages are a bit brittle with some archivally repaired. A few are loose from the binding, some edges worn. Still a most important work by this early life-saving inventor, a sought after collector’s piece. (G). $124.