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Auction archive: Lot number 170

Mexican Pacific Company. Prospectus, Charter and By-laws, and Grants from Mexico

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$180
Auction archive: Lot number 170

Mexican Pacific Company. Prospectus, Charter and By-laws, and Grants from Mexico

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$180
Beschreibung:

Title: Mexican Pacific Company. Prospectus, Charter and By-laws, and Grants from Mexico Author: Place: New York Publisher: Wm. C. Bryant & Co. Date: 1864 Description: 51 pp. (8vo) 23x15 cm (9x6") original brown wrappers printed in black. First Edition. The Mexican Pacific Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1857 with the intent of engaging in copper and silver mining in Guerrero, Michoacan, and Colima. Among the more prominent directors was J. Edgar Thompson, head of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The pamphlet documents the mining and transportation holdings to be exploited in Mexico and elsewhere by the Mexican Pacific Company. Scarce. Only 2 copies located at OCLC. Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers detached but present, library label near bottom of front wrapper, railroad library hand-stamp to one page, toning and some light creasing, interior solid; good or better. Item number: 277136

Auction archive: Lot number 170
Auction:
Datum:
15 Dec 2016
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Mexican Pacific Company. Prospectus, Charter and By-laws, and Grants from Mexico Author: Place: New York Publisher: Wm. C. Bryant & Co. Date: 1864 Description: 51 pp. (8vo) 23x15 cm (9x6") original brown wrappers printed in black. First Edition. The Mexican Pacific Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1857 with the intent of engaging in copper and silver mining in Guerrero, Michoacan, and Colima. Among the more prominent directors was J. Edgar Thompson, head of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The pamphlet documents the mining and transportation holdings to be exploited in Mexico and elsewhere by the Mexican Pacific Company. Scarce. Only 2 copies located at OCLC. Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers detached but present, library label near bottom of front wrapper, railroad library hand-stamp to one page, toning and some light creasing, interior solid; good or better. Item number: 277136

Auction archive: Lot number 170
Auction:
Datum:
15 Dec 2016
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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