Three Bay State Gas Company Stock Certificates 1908 – 1909
Three stock certificates; two made out to Wm. Breckinridge Smith for 100 shares and one to Richter & Co. for 100 shares; signed by the principals; back of certificates with transfer details. Printed by the Franklin Bank Note Co. NY. Approx. 7 1/4" x 11 1/2" size; old fold lines, light wear; in very good condition.
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Mexico to Cuernavaca Over the Hills and Down the Dales. Mexico, Cuernavaca and Pacific Railway. History and Traditions Ruins and Landscapes
Pritchard, William T. 76 pages; the numbered pages are interspersed throughout with advertisement pages which are not part of the pagination and are un-numbered. Railroad timetables, insurance companies, notices for farming lands for sale, photographic studios, medical nostrums, accommodations including hotels, banking facilities and others are all promoted in this travel guide for Mexico. William Thomas Pritchard (1829 - 1907) British consul and adventurer, (when as consul in Fiji) ".His balance and brilliance won him enemies as well as friends. He was later described by one historian of Fiji as 'a sincere friend of the Fijian people - when their friends were few' ." (and later, after trumped-up charges & detractors had him dismissed from his post) ".Preparing to leave Fiji in 1863, his career and finances in ruin, Pritchard sent his daughters ahead with his sister, Mary (1837-1863), but their ship, the Anita, and all aboard were lost in a hurricane off Tonga.(afterwards he) left for Mexico in 1866, becoming an insurance agent, financial journalist, and promoter of Mexico's economy." (Andrew E. Robson in the ODNB) Approx. 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" size; printed softcover. Light wear; in very good condition.- $250
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Collection of Printing, Single Leaves from Various Publications
(Printing History - Typography) Group includes (11) leaves, mounted by top edge only to larger backer sheets, approx. 20" x 12"; undated (save for one, with an appended note). The inner margin somewhat crudely trimmed from the original binding. Below are short-title information for the top-of-page of the first side only; please see photos for more details: Epist. De Ierem 9 ½" x 7". Ms. note on backer indicates "Spanish bible printed in Seveille, 1622 " Octa Puncta Printed double column, # 1783 & # 1784; 15 ½" x 9 ½". De Tumoribus P.N.in Uniuerlali, lib. I 12 ½" x 8". Secundus 11 ¾" x 8 ¼" Franc. Peccet. Coelestinus 12 ½" x 8". Oratio Pro P. Sextio 14" x 8 ¾" Lebens - Lauf (Johann Gustov Reinbeck) 8 ¾" x 6 ¾" approx.; initial letter with background coloring. Top edge detached from the backer and chipped and the adhesions. Tot Timotheum - De Eerste Sendbrief Pauli Tot Timotheum 12 ¾" x 8 ¼". Bottom corner chipped, soiled. Psalmus LXXIIII 12 ½" x 8". Super Cantica, Sermo XXXII. Printed double column, # 665 & # 666. 15 ¾" x 9 ¾". Cap. XXI In Librum Proverbiorum 11" x 7 ½". Generally, in very good condition.- $125
- $125
