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DELAND Margaret. Pennsylvania born Writer. b. 1857 who lived in Boston and became famous upon the publication of her John WardABAA

The International Company of MexicoABAA

Tierra Perfecta or Perfect Land of the Mission Fathers. Lower California The Peninsula Now Open to Colonists

1886II618-002Hartford CT etc: Edgar T. Welles etc 1886. Paperback. Very Good. Signed. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches. 22 2 pp. 6 black-and-white half-tone photographic illustrations 3 maps printed on the wrappers include a map of Ensenada on the inside of the front cover a map of the United States showing the "Lands of The International Company of Mexico Lower California" inside the rear cover and a more detailed map of Baja California "Map of Lands of the International Co. of Mexico Located in Lower California" on the outside of the rear cover; text clean unmarked. Blue printed wrappers stapled; light shelf wear rear cover stained affects mostly the part of the map marked "Gulf of California." Ownership signature of B. A. C. Stephens Los Angeles CA at head of front cover. II618-002. Very Good. This is another version of The International Company of Mexico's Tierra Perfecta in this instance the printer is noted on the front cover as "Francis Valentine & Co. Printers San Francisco Cal." and the "publishers" are noted as Edgar T. Welles Hartford CT; George H. Sisson Vice-President and General Manager San Diego Cal.; Charles Scofield General Agent San Diego Cal.; and W. E. Webb Land Commissioner 160 Broadway New York. The 6 half-tone illustrations appear appropriately on the respective pages. The 2 un-numbered pages at the end of the text include 1 blank and on the second page verso is an illustration of the "Office of the International Company of Mexico at San Diego Cal." showing a 5-story building at the corner of F Street and 6th Streets the site of Hanbury and Garvey Land Agents. Rubber stamp of "Hanbury & Garvey" land agents on front cover. PROVENANCE: B. A. Cecil Stephens was a member of the Historical Society of Southern California in the 1890s and also a member of a syndicate interested in water flows in the lower Colorado River. An inquiry directed towards the Historical Society of Southern California requesting information on Stephens resulted in the comment that the HSSC "does not have records of the early members of the Society." REFERENCES: Barrett Baja California No. 1305 and 1306 neither of which is this issue with the Francis Valentine & Co. Printers San Francisco Cal.; Ramirez American and English Influence on the Early Development of Ensenada pp. 45-56. Edgar T. Welles, etc paperback books

John Howell for Books · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €

The International Company of MexicoABAA

Tierra Perfecta or "Perfect Land" of the Mission Fathers. Lower California The Peninsula Now Open to Colonists Cover Title

1886II618-001New York; San Diego; London: W. E. Webb; Geo. H. Sisson; Captain Francis Pavy 1886. Paperback. Very Good. Single Large Sheet folded. 35 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches unfolded. 24 pp. Each page 9 1/2 x 6 inches. Seal of the International Company of Mexico on the front cover 6 black-and-white half-tone photographs 2 maps; text clean unmarked. Single sheet of printed tan paper; light soiling to covers small holes at folds when closed there is a paper repair at the foot of the spine pencil notations on front cover. II618-001. Very Good. Barrett notes 2 different states for this promotional broadsheet which contains 6 illustrations of orange groves banana plants olive and oak trees and 2 maps; one map of the US and another of northern Baja California. These images do not line up seated with the text on the opposite side so it would not do to trim the broadsheet. This promotional piece encourages emigration to Baja California describing agricultural and mining opportunities and boasting about the city of Ensenada. George H. Sisson was a nineteenth-century American entrepreneur. He was born in Michigan and was an early real estate developer in Chicago. He was a mining engineer in Arizona and with his profits from the Arizona operation Sisson purchased a large land concession in Baja California on July 24 1884 with Luis Huller. This concession extended between 29 degrees north and 32 degrees 42 minutes north and included Cedros Island. Additional purchases extended their holdings to 13325630 acres. In 1885 Sisson and Huller formed the International Company of Mexico in Hartford Connecticut with Sisson as general manager. The company was sold to the British Mexican Land and Colonization Company in 1888. These land holdings represented the problems in land distribution during the Porfiriato 1876-1911; related lawsuits continued for years afterward. REFERENCE: Barrett Baja California No. 1306. W. E. Webb; Geo. H. Sisson; Captain Francis Pavy paperback books

John Howell for Books · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €

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