[Rarebooks] FS: 1887 San Diego imprint for a real-estate company describing "...Lands in Lower [Baja] California."

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(BAJA CALIFORNIA) The International Company of Mexico. DESCRIPTION OF LANDS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA For Sale by the International Company of Mexico... San Diego: Ferguson, Bumgardner & Co. 1887. 8vo. 24pp. plus orig. printed light blue wrappers with "Lower California" printed on front. Very nice copy.    $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
Barrett BAJA #1303.  It's hard to believe but international buyers were offered about half (the Northern half) of Baja California land for legitimate sale.

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