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Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9781853392504. …

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9781853392504. …

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

The three items in fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with light damp staining to the Prospectus. ONE: Prospectus. 4pp., tall 8vo. Bifolium. First page headed 'Contractors to the French Government, Naval, Military, and State Authorities. | The New Asbestos Company, Limited. | Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862 to 1886, whereby the liability of each Shareholder is limited to his Shares. | Capital - - £120,000, | Divided into 30,000 Shares of £4 each. | [Shares £4 Each (= 100 francs) have been adopted to suit the convenience of French applicants.] | Issue of 25,000 Shares, | [.]' The prospectus follows a list of the Company's officers, and begins: 'This Company has been formed to acquire, carry on as a going concern, develop and extend a very important Asbestos industry, thoroughly established and in complete working order, known as the "Société Française des Amianes," of Tarascon.' It includes descriptions of 'Asbestos Properties' ('viz., sixty-two in Italy, of an area of over 700 acres, and six in France, of an area of about 8 acres, producing some of the finest Asbestos in the market, and the possible output of which is of so extensive a character that several hundred workmen could at present be profitably employed in extracting it from the mines [.]'), 'Buildings, etc.', 'Factories', 'Goodwill, etc.', 'Depots', 'Agencies', 'Discoveries and Patents' and 'Gold Medals, etc.' The final page is printed lengthwise with title in customary manner, and includes the company's 'Memorandum of Association' in small print. TWO: Perforated application form. 1p., 8vo. THREE: Paper (4pp., tall 8vo, bifolium) headed 'Issued with the Prospectus of | The New Asbestos Company, Limited.' Containing five 'Reports' and seven 'Certificates'. The reports are by 'Sir Douglas Fox, Member of the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers. | T. J. Scoones, Esq., Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. | C. Lacoste, Esq., late Engineer Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, and Government Engineer of the First Order. | P. Vidal, Esq., Manager and Director of the Tarascon Works. | T. J. Scoones, Esq., Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, as to Purchase Price of £84,000.' From the papers of Sir Richard Harington (1835-1911) of Ridlington, 11th Baronet.…