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152. MOFFITT, Virginia May. Remember the Alamo! N.p, 1935. [2] 18 pp., text illustrations. 8vo, original orange pictorial wrappers. Very light wear and soiling to wraps, light uniform age toning to text, otherwise fine. Ink stamp of Alamo Book Shop on title page. First edition. CBC 402. $20.00 153. MOFFITT, Virginia May. Remember the Alamo! Dallas: Banks Upshaw, 1953. [2] 21 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original pictorial cream wrappers, stapled. Light wear and browning to wraps, staples a bit rusty, otherwise near fine. Later reprint. $10.00 154. MOONEY AND MORRISON (compilers). Mooney and Morrison’s General Directory of the City of San Antonio for 1877-78.... San Antonio: Naylor for Albert Steves, 1931. [2] 63 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original bluish grey printed wrappers. Margins of wrappers browned, otherwise fine. Reprint edition. CBC 403. $30.00 155. MYERS, John Myers. The Alamo. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1948. 240 pp., maps. 8vo, original black and turquoise cloth gilt lettered and decorated. Fore-edge and endpapers foxed, otherwise fine in good d.j. (spine sunned, foxed). Signed by author on front flyleaf. First edition, special Texas edition. Not in CBC. TC 123 (referring to 1973 Bison Book printing). $30.00 156. NEWCOMB, Pearson. The Alamo City. San Antonio: Pearson Newcomb, 1926. [6] 154 pp., photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. Binding lightly rubbed, occasional corrections to text in margins, otherwise very good, fragments of tattered d.j. and news clipping laid in. Signed by author on front flyleaf. First edition. CBC 408. TC 125. $25.00 157. NEWCOMB, Pearson. The Alamo City. San Antonio: Pearson Newcomb, 1926. Another copy, unsigned. Binding shelf-worn and a bit soiled, water stain to top edge of text block (not affecting text), otherwise good. $10.00 158. NEWCOMER, H.R. & Dr. Roy C. Bates. Gardening in San Antonio and South Texas. San Antonio: Naylor, 1953. xi [1, blank] 131 [1, blank] pp., 12 plates. 8vo, original green linen-patterned cloth. Binding lightly browned, edges foxed, pages adjacent to plates browned, otherwise very good in d.j. with water-stained and sunned spine. $20.00 159. NIXON, Pat Ireland. A Century of Medicine in San Antonio: The Story of Medicine in Bexar County, Texas. San Antonio: Published by the author, 1936. xvi [2] 405 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 27 plates. 8vo, original half white cloth over tan boards gilt. Top edge of binding a bit faded, edges foxed, light foxing adjacent to frontispiece and plates, otherwise fine in tattered glassine d.j. First edition, limited edition (#60 of 100 copies, signed by author). CBC 412. TC 131. $75.00 160. NIXON, Pat Ireland. A Century of Medicine in San Antonio: The Story of Medicine in Bexar County, Texas. San Antonio: Published by the author, 1936. xvi [2] 405 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece, 27 plates. 8vo, original red cloth with printed paper labels on front cover and spine. Near fine in torn and water stained glassine dust wrapper. First edition. CBC 412. TC 131 (referring to limited edition). $45.00 161. NONA, Francis. The Fall of the Alamo: An Historical Drama in Four Acts, Concluded by an Epilogue Entitled the Battle of San Jacinto. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1879. [2] vi, 257 [1, blank] pp., printed music. 16mo, original brown gilt pictorial cloth with beveled edges. Water stain to upper right corner of binding and text, light insect damage to binding and fore edges, hinges cracked (but holding), fair copy only. First edition. Agatha, p. 126. Schoelwer, Alamo Images, pp. 201-2. Songs include “Hymn of Texan Liberty,” “Col. Crockett’s Song,” “Hymn of the Lone Star Flag,” “The Anthem of the Alamo,” and “Mexican Battle March.” $50.00 162. NONA, Francis. Patriotic Texan Hymns from the Fall of the Alamo [wrapper title]. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1879. 23 pp., printed music 12mo, original grey printed wrappers. Fragile wraps browned and lightly worn, including 3.5 cm split at head of spine, text browned, otherwise near fine. First edition. Schoelwer, Alamo Images, p. 202. This pamphlet with music and lyrics was published in conjunction with Nona’s play, The Fall of the Alamo, An Historical Drama in Four Acts.... (see previous item). $35.00 163. PARISOT, P[ierre] F. and C.J. Smith. History of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio: Carrico & Bowen, 1897. [9] 214 [2] pp., frontispiece, text illustrations, ads. 8vo, original maroon cloth gilt with stamped decoration. Poor copy with heavy rodent damage to spine and text water stained, hinges cracked with old tape repairs, pp. 11-12 with repaired tear. First edition. CBC 416. Howes P66. $15.00 164. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. BRACK, Asa A. (photographer). Album containing 42 gelatin silver prints. Subjects are primarily San Antonio architecture and landmarks. Photographs are either mounted on album leaves, or inserted loosely at end of album. Most prints approximately 19 x 24 cm, most labeled in manuscript on album leaves or print versos. Oblong 4to, brown leather with blind-embossed decoration. Binding heavily rubbed, photographs mostly in good condition, with many exhibiting yellowing and/or silver mirroring, and a few chipped and/or exhibiting edge wear. Print has been removed from album leaf labeled “Alamo.” Subjects include San Antonio missions, public architecture, streets, businesses, and parks. $350.00 165. PIONEER FLOUR MILLS. 100th Anniversary Pioneer Flour Mills, San Antonio, Texas 1851-1951: A Scrapbook of Pictures and Events in San Antonio during the Last 100 Years. San Antonio: Naylor, [1951]. [6] 90 [4] pp., frontispiece portrait, profusely illustrated. Small 4to, original grey cloth. Fine in browned d.j. with a few small tears. Presentation copy to Dudley R. Dobie, dated 2-16-51. First edition. CBC 414. TC 169. $30.00 166. PIONEER FLOUR MILLS. 100th Anniversary Pioneer Flour Mills, San Antonio, Texas 1851-1951: A Scrapbook of Pictures and Events in San Antonio during the Last 100 Years. San Antonio: Naylor, n.d. [1951]. Another copy. Top edge of binding and text block edges foxed, else fine in browned d.j. with a few chips and one ca. one-inch tear. “To the City Library” written in ink on front free endpaper. $20.00 167. RAMSDELL, Charles. San Antonio: A Historical and Pictorial Guide. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1959. xii, 308 pp., frontispiece (included in pagination), maps, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original orange cloth gilt. Light foxing to edges, endpapers browned, otherwise fine in water-stained and lightly rubbed d.j. First edition. CBC 427: “An excellent guide.” Guns 1795: “Has some mention of the killing of Ben Thompson and King Fisher.” TC 185. TLH, p. 5 (referring to 1976 revised edition). Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. $10.00 168. RAMSDELL, Charles. San Antonio: A Historical and Pictorial Guide. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1968. s1-s32, xii, 308 pp., frontispiece (included in pagination), maps, photographic illustrations. 8vo, original blue pictorial wrappers. Spine water stained, otherwise very good. HemisFair edition: reprint of 1959 first edition, including a 32-page supplementary section introducing HemisFair ‘68 and updating some information from the original guide. Handbook of Texas Online: HemisFair ‘68: “HemisFair ‘68, held in San Antonio from April 6 through October 6, 1968, was the first officially designated international exposition in the Southwestern United States.” $10.00 169. RAY, Frederic. The Story of the Alamo: An Illustrated History of the Siege and Fall of the Alamo. N.p.: Frederic Ray, 1955. [32] pp., full-page illustrations and bird’s eye view by author. Squarish 8vo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in red, green, and black, stapled. A bit of foxing and light wear to wraps and a few faint fox marks to pages adjacent to wraps, otherwise very good. Not in CBC. TC 208. 1950s comic book depiction of the siege of the Alamo with dynamic, violent illustrations. Frederic Ray (1920-2001) was the primary cover artist for Superman during the 1940s. $10.00 170. READ, Opie. In the Alamo. Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally, 1900. [2] 367 [1, blank] pp., frontispiece. 8vo, original green cloth with color pictorial label on upper cover. Mild to moderate shelf wear and soiling to binding, spine dark with two small spots of insect damage, small water stain to top edge of text block (not affecting text), edges and endpapers foxed, otherwise good. $5.00 171. READ, Opie. In the Alamo. Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally, 1900. Another copy, variant binding. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. Mild to moderate shelf wear and soiling to binding, spine water stained, edges and endpapers foxed, hinges cracked, occasional marginal browning and fox marks to text, pp. 121-122 dog-eared, else good. $5.00 172. RYDER-TAYLOR, Henry & Charles H. Stanford. History of the Alamo and of the Local Franciscan Missions. San Antonio: Nic Tengg, [1908]. 96, xii pp., frontispiece, 7 plates. 12mo, original maroon embossed pictorial wraps. Fragile wraps worn, especially at extremities of spine, endpapers foxed, offsetting from plates, notes to text in pencil, otherwise good. CBC 437, giving date of 1908. Penciled note on lower flyleaf, apparently in Dudley R. Dobie’s handwriting: “Evidently a First Edition.” $25.00 173. RYDER-TAYLOR, Henry & Charles H. Stanford. History of the Alamo and of the Local Franciscan Missions. San Antonio: Nic Tengg, n.d. (early 1900s). 91 [1, blank] pp., tipped-on color frontispiece, 7 plates. 12mo, original tan pictorial embossed wrappers. Light wear and a few spots to fragile wraps, flyleaves absent, foxing on and adjacent to plates, notes in pencil to text, otherwise good. Third edition. Penciled note on lower flyleaf, apparently in Dudley R. Dobie’s handwriting: “3rd. Edition-91 pages.” $20.00 174. RYDER-TAYLOR, Henry & Charles H. Stanford. History of the Alamo and of the Local Franciscan Missions. San Antonio: Nic Tengg, n.d. (early 1900s). 98 pp., tipped-on color frontispiece, 7 plates. 12mo, original tan pictorial embossed wrappers. Light wear to fragile wraps, one small corner torn off, ownership inscription in ink on upper wrap, first two leaves dog-eared, foxing adjacent to plates, notes in ink and pencil to text, overall good condition. Third edition. Penciled note on lower flyleaf, apparently in Dudley R. Dobie’s handwriting: “3rd Ed.-Enlarged-98 pp.” $20.00 175. [SAN ANTONIO]. History and Guide of San Antonio, Tex. [wrapper title]. N.p., [1894]. 95 [1] PP., text illustrations. 12mo, original olive printed wrappers. Fragile wraps mostly split at spine and with one small tear, first blank leaf dog-eared, final two leaves chipped, overall good condition. Not in CBC. $100.00 176. SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB. San Antonio, Texas Through a Camera. Los Angeles: T. Newman, n.d. [47] folios, many full-page photographic illustrations of San Antonio architecture and landmarks. Oblong 4to, original pale green pictorial wrappers tied with silk cord. Wraps heavily worn and chipped with large voids, upper wraps nearly detached. Title page a bit dark with a little insect damage to lower blank margin, otherwise good condition with photo illustrations undamaged. First edition. CBC 409 $50.00 177. San Antonio Historical and Modern. San Antonio: Passing Show, 1909. 74 [22] pp., ads, many photographic illustrations. 8vo, original color pictorial wrappers. Wraps heavily worn with chips and voids, upper wrap detached and lower wrap detaching, a little insect damage and occasional pencil notes to text, first 8 pages worn and creased, fair condition only. Not in CBC. $30.00 178. SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Buyers’ Directory, San Antonio, The Commercial and Industrial Center of the Southwest [wrapper title]. San Antonio: Chamber of Commerce, 1923. 62 pp. Narrow 8vo, original grey pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps browned and lightly worn, marks in pencil and colored pencil to text, otherwise very good. $25.00 179. SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. San Antonio’s La Villita (Pronounced Lah Vee-yee-tah): The Quaint Old Spanish Village in the Heart of a Romantic City. San Antonio: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Folding illustrated pamphlet printed in three colors: Folded: 22.9 x 10.2 cm; open: 22.9 x 61 cm. A few fox-marks, otherwise fine. $10.00 180. SAN ANTONIO HOTEL GREETERS. San Antonio and South Texas Greeters Guide 7:39 (Week of January 12, 1936). San Antonio: San Antonio Hotel Greeters, 1936. 15 [1] pp., map, ads, illustrations. 8vo original white printed self-wrappers, stapled. A little light wear and insect damage to wraps, otherwise very good. $20.00 181. SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM ASSOCIATION. “The Agatha Maverick Welch Collection” from Museum Notes 1:6 (March 1931). [1] pp., illustration. 4to, unbound sheet printed on recto only. Creased where formerly folded, otherwise fine. $5.00 182. SAN ANTONIO MOZART SOCIETY. San Antonio Mozart Society, San Antonio, Texas. Season 1922-1923 [wrapper title]. N.p., Dullnig Printing Co., n.d. [12] pp., illustrations. 8vo, original pale green pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Moderate wear and insect damage to wraps and p. [10], otherwise good. Programme for concert featuring “Mademoiselle Jenny Lind as Sung by Miss Frieda Hempel.” $10.00 183. SAN ANTONIO MOZART SOCIETY. San Antonio Mozart Society, San Antonio, Texas. Season 1923-1924 [wrapper title]. N.p., Dullnig Printing Co., n.d. [8] pp., illustrations. 8vo, original tan pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Very light wear to wraps, otherwise fine. Two related news clippings laid in. Programme for concert featuring Mr. Edward Johnson. $10.00 184. SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL INFORMATION BUREAU. Picturesque San Antonio: Where Life is Different. San Antonio: Municipal Information Bureau, n.d. (ca. 1940s). [32] pp., many photographic illustrations. 4to, original color pictorial wrappers. Fair condition only: spine and upper left corner of text water stained. San Antonio promotional item aimed at vacationers. $5.00 185. SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL INFORMATION BUREAU. San Antonio: Where Life is Different. San Antonio: Municipal Information Bureau, n.d. (ca. 1950). [20] pp., map, many photographic illustrations. 4to, original color pictorial wrappers. Light wear to wraps, lower wrap water stained near spine, otherwise very good San Antonio promotional item aimed at vacationers. $5.00 186. [SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS AND AQUARIUM]. Zoo. Visit San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium, One of the World’s Greatest. N.p., n.d. [4] pp., photographic illustrations. Unbound two-color folded sheet: Folded: 22.9 x 10.2 cm; Open: 22.9 x 20.3 cm. One corner lightly bumped, else fine. $5.00 187. SANTOS, Richard G. San Antonio de Bexar 1 de Enero 1836. N.p., n.d. (map copyrighted 1963). [12] pp., map. 8vo, original printed orange and yellow self-wrappers, stapled. Staples rusting, otherwise very fine. Small guide to San Antonio as it existed in 1836, showing the relationship between past and present streets (as of 1963). $15.00 188. SCHULZ, Ellen D. 500 Wild Flowers of San Antonio and Vicinity. San Antonio: Published by the author, 1922. 272 pp., map, text illustrations, 21 plates. 8vo, original green cloth. Poor condition. $20.00 189. SCHUMAN, Henry (compiler) & Pat Ireland Nixon. Sixty-five Notable Milestones in the History of Medicine in the Bexar County Medical Library, Compiled by Henry Schuman, with a Short Account of the Bexar County Medical Library by Pat Ireland Nixon, M.D. San Antonio, 1961. 53 [1, blank] pp. 8vo, original maroon pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very fine. Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Dudley R. Dobie and signed by Pat Ireland Nixon in a different hand. In mailing envelope addressed to the Dobies and accompanied by DRD’s note about the P.I. Nixon collection: “Some of these were designed by Carl Hertzog of San Antonio and are now rare.” First edition. Not in Lowman. Exhibition catalogue. $20.00 190. SHEPHARD, Seth. The Fall of the Alamo: An Oration by Hon. Seth Shephard, of Dallas, Texas, Delivered Before the San Marcos Chautauqua Assembly, July 8th, 1889. San Antonio: Maverick Printing House for Alamo Monument Association, 1889. 21 [3] pp., plan of the Alamo. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. A little spotting to wraps, one small spot on title page, otherwise fine. Not in CBC. $250.00 191. SMITH, Harvey Partridge. Romantic San Antonio by Harry Partridge Smith, Illustrated with Pen Sketches Drawn from Life by the Author [wrapper title]. San Antonio: Jackson Printing Company, 1918. [18] pp., text illustrations by author. 8vo, original printed cream self-wrappers. Wraps lightly foxed with a few spots and one small hole in upper wrap, slight foxing to edges, otherwise very good. First edition. CBC 471. Attractive illustrations of San Antonio landmarks. $50.00 192. SMITH, Harvey Partridge. Romantic San Antonio...A Descriptive Journey to the Many Picturesque and Romantic Places in and Around Old San Antonio. San Antonio: Naylor, 1936. 31 [1, blank pp.], text illustrations by author. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers, stapled. Wraps with light insect damage, small chips to edges, and a few spots, otherwise very good. Revised edition. CBC 471. $40.00 193. Souvenir of the Picturesque Alamo City, San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio: Ebers & Wurtz, n.d. 64 pp., many photographic illustrations. Oblong 12mo, original white pictorial wrappers printed in black, red, and gold, stapled. Light wear and a little browning and foxing to wraps, staples a bit rusty, pages adjacent to wraps browned, otherwise near fine. Not in CBC. Attractive photo-illustrated promotional guide to San Antonio. $80.00
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196. STURMBERG, Robert (compiler). History of San Antonio and of the Early Days in Texas. San Antonio: St. Joseph’s Society, 1920. 130 pp., frontispiece, 12 plates. 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Text browned due to poor quality paper, final blank leaf tearing away from staples (but attached), else fine. First edition. CBC 480. Rader 3002. TC 155. $30.00 197. SUTHERLAND, John. The Fall of the Alamo...Written in 1860 and now Published for the First Time...Together with a Sketch of the Life of the Author by his Grand-daughter—Annie B. Sutherland. San Antonio: Naylor, 1936. viii [2] 47 pp., frontispiece portrait, 2 plates, text illustrations. 12mo, original tan pictorial wrappers. Small stain on upper wrap, text browned due to poor quality paper, small chip in final leaf, else fine. First edition. Schoelwer, Alamo Images, p. 192: “Includes a sketch of Sutherland’s life by his granddaughter...as well as Sutherland’s rough drawing of the Alamo grounds.” Sutherland (1792-1867) came to Texas in 1835, ministered to the sick at the Alamo garrison in early 1836, warned Travis of the approaching Mexican force, rallied the men of Gonzales to the support of the Alamo, and served as Burnet’s private secretary and aide-de-camp (see Handbook of Texas Online: Sutherland, John, Jr.). $100.00 198. TEMPLETON, Frank. Margaret Ballentine; or, The Fall of the Alamo. A Romance of the Texas Revolution. Houston: State Printing Company, 1907. 244 pp., frontispiece, 8 plates. 8vo, original tan pictorial cloth. Binding moderately shelf-worn and soiled, a little water staining and insect damage to upper cover and first few leaves, name written in ink on top edge of text block, contemporary gift inscription of front free endpaper, text block cracked (but holding), otherwise good. A work of historical fiction about the Alamo. $30.00 199. TERRELL WELLS. Terrell Wells: A Modern Health and Rest Resort—Sulphur Water Baths that Re-vitalize the Aging, Expert Treatments that Constitute Health Insurance for Those Who are Well.... N.p., n.d. (ca. 1928) Folded sheet printed in color: Folded: 23.5 x 10.1 cm; Open: 23.5 x 60.6 cm. Poor condition due to insect damage. Typed letter on Terrell Wells stationery to Capt. R.W. Aldrich of Austin, signed by H.E. Sturmberg, president, laid in. Pamphlet promoting the Terrell Wells health resort, once located eight miles southwest of downtown San Antonio (Handbook of Texas Online: Terrell Wells, Texas). $15.00 200. TURNER, Leo. The Story of Fort Sam Houston, 1876-1936. San Antonio: Leo Turner, 1936. 32 pp., photographic illustrations . 12mo, original white pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition. CBC 489. TC 209. $35.00 201. [UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CHORUS]. Mr. Max Rabinoff Presents the Ukrainian National Chorus...Beethoven Hall, Saturday Night, Jan. 27th 8:15 p.m. Lions Club of San Antonio Presents this Unique Attraction—For the Benefit of Lions Juvenile Athletic Field.... San Antonio: Allied Printing, n.d. (ca. 1922). Unbound folded sheet: Folded: 23 x 15.3 cm; Open: 23 x 61.2 cm. A little light wear and browning, else fine. Photo-illustrated pamphlet promoting a San Antonio performance of the Ukrainian National Chorus, along with sopranos Nina Koshetz and Oda Slobodskaya. $10.00 202. WATTS, Morton Simms. The Maid of the Alamo; or, The Incarnation of Chivalry: A Story of the Texas Revolution. Mineral Wells, 1913. xv [1, blank], 93 [1, blank] pp., 4 plates. 12mo, original limp maroon cloth boards gilt. Light shelf wear and insect damage to binding, lower endpapers water-stained, upper hinge cracked (but holding), occasional water staining to upper blank margin (not affecting text), otherwise good. Long poem with staged photographic illustrations. $15.00 203. WERTENBAKER, Green Peyton. San Antonio, City in the Sun by Green Peyton [pseud.]. New York & London: Whittlesey House, 1946. ix [1, blank] 292 pp., folding map, 8 plates. 8vo, original beige cloth. A little foxing and spotting to edges, endpapers browned, pages adjacent to plates foxed, otherwise very good in water stained and lightly worn d.j. First edition. CBC 423. Guns 1718. Herd 1795: “Chapters I and II deal with cattle and the Maverick family.” TC 178. $5.00 204. WHITMORE, Eugene. Typed material for publication: Historic San Antonio: The Mission City. N.p., [ca. 1941]. 28 typescript leaves with material on San Antonio landmarks and missions, accompanied by 29 gelatin silver prints covering the same subject (mostly 8x10 inch photo paper, a few larger and smaller). Typed leaves with paperclips and staples (and accompanying marks), occasional corrections in pencil, a little scattered insect damage. Two leaves with ink stamps on verso with date of October 27, 1941. Photos mostly very good with scattered minor deterioration and wear. While this appears to be material in preparation for publication, no record has been located to indicate that the intended volume or article was ever produced. Download 2.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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