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420. [SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS]. Lot of 14 titles (mostly 8vo, original bindings, very fine to good), including:
CHABOT, Frederick C. San Antonio and Its
Beginnings 1691-1731 Comprising the Four Numbers of The San
Antonio Series with Appendix. San Antonio: Naylor
Company, 1936. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Stiff
wrappers. Minor wear to front wrapper and half-title, else
very
good.
Pingenot: Covers San Antonio in the seventeenth,
eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, the Presidio de
Texas, with a description of the Comandancia or the
Governor’s Palace, Indians and Missions, San Fernando,
the Villa Capital of the Province of Texas, and a list of
the Ramon Expedition settlers, 1716.
CHABOT, Frederick C. With the Makers of San
Antonio: Genealogies of the Early Latin, Anglo-American,
and German Families with Occasional Biographies. San
Antonio: Privately published, Artes Graficas, 1937. Plates,
portraits, illustrations. Original embossed decorated
cloth. No d.j. issued.
Fine.
First edition. Basic Texas Books 222-IV:
"Noteworthy source book on early families and prominent
Texans of the San Antonio region, with extensive quotations
of original documents. The volume has a research value in
many areas beyond...San Antonio." Very scarce.
CORNER, William (editor). San Antonio de
Béxar: A Guide and History. San Antonio:
Bainbridge & Corner, 1890. Illustrations, ads. 4to,
original red cloth with gilt decorations and lettering.
Photograph of the Menger Hotel on front pastedown and map
of downtown San Antonio on rear pastedown. Very minor
spotting to upper front cover else a very fine copy of a
book usually found in worn condition.
First
edition. Adams, Guns 498: "Scarce. Has some
mention of the killing of Ben Thompson and King Fisher by
Joe Foster....There is also mention of other desperadoes of
early San Antonio." Sister Agatha, p. 71: "Today a rare
item....because the historical sketch by Sidney Lanier."
Graff 878: "Includes ...extracts from Mrs. M. A.
Maverick’s memoirs, and interviews with older
settlers." Howes C778. Raines, p. 55. Pingenot: A good
guide to San Antonio. The 27 pages of advertisements are
great!
DE LA TEJA, Jesus Frank. San Antonio De Bexar: A Community on New Spain’s Northern Frontier. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Cloth. D.j.
DIXON, Charles D. The Menace: An Exposition of
Quackery, Nostrum, Exploitation and Reminiscences of a
Country Doctor. San Antonio: Lodovic Printing Company,
1914. Illustrated. Original cloth. Fine. Bookplate.
Presentation inscription, signed by the author.
First
and only edition. Not in CBC. Pingenot: A
fascinating and flavorful account of a doctor’s work
to expose and prosecute quacks and medical frauds in San
Antonio and environs in conjunction with the county
attorney and the Bexar County Medical Society. He names and
reproduces numerous advertisements and brochures issued by
the fraudulent medical practitioners that he pursued. This
is the only known work on this subject in
turn-of-the-century Texas.
HEAVENHILL, W. S. Siege of the Alamo: A
Mexico-Texan Tale. San Antonio: Schultz & Schott
Printers, 1888. 12mo, original pictorial wrappers. Fine
bright copy.
First edition. Not in Raines.
Pingenot: Written in three cantos, the poem tells "The
story of the Alamo, and of those who fell there in the
defense of Texan liberty."
San Antonio Album. San Antonio: Paul
Wagner’s Bazaar, n.d. (ca.1885). 12 folding leaves
plates, 5-3/4 x 9-1/4". Original embossed cloth with title
in bold gilt. Very fine.
Pingenot: "One of the nicest early view albums I’ve
ever had." Published sometime in the 1880s by Paul
Wagner’s Bazaar, 22, 24 & 26 Commerce Street,
"Importer and Dealer in Fancy Goods, Toys and Notions,
Mexican and Indian Curiosities." Views include the Alamo,
missions San José and Concepción, San
Francisco de la Espada, San Juan Capistran (sic), San
Fernando Cathedral, Fort Sam Houston from the watch tower,
San Pedro Springs, street scenes, public buildings, and (of
course) Wagner’s Grand Bazaar. All are San Antonio
views except one of the newly completed state capitol
building in Austin.
[SAN ANTONIO]. 16 post cards of San Antonio scenes. No date, but one cent postage.
[SAN ANTONIO]. San Antonio Flood [1921]. Set of six photographs.
SANTOS, Richard G. Aguayo Expedition into Texas 1721. An Annotated Translation of the 5 Versions of the Diary Kept by Bro. Juan Antonio de la Pena. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1981. Illustrations, map. Laid in is 10-page pamphlet by Santos, "San Antonio de Bexar/ 1 de Enero 1836 with double page map. Oblong 4to, original crash linen with paper label. Fine.
SANTOS, Richard G. San Antonio de Bexar. 1 de Enero 1836. San Antonio: James W. Knight, n.d.
STEINFELDT, Cecilia. San Antonio Was: Seen
Through a Magic Lantern. [San Antonio: San Antonio
Museum Assoc., 1978]. Frontispiece, profusely illustrated.
4to, original cloth with photographic overlay on front
cover. Glassine d.j. chipped and torn.
First
edition.
STILLMAN, J. D. B. Wanderings in the Southwest
in 1855 by J. D. B. Stillman. Spokane: Arthur H. Clark
Company, 1990. Frontispiece portrait, illustrations, large
folding map. Original red leather, gilt. Issued without
d.j. Mint.
First
edition, limited edition (50 copies numbered and signed
by the editor). Pingenot: Seeking adventure, Jacob Davis
Babcock Stillman landed on the Texas coast in May 1855. For
six months he roamed the Texas frontier border settlements,
forts, etc., recording his experiences and insights and
sending off letters to The Crayon, a prominent but
short-lived journal of landscape art, where they were
originally published. Edited and with an introduction by
Ron Tyler, these 1855 letters present a remarkable picture
of Texas during a crucial, complex, and little understood
time in the state’s history. The limited edition was
sold out soon after publication.
WOOLFORD, Sam and Bess. The San Antonio
Story. Austin: Steck Company, 1950. Illustrations.
D.j.
Published by Joske’s of Texas as a public service.
(14 vols.)
($500-1,100)