SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS THROUGH A CAMERA

Los Angeles, CA: T. Newman, nd [ca. 1906]. Issued by direction of the San Antonio Business Men's Club. Oblong pale green paperwraps, bound with a cord at left margin. Illustration of the Alamo on front cover. Half-tone plates American Engraving Company, Los Angeles. Photos E.E. Frisbie, San Antonio. 24 x 31 cm. Title page; [4] pp. ad for the new translation of the "Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam," by George Roe, of San Antonio; [4] pp. of promotional text for the city, printed rectos only; [42] pp. of photo illustrations and plates, printed rectos only. Images include a 1903 banquet held by the Business Men's Club, several views of private homes, public and commercial buildings, historic missions, hotels, etc. Wrappers somewhat brittle, with chipping and cracking to edges, with some loss at margins, corner of title page chipped (not affecting text), internally clean, tight. Previous owner's signature on title page. OCLC lists ten copies (though none mention the ad for George Roe's translation of the Ruba'iyat which was first published in 1906): Yale, Baylor, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Antonio Pub. Lib., SMU, U. Texas-Arlington, U. Texas-Austin, U. Texas-San Antonio, Sul Ross State U., Columbia. Item #67302

Price: $450.00