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Historic San Antonio 1700-1900, soft cover, The Architectural Heritage of the San Antonio Chapter, American Institute of Architects, October 1963, 32 pages with black and white photographs and illustrations; Texas interest. The aim of this booklet is to show San Antonio's architectural heritage in chronological order: Spanish settlements, native indigenous characteristics, the French influence, local adaptation of the classical period and the ornate Victorian freedoms. Editor's note: "The wealth of available material on the subject has been painstakingly sifted for the best and most unusual types and because of this, some favorite building may not have been included due to lack of time and space." Condition: near fine/no dust jacket Price: $20.00 |
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Baylor University Annual, 1958. This is the 1958 annual from Baylor University, Waco, Texas known as The Round Up 1958, vol. 57. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket; there are no tears, no marks, no names in the annual. Price: $30.00 Weight is 6.5 lbs. shipping and handling for this book will be $4.50 |
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Texas Bad Boys, Gamblers, Gunfighters and Grifters, by J. Lee Butts, ISBN: 1-55622-879-1, soft cover, Republic of Texas Press, 2002, 206 pages with black and white photographs; Texas area interest. Sit back, relax, and get ready for the life stories of five of Texas’s “baddest” boys, and another whose notoriety and fame rests in a simple mix-up caused by men who misunderstood the interpretation of a single word. As you read these stories of murder, robbery, mayhem, and death, you will feel as though a friend just sat down with you and started telling you a story that pulled you along and kept you interested until the last bad boy bit the dust. Condition: very good +/ no dust jacket. Previous owner’s name on title page. Price: $14.00 |
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I Hear the Bluebirds by Shirl Brunell, soft cover, ISBN 0533077028, first edition soft cover, Vintage Press, 1988, 115 pages; local area interest. A story for all ages, a courageous journey through life, told through the eyes of Samson and his Baby Sister. Condition: fine, no dust jacket, very nice first edition soft cover Price $10.00 |
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The Holy Goat of Gillespie County by Barbara Fay Brock, illustrations by Daryl McDaniel, soft cover, ISBN: 0-931722-73-x, Corona Publishing Co., San Antonio, 1989, 120 pages, area interest. From the blurb: “One cold spring in the Texas Hill Country, some youngsters bottle-raise an orphaned baby goat. They fix him up with wildflowers and ribbons and take him to the Catholic Church, where the priest sprinkles him with holy water. The hand-raised goat figures he’s been ordained. This is the beginning of a series of adventures in which you’ll meet not only the preacher and his flock”….but a host of characters – delightful! Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket inscription on front free endpaper. Price: $5.00 |
