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 The Sixties: Photographs by Robert Altman
Sensational Book of photos from the Daze!!! Robert Altman is a photographer who studied with Ansel Adams and is best known as a photojournalist for Rolling Stone magazine. A leader in embracing digital photography, his recent work appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Mojo, The New York Times, People, San Francisco Chronicle, and San Francisco Examiner. Ben Fong-Torres worked as a writer and senior editor at Rolling Stone in the 1960s and as a rock deejay for San Francisco radio station KSAN-FM in the 1970s. He is the author of The Doors by the Doors, Hickory Wind, The Hits Just Keep on Coming, and The Rice Room. They both live in San Francisco.
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 Harlem of the West - The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era
by Elizabeth Pepin and Lewis Watts
The author of this fine book, Lewis Watts, a UCSC Art professor and photographer, and Elizabeth Pepin, a photographer, public television producer and former manager of the historic Fillmore Auditorium chronicle the jazz scene in San Francisco's Fillmore District during its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s. Two hundred archival photographs accompany a nostalgic look at the San Francisco jazz scene during the 1940s and 1950s, taking a fascinating tour of the city's Fillmore District in its heyday, including its restaurants, theaters, shops, and nightclubs, and the great musical legacy of such performers as Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and others. |
 Gables and Fables: A Portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights by Arthur Bloomfield
Gorgeous houses with 'soul'
Author's walks in ritzy Pacific Heights lead to new book on the history of stately homes whose magnificent architecture has stood test of time.Pacific Heights means Old Money, especially along the blocks of Broadway and Pacific Avenue. Here there are mansions based on fortunes made in 19th century California, from gold and silver, from sugar, and the homes of merchant princes.
Full Review by Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/5/07 |
 Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown
by Arnold Genthe, John Kuo Wei Tchen
Genthe (1869-1942) came to San Francisco from Germany in 1895 as tutor to the eldest son of Baron and Baroness von Schroeder, who belonged to one of San Francisco's wealthiest and most influential families. Genthe was a classical scholar who had recently earned a Ph.D. in philology from the University of Jena, and he quickly became a part of San Francisco's thriving artistic and literary scene.
In the 1890s nearly every major city in the United States had a neighborhood known as "Chinatown." San Francisco's Chinatown, however, was the Chinatown, a distinctive, semi-mythical urban district of national renown. To the Chinese, it was known as "Tangrenbu," or the "port of the people of Tang." |
 Fog City: Impressions of the San Francisco Bay Area in Fog
by Galen Rowell (Photographer), Harold Gilliam (Photographer)
World-renowned photographer Galen Rowell captures the ethereal beauty of San Francisco's most notable feature, fog, in 80 full-color photographs. Quotations from some of America's most beloved writers accompany the photos. |
 Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo-With 600 stunning photographs, this comprehensive book showcases more than three decades of street art in San Francisco's legendary Mission District. |
 San Francisco Street Art - The alleyways and hidden side streets of the Haight, the Tenderloin offer unexpected treats to visitors lucky enough to stumble upon them. Photographer Steve Rotman has obsessively documented this scene as it evolved on walls, sidewalks, billboards, fences, doors, and other public spaces. |
 Historic Photos of San Francisco (Historic Photos.)by Rebecca Schall
Historic Photos of San Francisco captures the evolution of this great city in still photography from various collections of the San Francisco Public Library. The book follows life, government, education, and events spanning two centuries of San Francisco’s history. It captures unique and rare scenes through the original lens of hundreds of historic photographs. |
 On the Edge of the World :
Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century by Richard W. Longstreth
Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture. |
 National
Trust Guide / San Francisco:
America's Guide for Architecture and History Travelers
by Peter Booth Wiley
Explore the remnants of the Gold Rush era city and the early neighborhoods
of Telegraph Hill, Chinatown, and South of Market. Enjoy the beautiful
Beaux-Arts mansions of Pacific Heights, the striking Queen Anne residences
of Haight-Ashbury, the converted warehouses of the Multi-Media Gulch,
and much more. Filled with historical and contemporary photographs as
well as helpful maps, this unique book offers a comprehensive architectural
guide to the many distinctive communities of one of America's most popular
cities.
20 detailed neighborhood walking tours and easy-to-follow maps
Colorful stories behind the city’s best known landmarks
200 vintage and contemporary photographs |
 Photosecrets
San Francisco and Northern California: The Best Sights and How to Photograph Them (Photosecrets (Series).)by
Andrews Hudson, Galen A. Rowell, Dianne Brinson, Andrew Hudson
Over 400 pictures in glorious color, this is the first all-color travel guide for photographers.
Maps and text describe the what, where, when, and how of each shot, with
tips and ideas to spur creativity |
 San Francisco's Castro (Images of America Series) by Strange de Jim
This book charts the neighborhood's progress from inception as a rustic, cow-dotted area in the late 19th century through the tumultuous 1960s, the gay liberation 1970s, the AIDS-ridden 1980s and the activist 1990s. In the book's introduction and photo captions, Strange weaves commentary and history with whimsy and wit...Dave Ford, Chronicle Staff Writer.
Visit website for more about Strange d Jim and his wildly popular 'San Francisco Castro' book |
 San
Francisco: Sights and Secrets
By
Leah Garchik
A lovely book.
Five Stars!!
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 San
Francisco : A Photographic Tour
by Carol M. Highsmith(Photographer), Ted Landphair
Spectacular photography and compelling text and captions capture the essence
of each particular destination.
Each book includes an illustrated map, an Introduction with black-and-white
archival photographs, and more than 100 vibrant, full-color photographs.
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 San Francisco Album: Photographs, 1854-1856
by G. R. Fardon, Rodger C. Birt, Fraenkel Gallery, Jr. Hans P. Kraus
Originally published in 1856 this book is an unmatched historical document of
San Francisco during its years of rapid growth and burgeoning prosperity in the
wake of the Gold Rush. The plates themselves are some
of the oldest surviving photographs on paper made in the United States.
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 Vintage
San Francisco
by Peter Beren
A unique portrait of America's favorite city--from the building of the Golden
Gate to the classic images of the City by the Bay. Chronicled in dramatic duotone
photographs, taken by three generations of gifted San Francisco photographers
from Moulin Studios, this indelible portrait of the cool, gray, city of love,
comes alive in history, legend, and lore. Quotations will be included from such
San Francisco writers as: Jack London, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, and Rudyard
Kipling, 10,000 first printing.
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 'Polk Gulch' by Blaine Dixon
New book by master photographer Blaine Cook successfully captures and conveys through the Blk/Wht Photographic Essay, the eclectic mixture of people who lived the fun and laughs and also the other side of that time and place, Polk Culch 80's. Sure to become a collectors item. Blaine Cook's book is not only a very interesting 'only in San Francisco' chapter of our city's history but also celebrates the heroes it brought forward that to this day continue the good work .For sale here preview more photos here |
 San
Francisco on My Mind
A wonderful collection
of spectacular images that celebrate the "City by the Bay" by
the nation's top photographers. The ideal keepsake and a valued gift for all those
who love and long for the special spirit that imbues San Francisco.
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San Francisco Album: Photographs, 1854-1856
by G. R. Fardon, Rodger C. Birt, Fraenkel Gallery, Jr. Hans P. Kraus
Originally published in 1856 this book is an unmatched historical document of
San Francisco during its years of rapid growth and burgeoning prosperity in the
wake of the Gold Rush. The plates themselves are some
of the oldest surviving photographs on paper made in the United States. |
 San Francisco: Then and Now
By BillYenne
Seventy modern color photographs are compared side-by-side with seventy archival photographs from the 1850s to the 1950s. |
 California Impressionism
by William H. Gerdts, Will South
Lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched, and gracefully written, this is the definitive study of California's distinctive style of Impressionism. |
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100 Views of the Golden Gate 
Above San Francisco: A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs
San
Francisco:A Photographic Celebration