San Francisco by photographer Morton Beebe is an exceptionally beautiful book and one that you are sure to enjoy.
Containing essays by seven of the city's most reknown writers and 220 color photos, this book is now in its fifth printing, but very difficult to find. It is a true collectors item!!
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photographer, Morton Beebe.
San Francisco Love Affair: A Photographic Romance
- Gene Wright Images 1949-2000
San Francisco is surely the most photographed city in the world and this book of photos of our city spanning 50 years is very exciting. I have been collecting books of San Francisco Photography for many years and this is my favorite book out of all of them. A true treasure that anyone who loves San Francisco would be thrilled to have.
The Sixties: Photographs by Robert Altman
Brand New Sensational Book of photos from the Daze!!! (September 1, 2007)
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.
Above San Francisco: A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs
by Robert Cameron (Photographer)
With introduction and text by Art Hoppe
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 BloomfieldGorgeous 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 Chinatownby 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."
Historic Photos of San Francisco (Historic Photos.)by Rebecca SchallHistoric 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.
Fog City: Impressions of the San Francisco Bay Area in Fogby 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.
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
Mystical San Francisco by Herb Caen, Frederic Larson (Photographer)
A wealth of breathtaking photographs shot from unusual camera angles and imaginative viewpoints provide new perspectives on the beauty and magic of the City by the Bay--under moonlight, shrouded in fog or simply shining under the California sun.
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 HudsonOver 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. Full color
San Francisco's Lost Landmarks (California/Old West)
With long-forgotten stories, this 5 star book contains over 150 evocative photos and graphic representations of . Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one of the world's premier places to live and work for more than one hundred and fifty years. It not only tells of the lost landmarks, but also dishes up the flavor of what it was like to experience these past treasures.
San Francisco's Castro (Images of America Series)
by Strange de JimThis 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!!
San
Francisco:A Photographic CelebrationIf it is possible to capture the spirit of this amazing Californian city in one book, then this is the book to do it
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.
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.
San Francisco Album: Photographs, 1854-1856by 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 Impressionismby William H. Gerdts, Will South
Lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched, and gracefully written, this is the definitive study of California's distinctive style of Impressionism.
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.
