San Francisco. San Francisco Observed, A Photographic Portfolio from 1850 to the Present by Ruth Silverman.

Chronicle, 1986. Stiff illustrated wraps, as issued. 113 black-and-white photographs, most by noted photographers. First edition, 1st printing with complete number line on back of title page. Relatively uncommon in the first printing. Minor shelf wear, VG+. Photographers include Arnold Genthe; Ansel Adams; Edwin Rosskam; Carleton Watkins; John Gutmann; Peter Stackpole; Johan Hagemeyer; Judy Dater; Jack Welpott; Margaret Bourke-White; Dorothea Lange; Roger Sturtevant; Robert Frank; Imogen Cunningham; Elaine Mayes; Bill Arnold; Morley Baer; Lee Friedlander; Dennis Hearne; Ira Nowinski; Lewis Baltz; Bernard Plossu; Lee Friedlander; Garry Winogrand; Ruth Bernhard; Jerry Burchard; et al.