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

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San Francisco. San Francisco Observed, A Photographic Portfolio from 1850 to the Present by Ruth Silverman. Camera Magazine intellectual curiosityChronicle, 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;