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One Man’s San Francisco
Herb Caen
Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
1976
First edition
Book is Fine: unread, firm, and square with clean cloth, sharp corners, and no writing or marks. Pages are crisp and bright throughout with no foxing or stains. Dust jacket is VG: clean and complete with light edge wear and mild toning, particularly along the extremities, but still attractive and well preserved overall. A very strong copy, with the book notably nicer than the jacket.
Hardcover bound in pale lavender boards with blue cloth spine, spine stamped in gilt. Clean, bold typography throughout with decorative star rules. Issued with the original photographic dust jacket featuring Herb Caen’s portrait on the rear panel and a San Francisco waterfront image on the front. Copyright page states First Edition, published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1976.
One Man’s San Francisco is Herb Caen at full voice, distilling decades of observation, wit, and affection for the city he defined in print. Drawing from his legendary San Francisco Chronicle columns, Caen captures the character, contradictions, and personalities of the city during a period of profound cultural change. The book stands as both a personal memoir and a time capsule of San Francisco life, cementing Caen’s reputation as the city’s unofficial historian. First editions in unread condition with a presentable jacket are increasingly difficult to find.
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