Co-published by San Francisco Public Library and
The Book Club of California,
honoring the Old Main Library and its lapidary
inscriptions.
Inspired by the events surrounding the Library’s conversion into the Asian Art Museum,
this photographic history captures a moment in time that might otherwise have been
lost. Designed and edited by Jack Stauffacher, proprietor of the legendary Greenwood
Press of San Francisco, the book features photographs by Dennis Letbetter, and essays
by historian Gray Brechin, noted British stone cutter and type designer Michael Harvey,
and influential type designer Sumner Stone. The book is printed in an edition of 1,000
copies; 80 pages, with 68 duotone photographs. The price is $55.00, plus applicable
California sales tax. Print
order form here. Also available from
the
Book Arts & Special Collections Center and at
the
Book Bay at the Main
Library, Civic Center (at the Grove Street entrance).
