Above Series
$9.95
Above Alcatraz
According to the National Park Service this is "the best book written on Alcatraz", and formed the basis for a one hour ABC documentary! The tarnished jewel which nature placed in San Francisco Bay has been coveted and feared, admired and discarded by successive generations since the day some two hundred years ago when the Spanish explorer, Ayala, gave it the name Isla de Alcatraces, island of pelicans. The thought keeps coming back that someone should "do something with it". This book is a pictorial essay on how man has wrestled with that thought and with those twelve acres of sandstone. As a special bonus, Robert Cameron will autograph every book purchased from Above Books!
- ISBN: 0-918684-39-0
- Dimensions: 9.00 in x 12.00 in
- pages: 98
- Author: Blair/Goodwin
- type: January 2009
$30.00
Above Carmel, Monterey & Big Sur
The majority of Cameron’s shots in this book were taken from above the ocean and show the relationship between air and sea. This book showcases the way the ocean dominates this region in more ways than one. “A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canyons; the roar of water dwells in the clean empty rooms of Monterey as in a shell upon the chimney. The woods and the Pacific rule between them the climate of this seaboard region.” -Noted by Robert Louis Stevenson when he lived in Monterey briefly in 1879.
- ISBN: 9780918684585
- Dimensions: 9.00 in x 12.00 in
- pages: 98
- Author: Text by Harold Gilliam
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Chicago
This broad-shouldered metropolis, Carl Sandburg's "Hog butcher of the world," is a city of the plains clutching the lake to its heart. It tells the story of Chicago from the Loop to the Stockyards, from its incomparable golf courses to the tallest pinnacles in the world. Here is the most exciting architectural display of all time, the famed boulevards, the sports town, the beaches and the backwaters viewed as never before.
- ISBN: 9780918684271
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Tim Samuelson and Cheryl Kent
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above London
Visitors to England who marvel at this lush land on their first incoming flight now have a volume to treasure for a lifetime. Here are the famed gardens, the majestic estates, the grandeur of centuries of architecture. Alistair Cooke's text is a book in itself, brimming with the raconteur's characteristic wit and insight. The pictorial essay begins at the Thames and follows the history of the beloved city well into the countryside.
- ISBN: 9780918684103
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Alistair Cooke
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Los Angeles
"The perspective is one of awe, discovery, and sometimes disbelief, as if the camera is recording what its common sense must deny," writes Los Angeles Times distinguished columnist Jack Smith in his introduction. Here is Tinseltown and Beverly Hills in glowing Technicolor, wrapped over sepia tones of the early days of the City of Angels. Yes, on a clear day one can see forever - at least to the snow caps of the San Gabriel Mountains.
- ISBN: 9780918684486
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Jack Smith
- Type: Hardcover
$30.00
Above Mackinac
At the center of the upper Great Lakes, the Straits of Mackinac, with its spectacular islands and deep cool waters, emerge to connect Lakes Michigan and Huron. Preservation programs for Mackinac Island and the 1886 ban on automobiles are responsible for the island's unique turn-of-the-century character. From its lofty vantage point, Cameron's aerial camera has captured the natural beauty and awe-inspiring combination of lake, land and sky in this place we call Mackinac. <strong>Title is not yet available for purchase</strong>
- ISBN: 9780918684578
- Dimensions: 9.00 in x 12.00 in
- pages: 98
- Author: Text by Phil Porter
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Mexico City
With these photographs, you can walk the city from an aerial perspective from contemporary to baroque buildings, from the Palacio de Iturbide to the Arzopispado. Unbelievably expansive, deep in history, Mexico City is, at the same time one of the most important urban centers in the world and also one of the most misunderstood. The purpose of this book is to go a long way toward correcting this misunderstanding.
- ISBN: above-mexico-city
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Luis Herrera-Lasso M.
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above New York
"From the domain of birds on the wing," George Plimpton says of this magnificent perspective of America's first city. The man-made canyons of Manhattan are explored building by building, with New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger as your guide. The high drama of the Statue of Liberty, of the Empire State Building and the much revered and remembered World Trade Center, of the parades and the parks and the playing fields, is matched with rare aerial shots from the past.
- ISBN: 9780918684424
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Paul Goldberger
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Paris
Pierre Salinger writes, "Paris, in its entirety, has never been portrayed like this. The view of the Ile de la Cite, with the imposing Notre Dame; the Eiffel Tower, seen from above; the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees all give an entirely new dimension to France's capital." His word-picture of the world's romantic center matches the stunning photography. This new edition captures the city's recent architectural triumphs.
- ISBN: 9780918684196
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Pierre Salinger
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Portland
Through the stunning aerial photography of Bruce Forster, Above Portland offers a unique and beautiful perspective on the picturesque region of Portland, Oregon and its surrounding areas. Flying high and low, the images take the reader on a memorable journey over all that the Portland region has to offer - the bustling downtown and its world-renowned green architecture, the romantic Columbia and Willamette Rivers, the charming neighborhoods, the internationally admired transportation system, wine country, and mountains – all of which come alive when viewed from above. Along with the dramatic aerial photography, Above Portland features six topical essays written by local historians and experts – essays on the history, architecture, urban planning, transportation and sustainability of Portland. Woven together with the breathtaking photography, these essays form a collaborative local voice, paying tribute to Portland and illuminating the many reasons it is a model for cities around the world.
- ISBN: 9780918684912
- Dimensions: 12.75 in x 9.75 in
- pages: 144
- Author: Chet Orloff
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above San Diego
This is the anchor of the West, a quiet metropolis that has learned to live in an environment of beauty without devouring it. In his Introduction, Neil Morgan invites us "to follow the city's meandering evolution from a Spanish pueblo to an insular transplanted Midwestern town by the sea, to a Navy City, and on to its present rich diversity. "The lush photography shows that San Diego is of world class. And its surroundings are among the most gorgeous anywhere.
- ISBN: 9780918684240
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Neil Morgan
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above San Francisco
Here it is, the latest edition of the flagship "Above" book. This is a keep-sake volume, a loving memento of the "cool grey city of love." Here are the hills, the bridges, the ever-changing Bay. Here are the vistas no tourist ever happens upon, the photographic record of the good old days, from the Gold Rush to Earthquake to Roaring Twenties and lean Thirties. Includes a tour of the Bay Area, from Marin to Berkeley to the Peninsula. A must! * A limited quantity of the previous edition of Above San Francisco, with text by Herb Caen, is also available for purchase. [cover image]
- ISBN: 9780918684738
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Arthur Hoppe*
- Type: Hardcover
$12.99
Above San Francisco - Board Book
Join young Cam as he explores San Francisco from Above. His imagination affords him the flight of a lifetime as he takes off from his neighborhood of Painted Ladies and soars high above the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, the Transamerica Building, the constant and mysterious fog, crooked Lombard Street, the Ferry Building and more! The beloved photographs of Robert Cameron and his hometown of San Francisco take on a child-like wonder when viewed through the eyes of Cam.
- ISBN: 9780918684929
- Dimensions: 8.50 in x 6.50 in
- pages: 32
- Author: Nina Gruener
- Type: Board Book
$35.00
Above Seattle
Seattle is a city of which it was once said, "lies well in the arms of the land." This book has captured Seattle and the places around it - the raw, threatening beauty of the Cascade Range and that of the Olympics, the great expanses of water, open fields, the buildings, the almost blinding greenness (from the air), the tiny ships below, the virgin forests, the lights at night; a city that has fought to preserve itself, a city that has, over the years, paid the price to maintain its own beauty, of cleanliness and dignity.
- ISBN: 9780918684417
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Emmet Wattson
- Type: Hardcover
$30.00
Above Tahoe & Reno
None of my aerial subjects has presented such a challenge as this one - a unique combination of natural beauty and the handiwork of man. I am accustomed to looking down on the high-rise canyons of New York or Chicago, or across the vast sweep of architecture in Paris or London or Washington. And even Yosemite and Hawaii do not present the challenge that faced me with the pristine elegance of this area. The problem was to capture its diversity.
- ISBN: 9780918684523
- Dimensions: 9.00 in x 12.00 in
- pages: 110
- Author: Text by Warren Lerude
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Washington D.C.
This unique record of our national treasures is fittingly among the most popular of the "Above" volumes. The Nation's capital is here celebrated with the eye of history and the elan of today's headlines. Never before have America's monuments been so dramatically and lovingly displayed - including a photo-essay on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Alistair Cooke introduces the text with a sweeping historical review of Washington's rise to greatness.
- ISBN: 9780918684080
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Alistair Cooke
- Type: Hardcover
$35.00
Above Yosemite
"What John Muir would have given to see Yosemite from above!" exclaims Harold Gilliam in his book-length text to this photographic tone-poem. Indeed, not even mountain climbers or hang-glider pilots can view a fraction of this most treasured National Park. Teddy Roosevelt called it America's mightiest beauty, and the Sierra Club was born to watch over it. This handsome volume is an enduring masterpiece, the finest sculpture of the Ice Age. <strong>Title is not yet available for purchase</strong>
- ISBN: 9780918684202
- Dimensions: 11.00 in x 14.00 in
- pages: 160
- Author: Text by Harold Gilliam
- Type: Hardcover