San Francisco and Thereabout

San Francisco, CA: A. M. Robertson. Good. 1906. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The book covers have noticeable toning, foxing, and wear. There are noticeble chips to both top and bottom spine ends, and bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "That same year, he met the architect Bernard Maybeck on the commuter ferry. They became friends, and in 1895 Keeler asked Maybeck to design his home, in the Berkeley Hills on Highland Place, just north of the UC campus in North Berkeley. It was Maybeck's first residential commission, the first of many redwood-clad hillside homes designed by Maybeck, and the first in a cluster of influential First Bay Tradition houses in Berkeley, designed to blend in with their natural setting. Maybeck also designed a studio structure for Keeler near the house in 1902. The desire of Keeler, Maybeck and others to promote locally this kind of architecture integrated with nature, in keeping with Arts and Crafts movement ideals, prompted creation of a Ruskin Club in Berkeley in 1895 and the Hillside Club in 1898. Although the Hillside Club was originally started by a group of women, men were soon admitted, and Keeler became its first secretary (1902–1903) and second president (1903–1905). He laid out his ideas for a new style of residence "infused with the art spirit" in his 1904 book The Simple Home, which became a manifesto of sorts for the Club and is considered Keeler's most significant book. " (from Wikipedia) .