Chronicle Books

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680 2nd St
San Francisco, CA 94107
Chronicle Books publishes a variety of books on topics such as design, art, architecture, food, literature, pop culture, travel and photography. Its other products include children s paperbacks, board books, plush toys, novelties, address books and writing boxes. Among the company s noteworthy titles are Martha Zamora s Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish, N.C. Wyeth s Pilgrims, and Nick Bantock s Griffin & Sabine, Sabine s Notebook and The Golden Mean, as well as James McNair s portfolio of cookbooks. Chronicle Books was founded in 1966 and has headquarters in San Francisco. The company also operates a book store in San Francisco and is publishing partners with SeaStar Books, North-South Books, innovative KIDS, Handprint Books, Princeton Architectural Press, Quirk Books, Editions du Seuil and SmartLab.

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Juan V.
8/1/2025

Went on a Summer Stroll in the SOMA by the offices of Chronicle Books Headquarters on Second street in San Francisco . For a second you could barely notice a book store. Inside there is a space...

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Michele J.
11/1/2024

I bought a journal published by this company. While a cute product, their stickers they put on the back pulled the backing off the cover leaving paper shredded and also a 3" x 5" stain on the...

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Karen 2.
3/3/2025

chronicle books has a lot of mid reading materials. the books they sell are overpriced on their website as well.

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Foofa B.
12/14/2021

It's worthwhile popping into if you're in the area and are passing by during their clear out sale when one can pick up the odd one or two extremely random bargains at 80% off. That said, and in...

Cristina G.
12/3/2021

Rude staff, under rated. Books aren't that good. Rip off I won't be returning !! Go somewhere else

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