Owl Cave Books

07/12/2024

❤️ Barbara Stauffacher Solomon ❤️

Thinking about our dear friend Bobbie who would have been 96 yesterday. We met Bobbie in 2017 and formed an instant friendship which grew into a working collaboration. We became the world wide distributors of her self published works, and with our friend we published two books together, Read Any Good Boots Lately? and Making the Invisible Visible. Bobbie remained a close friend until her death earlier this year, and we’re so grateful to have her daughter and family still in our lives. Special mention to who had a shop next to ours in the Mission District in San Francisco and asked if we could order one of her books, which started our whole friendship. Bobbie’s impact on the world and on us will continue forever and we can’t imagine San Francisco without her. We love you, marvelous Bobbie ❤️👠❤️

15/05/2022

Spotted a copy of one of our favorite publications at the showroom in San Francisco. When we had a shop in SF this was one of the bestselling, most asked for publications we sold.

21/04/2022

Bobbie’s books at SFMOMA Museum Store ❤️

23/05/2021

Hanging out at Bobbie’s yesterday ❤️

07/03/2021

Street Style, Ted Polhemus, 1994, published by

1. London rude boy twins, 1980, by Janette Beckman. 2. Standing in line for the Batcave Club, early 1980s, photographer unknown. 3. Perez Pantalon Prado ‘King of the Cha Cha Cha’ Paris, 1955, photographer unknown. 4. Aphex Twin, London, 1993, by Wolfgang Tillmans. 5. West Indian men on a street corner in Liverpool, 1949, photographer unknown. 6. The author, Oxford, 1972.

27/02/2021

Visited yesterday to pay respect to Lawrence Ferlinghetti and everyone who has made it an integral part of San Francisco.

When I moved to SF in 2010 I sent my resume to City Lights after working for almost a decade in bookshops in London (including , and starting my own bookshop). I got a call from City Lights letting me know they had no vacancies at that time, but they were impressed with my work experience and just had to ring me to let me know how much they wanted to offer me a job if they could. I’ll always be honored to have got the call, even though I never made it to working there.

Thank you and RIP ❤️

02/02/2021

Best. Stickers. Ever. .books 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪄🪵🐈‍⬛

02/02/2021

Picpus #23 is here! Free with every order while supplies last ❤️

27/10/2020

From earlier this month when we visited in Joshua Tree ✨

27/10/2020

Sending out an order from our online bookshop 💛 Dodie Bellamy’s The Buddhist, published by Publication Studio and a back issue of Picpus.

19/08/2020

Print by available for auction at in support of ✨💕

15/06/2020

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Buy from black authors, publishers, and black owned bookshops!

07/06/2020

Across the country, black-owned bookstores have served as community gathering spaces, support for emerging authors, and educational resources. Those listed below are open and ready for online order…

03/06/2020

Support Black Owned Bookstores!

Here are several Black owned online bookstores that would love to provide you with some literature to get you through your stay indoors.

09/05/2020

Bobbie at with her pile of books for the show Printed Publics. ❤️👠❤️

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01/05/2020

Bobbie in ❤️👠❤️👠


PS we’re still shipping books from Owl Cave HQ for anyone who wants to purchase Bobbie’s books, link in bio 📚

25/04/2020

We made a donation to to help them keep going during this difficult time, and they sent us this essential badge. Thank you ❤️

01/04/2020

On April 8, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman read from their work and talk about writing about real-life experiences through a creative lens. All proceeds benefit Pegasus Bookstore!