Books from Bulfinch Press

  • Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism
    By John Paul Schaefer

    The third installment in the series on Edward Weston presented by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts explores his involvement in the modernist movement; discusses the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, Pollack, and Picasso in comparison to his; and ...

  • Native Nations: First Americans as Seen by Edward S. Curtis
    By Edward S. Curtis, Christopher Cardozo, Callaway Editions

    A collection of turn-of-the-century photographs by Edward Curtis depicts the appearance and culture of the Native American nations

  • Great Plains
    By Edward S. Curtis, Christopher Cardozo, Callaway Editions

    Photographs, some never before published, taken by a renowned photographer of Native Americans showcase the indelible images of the Piegan, Sioux, Apsaroke, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Ogalala, and other Plains peoples.

  • Native Family
    By Christopher Cardozo, Callaway Editions, Edward Curtis

    This twenty-volume, twenty-portfolio magnum opus contains thousands of photogravures and accompanying historical and descriptive text, some of which has been excerpted here to bring the pictures to life and provide information on family ...

  • Hidden Faces
    By Edward S. Curtis, Christopher Cardozo, Callaway Editions

    A collection of unique photographs focuses on the unknown and fascinating ceremonial masks and costumes used by various Native American tribal groups, most notably the Navaho peoples of the Southwest and the Kwakiutl of British Columbia.

  • The Ancient Egypt Pack: A Three-Dimensional Celebration of Egyptian Mythology, Culture, Art, Life and Afterlife
    By Sara Maitland, Christos Kondeatis

    For anyone young or old who wants to explore the mysteries of ancient Egypt, The Ancient Egypt Pack is a uniquely accessible guide. Full-color illustrations.

  • Pandora's Box: A 3-dimensional Celebration of Greek Mythology
    By Sara Maitland, Christos Kondeatis

    A unique introduction to Greek mythology in the form of a hinged box containing an assortment of colorful items--marvels of paper engineering--includes a pop-up Trojan horse, a Hercules board game, a booklet, and much more. BOMC & QPB.

  • The Art of Fine Cigars
    By John-Manuel Andriote, Andrew E. Falk, B. Henry PĂ©rez

    With the sudden proliferation of cigar clubs and smokers' nights, it seems like everyone who's anyone today is lighting up a puro supremo. This informative guide shows novice smokers how to savor every aspect of the cigar experience.

  • The National Trust Country House Album
    By Christopher Simon Sykes

    Photographs and descriptions of some of the finest homes in England, selected from family albums by a photographer of British homes, record the lifestyles of a bygone era of wealth and stately grandeur

  • Taos Pueblo
    By Ansel Adams, Mary Hunter Austin

    Adams had only recently put aside a nascent career as a concert pianist to pursue photography full time, but he still wasn't sure he could make a go of it when he took up the Taos project in collaboration with Mary Austin, a popular ...

  • Kiki Smith
    By Helaine Posner, Kiki Smith, David Frankel

    Offers a look at the work and life of the American artist who uses such materials as glass, metal, wood, paper, ink, paint, and wax in her work

  • Weston's Westons: Portraits and Nudes
    By Theodore E. Stebbins, Edward Weston

    A collection of portraits and nudes taken from The Lane Collection, which have only been previously published in the form of exhibition catalogues.

  • Weston's Westons: California and the West
    By Theodore E. Stebbins, Karen E. Quinn, Edward Weston

    In this collection of photographs, California and the West Coast of America are shown in all their seasons and scenery, from arid deserts and dramatic mountain ranges, to vineyards and fruit farms in full bloom.

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs & Writings
    By Sarah Greenough, National Gallery of Art, Alfred Stieglitz

    Returning to print after fifteen years, a high-quality collection of seventy-three images from the career of the pioneering photographer features portraits of artist Georgia O'Keeffe and early twentieth-century New York City. 10,000 first ...

  • Louise Bourgeois: Drawings & Observations
    By Louise Bourgeois, Lawrence Rinder, University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

    133 Colour Illustrations

  • Queen Mary 2: The Greatest Ocean Liner of Our Time
    By John Maxtone-Graham

    The Reason for God is a video-based study that will help you learn how to engage others in dialogue on common objections to Christianity.

  • Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach
    By Rebecca Solnit, Anne Tucker, Richard Misrach

    Landscapes by Misrach. Beauty, mystery and abuse of the American desert. First comprehensive survey of R. Misrach's epic work-in-progress, serves as an exhibition catalogue.

  • Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of the Gas Station
    By John Margolies

    An illustrated celebration of this American cultural icon traces gas station history and style from the earliest roadside pumps to the present, using archival photographs to focus on the heyday of the streamlined station.

  • Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition : Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth
    By Delaware Art Museum, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum

    An enchanting collection of fantastical and colorful paintings by four American Realism painters--Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, and Wyeth's son and grandson--examines the relationship among these artists and suggests how illustration and the ...

  • Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art & Anecdote
    By John Fricke

    ... 88 Fitzgerald, Ella, 143 Fleming, Victor, 58, 60, 64 Folsey, George, 130, 134 Fontaincbleau Hotel, The, 173 Ford, ... Janet, 122 Gay Purr-ee, 227, 244, 265 Gennaro, Peter, 208 Gershe, Leonard, 12, 172, 173, 1%, 203, 314 Gershwin.