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Peirce Mill: Two Hundred Years in the Nation’s Capital, by Steve Dryden (fall ’09), a Bergamot Book designed by Denise Arnot
Steve Dryden tells the fascinating family history of this popular landmark in Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, including its present-day restoration.

View Peirce Mill Press Release (Nov. 09)

Peirce Mill

The Kreeger Museum (winter '10) In a glorious visual journey, this book presents "the jewel of Foxhall's" unique art collection in more than 100 stunning color reproductions.

Kreeger Museum
Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C. (press release - coming soon)

Jacob Lawrence and The Migration Series Nationwide Curriculum, created by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., and edited by Bergamot Books
This illustrated volume shares the results of The Phillips Collection’s Jacob Lawrence Project. A useful tool for school and programs, NCreveals how schools, museums, and community organizations created curricula based on Lawrence’s Migration Series and how students responded through cross-curricular projects, including art.

NC Cover

Markings by Max Mackenzie (fall '07)
Stunning images of Minnesota farmland shot from Max Mackenzie's ultralight flying machine rivet audiences and followers of his long career in fine art photography. More images & press release-->

Markings Cover
Markings Cover (118kb)

Carbide Light: The Last Flame in American Mines by Dave Thorpe (spring '06) In this packed volume, collector Dave Thorpe has shared his exhaustive knowledge of the history of miners' carbide lamps, along with a plethora of documenting illustrations. This may be the final word on an esoteric chapter of American history. For true aficionados, a leather-bound deluxe edition is also available.

Carbide Light
Carbide Light Cover (83kb)

On the Way to Red Square Bergamot provided editing services for the second edition of this insightful short story collection about a Portuguese woman married to an American diplomat posted to Moscow in the 1980s. Published by SCARITH, an imprint of New Academia Publishing, www.newacademia.com.

On the Way to Red Square
On the Way to Red Square (167kb)

Adolf Cluss, Architect (fall '05, prizewinning) German-born architect Adolf Cluss (1825–1905) designed over eighty buildings in Washington, D.C. in the post–Civil War period, including the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building.

Adolf Cluss book cover
Adolf Cluss, book cover (30kb)

Washington Images: Rare Maps and Prints from the Albert H. Small Collection (2004) Produced for Washington's City Museum, the riveting images in this book instantly evoke Washington's past during its formative years. More-->

Washington Images cover
Dust Jacket (38kb)

Art of the City Bergamot provided full editing services for this comprehensive teaching kit that presents thirty art works from the Phillips Collection for cross-curricular study.

Art of the City cover
Art of the City (22kb)