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	A Cumbrian Connection: Jack Seabury Works 1956 to 1985 £8.00 Published by : Cumbria Publishing, Carlisle Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Fascinating Acquaintance M A Taylor & R H Rodger £5.00 Most people will have heard of Beatrix Potter, the writer of children’s stories. Far fewer will recognise the name of Charles McIntosh the rural postman from Inver, near Dunkeld. Published by : Perth Museum & Art Gallery Published date : Updated & republished 2003 Format : 148mm x 210mm stitched paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook A. Wainwright £15.99 A fifth collection of eighty ink drawings of scenes in the English Lake District, including Grisedale, Scafell Pike, The Duddon Valley, Great Gable, Crummock Water and many more. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook A. Wainwright £15.99 A fourth collection of eighty ink drawings of scenes in the English Lake District, including Blea Tarn, Bassenthwaite Village, Tilberthwaite, Gosforth Cross, Scafell Crag, Hartsop Dodd and many more. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A History of Linen in the North West Elizabeth Roberts (ed) £6.95 This book brings together five essays on various aspects of the industry from medieval times to the twentieth century, from local to international trade, from rise and expansion to decline and fall. Published by : University of Lancaster Published date : 1999 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Lakeland Paintbook Wendy M Stuart £20.00 This delightful book contains almost 100 original paintings of the Lake District. Published by : Hayloft Published date : October 2011 Format : 234mm x 174mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Lakeland Sketchbook A. Wainwright £15.99 A collection of eighty ink drawings of scenes in the English Lake District, including Scafell Pike, Shap Abbey, Great Gable, a farm at Grasmere, the foot of Wastwater, the Troutbeck Valley and many more. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Second Lakeland Sketchbook A. Wainwright. £15.99 A second collection of eighty ink drawings of scenes in the English Lake District, including Wordsworths birthplace in Cockermouth, Mellbreak, Town End in Troutbeck, Windy Gap, Troutbeck Tongue, Warnscale and many more. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Softer Landscape - Life & Work of Jenny Cowern Valery Rickerby & Mary Burkett £12.50 Jenny Cowern once described herself as 'a painter in thought, training and discipline'. Well, this little book is intended to pay tribute to an artist who was too selfless to promote her own work; to reproduce as much as possible in her various media and to try to do justice in a small way to the quality and delights of her oeuvres, in order to share it with as many people as possible. Published by : Skiddaw Press Published date : March 2007 Format : 176mm x 244mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Striking Likeness: The Life of George Romney David A. Cross £35.00 Richly illustrated, this is the first biography of Romney to explore the full diversity of his innovation. Published by : Ashgate Published date : 2000 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Third Lakeland Sketchbook A. Wainwright £15.99 A third collection of eighty ink drawings of scenes in the English Lake District, including Borrowdale, Dash Falls, Pillar Cove, Furness Abbey, Penrith Castle, Scale Force, Wastwater and many more. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Tour in the Lakes 1797 William Gell; William Rollinson (ed) £9.95 A reproduction of William Gells private journal which provides us with a fascinating glimpse of late eighteenth-century life in Lakeland. Published by : Smith Settle Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Victorian Naturalist: Beatrix Potter's Drawings from the Armitt Collection Eileen Jay; Mary Noble; Anne Stevenson Hobbs £35.00 A selection of art from one of Beatrix Potters most unusual collections. Published by : Frederick Warne Published date : 1992 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Alistair Morton and the Edinburgh Weavers - Visionary Textiles and Modern Art Lesley Jackson £40.00 The Carlisle based company,Edinburgh Weavers, was one of the most important textile companies of the twentieth century. Published by : V & A publishing Published date : February 2012 Format : 225mm x 280mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Beatrix Potter a Journal Beatrix Potter £17.99 A gorgeous full-colour production with letters and photographs from Beatrix Potter and including many fold-outs to intrigue anyone interested in Beatrix Potter's life in the Lake District and elsewhere. Included in the book is a 'hidden' privately printed edition of her Tale of Peter Rabbit. Published by : Warne Published date : Oct 2006 Format : 250mm x 290mm Large hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman Judy Taylor £16.99 A new edition, containing new material and previously unpublished photographs. Published by : Frederick Warne Published date : 1996 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Black's Sketchbooks - The English Lakes 1922 Gordon Home £6.99 Found in the publisher's archives, the Black's Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Published by : A&C Black Published date : July 2009 first published 1922 Format : 220mm x 156mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle and Cumbria: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology Mike McCarthy & David Weston (eds) £32.00 Published by : The British Archaeological Association/Maney Pub. Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle and its Villages Vincent White £12.00 Vincent White began drawing the buildings of Carlisle as he saw familiar sights being demolished before his eyes. Over the years he has created a unique record of Carlisle and the surrounding villages. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Christopher Steele 1733-1767 of Acre Walls, Egremont: George Romney's Teacher Mary E. Burkett £9.50 This book attempts to throw a little more light on Steele with the aid of recently-discovered paintings, either signed by him or attributed to him with reasonable certainty. Published by : Skiddaw Press Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Common Sights Conrad Atkinson £12.00 A study of the life and work of Conrad Atkinson. Published by : The Wordsworth Trust Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Conrad Atkinson Landscapes Conrad Atkinson £18.99 Conrad Atkinson was born in Cleator Moor and studied art at what was then Carlisle College of Art. His work has been displayed in galleries all over the world. This book shows a collection of his work from the last 25 years. Published by : John Isaacs Books Published date : 2006 Format : Large Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Dear Mary, Love Percy - A Creative Thread edited by David A. Cross £30.00 This is an extraordinary record of the 25-year friendship and exchange of letters between two of Cumbria’s leading cultural figures, Mary Burkett, author, biographer, and Arts patron and Percy Kelly, West Cumbrian artist, now acclaimed worldwide. Published by : Skiddaw Press Published date : November 2011 Format : 210mm x 304mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Fleur de Sel Steve Messam & Hannah Stewart £5.99 Fleur de Sel is a 48 page publication which accompanies the art installation by Steve Messam & Hannah Stewart, Fleur de Sel was exhibited as part of the 53rd Biennale di Venezia & also shown in the Lake District in September 2009. Published by : Foldpress Published date : July 2009 Format : 105mm x 148mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Going in Search of The Green Man In Cumbria Thirlie Grundy £2.99 A search for the almost forgotten pagan god, carved by many medieval sculptors into the wood and stone of Christian buildings in all areas of Cumbria. Published by : Thumbprint Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback spiral bound. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: