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	Hatchments in Britain: The Northern Counties Peter Summers (ed) £14.99 This is the third volume of a series of ten in which hatchments still surviving in Britain are recorded for the first time. Covers the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, Northumberland, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Published by : Phillimore Published date : 1980 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Ruskin and the Lakeland Arts Revival, 1880-1920 Sara E. Haslam £14.99 Between about 1880 and the end of the First World War there was a widespread revival in traditional handcrafts in the Lake District. Inspired initially by the teachings of John Ruskin, pioneers of the revival established workshops in Keswick, Kendal and elsewhere in which textiles, woodwork and metalwork were made by hand by local craftsmen and women. Their output formed the basis of a series of successful art exhibitions, notably those at Kendal in 1891 and 1899. Published by : Merton Priory Press Ltd. Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Ruskin: The Early Years Tim Hilton £10.95 The first volume of the authoritative biography of Ruskin, published in paperback for the first time. Published by : Yale University Press Published date : 2000 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Josefina de Vasconcellos: Her Life and Art Margaret Lewis £10.99 Josefina de Vasconcellos has been active as a sculptor since the early 1920s. This biography, which contains 32 pages of photographs from a unique collection, charts the extraordinary life of a woman who faced many challenges and disappointments, Published by : Flambard Published date : 2002 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott: An Architectural History Gregory John Slater £5.95 A new Arts and Crafts house has recently been unveiled at Blackwell, Windermere, of which Baillie Scott was the architect. Published by : Amulree Publications Published date : 1995 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales Dennis Child £45.00 This book has become a standard work of reference for identifying painters who were born or practised in the north of England and Wales. The information within is intended to give a thumbnail sketch of an artist and provide further references that can be used by a reader who wants to obtain more detail. Published by : Professor Dennis Child OBE Published date : 2002 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Quilts & Coverlets Rosemary E. Allan £25.00 The collection of quilts and coverlets at Beamish Museum is an important folk art survival in the British Isles. Published by : The Beamish Museum Published date : June 2007 Format : 225mm x 290mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Read's Point of View Mary E. Burkett; David Sloss £19.95 A biography of Mathias Read (1669-1747), once called the father of Cumbrian painting, and the only notable pre-picturesque painter of the Lake District. Published by : Skiddaw Press Published date : 1995 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Ruskin Francis O'Gorman £5.99 A pocket biography of John Ruskin, one of the greatest Victorian art and society critics. With archive photographs and reproductions of rare documents. Published by : Sutton Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Sam Bough RSA: The Rivers in Bohemia Gil & Pat Hitchon £30.00 Sam Bough is one of the nineteenth centurys most intriguing painters. From humble beginnings in Carlisle, he received little formal artistic training, but went on to become a major figure in Scottish art. His vivid landscapes and luminous seascapes are Published by : The Book Guild Ltd Published date : 1998 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Scottish Mountain Drawings: The Islands A. Wainwright £9.99 This classic collection of A. Wainwright's distinctive Scottish mountain drawings is now reissued for the first time in paperback. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2006 Format : Large paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Scottish Mountain Drawings: The Western Highlands A. Wainwright £9.99 This classic collection of A. Wainwright's distinctive Scottish mountain drawings is now reissued for the first time in paperback. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2006 Format : Large paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Sesame and Lilies John Ruskin £5.99 A facsimile edition to mark the centenary of the death of John Ruskin. His most popular work. Published by : Hendon Publishing Published date : 2000 Format : Small paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Shades of Lakeland Kathleen Gilbert £8.99 A stunning book which illustrates the beauty of the Lake District with walks, poetry and drawings. Published by : Glaramara Studios Published date : 2002 Format : Large spiral bound paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Sheila Fell Chris Wadsworth £12.00 This book celebrates the art of Sheila Fell, a miner's daughter from Aspatria who became one of the most outstanding landscape painters of the 20th century. The paintings are on display in Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth in April and May 2005. Published by : Castlegate House Gallery Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	St Martin's -The Making of a Masterpiece Arthur Penn £12.50 'The time will come when strangers will seek Brampton, not for the sake of the town itself, but for the windows in St Martin's Church - the work of the honoured and world-famed Burne-Jones.'......Vicar Whitehead, of Brampton in Cumbria, spoke prophetically towards the end of the 19th century of the astounding achievement that is St Martins. Published by : David Penn Published date : May 2008 Format : 220mm x 183mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Stained Glass from Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster and London William Waters £26.95 Shrigley and Hunt, one of the finest stained glass manufacturers of the late nineteenth century, has long been overlooked for the excellence of its output. In its day it was ranked with Morris and Company, Powells of Whitefriars, and the other great Published by : University of Lancaster Published date : 2003 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Stanley Webb Davies 1894-1978 Hugh Wright £10.00 Stanley Webb Davies of Windermere is now recognised as one of the foremost designers and makers of furniture in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Published by : Bookcase Published date : November 2006 Format : 210mm x 150mm small paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Sutton and his Circle: The Cockermouth School of Painting 1750-1880 M.E. Burkett £14.50 Published by : Skiddaw Press Published date : 2001 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Antique County Maps of Cumberland John Higham £11.99 The lavishly illustrated story of the printed maps of Cumberland. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 1997 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Armitt Story Eileen Jay £11.50 The story of a small private subscription library, founded in 1909. Published by : Loughrigg Press Published date : 1998 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Artists of Cumbria Marshall Hall £25.00 A well illustrated dictionary of the many artists in the area. Published by : Marshall Hall Published date : 1979 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook Barrie and Wendy Armstrong £17.50 The legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England is rich and varied. This book describes examples of sculpture, architecture, painting, stained glass, wood- and metal-work, and other crafts in over 600 sites from Cumbria southwards to North Staffordshire. Published by : Oblong Creative Ltd. Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria Peter Ryder £4.00 This book is the result of a study of cross slabs throughout Cumbria, undertaken in the 1990s, in which 160 medieval church and monastic sites were visited and 447 slabs recorded. As the name implies, cross slabs are blocks of stone, usually the size and shape of a coffin lid, bearing as their principle motif a full-length cross. Published by : Cumbria County Council Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The English Lakes: Wordsworth's Country A. Heaton Cooper £4.99 A beautiful giftbook with watercolour illustrations by the author, and poetry from Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey, amongst others. Published by : J. Salmon Published date : 1997 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: