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	The Green Man of Carlisle Cathedral Thirlie Grundy £1.95 A short booklet which attempts to throw some light on this dark area of medieval history, as it occurs in Carlisle Cathedral. Published by : Thumbprint Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Lake Artists Society: 1904-2004 - A Centenary Celebration Jane Renouf £35.00 Winner of the Lakeland Book of the Year 2005. The Lake Artists Society has survived through a century of many cultural and artistic changes, wars and economic crises, and has gone from strength to strength, continuing to present an annual exhibition which is recognised as of great importance. Published by : Lake Artists Society Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Loving Eye and Skilful Hand: The Keswick School of Industrial Arts Ian Bruce £15.00 This School occupies an important place in the Arts and Crafts movement. It revivified old craft traditions in the Lake District.This is the first detailed study of the School. It will be of interest to local and art historians and collectors. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Loving Eye and Skilful Hand: The Keswick School of Industrial Arts Ian Bruce £25.00 This School occupies an important place in the Arts and Crafts movement. It revivified old craft traditions in the Lake District.This is the first detailed study of the School. It will be of interest to local and art historians and collectors. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2001 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Medieval Misericords in Carlisle Cathedral Thirlie Grundy £1.95 There have been many surveys and visitations about the carving and understanding of the misericords, and many photographs, but Thirlie Grundys is the first study by an artist who has used both her pencil to illustrate the subtleties of every detail, and also her hands and fingers to discover parts invisible to the eye - let alone the camera. Published by : Thumbprint Published date : Updated 2006 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Painted Letters of Percy Kelly Chris Wadsworth £30.00 This story of a friendship between the artist Percy Kelly and Joan David, a retired scientist and art collector, is told through a unique series of illustrated letters which were sent over a period of ten years. The letters are full of vivid memories Published by : Castlegate House Gallery Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Passion for Painting Pattern Raymond Honeynman £10.00 Raymond Honeyman’s rich tapestry of life has turned the Carlisle designer into one of the country’s leading designers of pattern. Published by : Unipress Cumbria Published date : December 2007 Format : 218mm x 222mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Postcards of Edward H. Thompson £10.00 This CD contains illustrations of some 150 postcards based on the superb watercolour paintings of Edward H. Thompson, together with background information etc. Published by : John Higham Published date : 2003 Format : CD Rom Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Triumph of Kurt Schwitters Barbara Crossley £20.00 Kurt Schwitters was a genuinely revolutionary artist, acknowledged as one of the most important avant-garde figures of the twentieth century. In this stimulating biography Barbara Crossley discovers Schwitters the compassionate and caring man who loved practical jokes, the fiercely ambitious artist who was also content in rural seclusion, the politically and socially conscious thinker who embraced the absurd, the lover and the fighter who knew that beyond his death his work would survive to shape our times. Published by : The Armitt Trust Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Wartime Diary of Frank Fowler Frank Fowler £5.95 Frank H Fowler was an artist, writer, and keen angler, who kept a wonderful sketchbook diary recording the final years of the Second World War. Published by : Awards for All Published date : 2007 Format : 146mm x 210mm stitched paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Websters of Kendal: A North-Western Architectural Dynasty Angus Taylor; Janet Martin (ed) £45.00 Published by : CWAAS Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Turner in the North David Hill £16.95 A collection of photographs of the many sites which the artist J.M.W. Turner sketched in his tour of England 200 years ago. Published by : Yale University Press Published date : 1996 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	Unto This Last John Ruskin £6.99 A facsimile edition to mark the centenary of the death of John Ruskin. A collection of four essays on the first principles of political economy. Published by : Hendon Publishing Published date : 2000 Format : Small paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Whitewash and Brown Paint - Lovely ; The Sketchbooks of Percy Kelly Chris Wadsworth £12.99 Percy Kelly was born in Workington, an industrial town on the west coast of Cumbria. He left school at 14 and joined the postal service and served in the Signals regiment in the 1940 war. Published by : Castlegate House Published date : March 2007 Format : hardback; 150 x 210 mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Winifred Nicholson 1893 - 1981: A Cumbrian Perspective £12.00 An affectionate look at the beautiful paintings by Winifred Nicholson which were collected by Chris Wadsworth to exhibit in Castlegate House, with fascinating background information on her work, including some words from Winifred herself. Published by : Castlegate House Gallery Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: