The Book Shop at Blackwell stocks a diverse and specialised range of art books, exhibition catalogues and one of the most comprehensive selections of titles relating to the Arts & Crafts Movement, as well as greetings cards and postcards. Entry is free, but if you can’t make it to the shop please contact us on 015394 46139 or email info [at] blackwell [dot] org [dot] uk to order books and catalogues.
William Morris: A Sense of Place
Illustrated publication supporting the 2010 exhibition.
52 pages
ISBN: 978-1-906043-04-9 (9781906043049)
£10.00, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Blackwell Guidebook
The recently redesigned and reprinted full colour guide to Britain's most important, Baillie Scott designed, Arts and Crafts house.
Includes:
Full house and garden guide, including history and restoration
48 pages
ISBN: 1-902498-07-0
£7.50, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
The Aesthetic Movement
by Lionel Lambourne
£39.95 hardback, published by Phaidon
Architecture in the 20th Century
by Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser
£16.99 hardback, published by Taschen
Art Deco Architecture
By Patricia Bayer
£19.95, paperback, published by Thames and Hudson
Art Deco Painting
by Edward Lucie Smith
£16.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
Art Nouveau
by Stephen Escritt
£14.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
Art Nouveau
By Alistair Duncan
£8.95 by Thames and Hudson, World of Art
Art Nouveau
The Pitkin Guide
£4.99 paperback
Art Nouveau Jewellery
by Vivenne Becker
£19.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
Arts and Crafts Furniture
by John Andrews
£39.50 hardback, published by Antique Collectors Club
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America
By Wendy Kaplan
£39.95 hardback, published by Thames and Hudson
Arts and Crafts Furniture: from Classic to Contemporary
by Kevin P. Rodel and Jonathan Binzen
£29.95 hardback, published by The Taunton Press
The Arts and Crafts Companion
by Pamela Todd
£19.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
Arts & Crafts Metalwork
Exhibition catalogue detailing the 130 objects in the exhibition, including biographical information on makers and designers, and notes on techniques and materials.
Includes:
80 pages
67 full colour reproductions
ISBN: 1-902498-14-3
£10, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
The Arts and Crafts Movement
by Elizabeth Cumming and Wendy Kaplan
£8.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
The Arts and Crafts Movement
by Rosalind Blakesley
£39.95 hardback, published by Phaidon
Arts & Crafts, Collector's Guide
by Judith Miller
£9.99, hardback, published by Dorling Kindersley
C.R.Ashbee: Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist
by Alan Crawford
£25.00 paperback, published by Yale University Press
Baillie Scott: The Artistic House
by Diane Haigh
£38.50 paperback, published by Academy Editions
Bauhaus 1919-1933
by Magdelena Dvoste
£7.99 hardback, published by Taschen
Beauty in Repetition: Metalwork and Jewellery, Junko Mori and Jacqueline Ryan
Fully illustrated catalogue supporting the 2010 exhibition
52 Pages
ISBN: 9781906043025
RRP: £10.00
W.A.S Benson Exhibition Booklet
A souvenir of the exhibition with information about Benson, his life and work.
Includes:
18 pages
14 full colour reproductions
ISBN: 978-1-906043-00-1
£1.95, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland
by Nikolaus Pevsner
£25.00 hardback, published by Yale University Press
Byzantium Rediscovered
by J.B.Bullen
£45 hardback, published by Phaidon
The Ceramics Of William De Morgan
Full exhibition catalogue detailing the 128 separate objects in the show at Blackwell. These include tiles, dishes, bowls and vases, all infused with stunning designwork - the legacy of the varied talents of William De Morgan.
Includes:
Essay on the life and influences of William De Morgan
80 pages
70 full colour reproductions
ISBN: 1-902498-10-0
£10, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Stoler Chairs
£11.50 paperback, published by Jugendstilsenteret
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The Pitkin Guide
£4.99 paperback
The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century
by Tanya Harrod
£50 hardback, published by Yale University Press
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
by Alan Crawford
£8.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
Charles Rennie Mackintosh & Co 1854-2004
By David Stark
£25 Hardback, published by Stenlake Publishing Ltd
Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer
by Harry Lyons
£25 hardback, published by Antique Collectors Club
Contemporary: Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s
by Lesley Jackson
£24.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
Newlyn Copper, Arts & Crafts Copper Work in Newlyn
by Daryl Bennett & Colin Pill
£24.95, paperback, published by Sansom & Co
The Ceramics Book (Second Edition)
by Emmanuel Cooper
£9.95, paperback, published by Ceramic Review Publishing Ltd
Christopher Dresser, A Design Revolution
by Michael Whiteway
£35, hardback, published by V&A Publications
Edmund de Waal: A line around a shadow
Fully illustrated catalogue supporting the exhibition
ISBN: 1902498259
RRP: £10.00
Edward Burne-Jones
By Ann S. Dean
The Pitkin Guide
£4.99 paperback
The English Country House
From Archives of Country Life
By Mary Miers
£50 hardback, published by Rizzoli
English Architecture
By David Watkin
£7.95 paperback, published by Thames and Hudson, World of Art
The English Regional Chair
by Bernard D Cotton
£49.50, hardback, published by Antique Collectors Club
Elizabethan and Jacobean Style
by Timothy Mowl
£22.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
The English House: 1000 years of Domestic Architecture
by John Steel and Michael Wright
£45.00 hardback, published by Antique Collectors Club
English Vernacular Furniture 1750 - 1900
by Christopher Gilbert
£55.00 hardback, published by Yale University Press
Essential Arts and Crafts
by Karen Livingstone
£14.99 hardback, published by Macmillan
50 Favourite Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright
By Diana Maddex
£14.95 hardback, published by Thames and Hudson
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect
£27.95, paperback, published by Phaidon
Furniture, a Concise History
By Edward Lucie-Smith
£7.95 paperback, published by Thames and Hudson, World of Art
The Garden Book (mini version)
£6.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
Good Citizen's Furniture - The Arts and Crafts Collections at Cheltenham
Edited by Annette Carruthers and Mary Greensted
£26.50 paperback, published by Lund Humphries
Gordon Russell Vision and Reality
By Gordon Russell Museum
£5 paperback
Gothic Revival
by Megan Aldrich
£22.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
The Gothic Revival
By Michael J Lewis
£9.95 paperback, published by Thames and Hudson, World of Art
Green + Green
£19.95 paperback, by Edward Bosley, published by Phaidon
Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook
Comments by Henry Moore and Kenneth Clarke
£12.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
The History of Stained Glass
by Virginia Chieffo Raguin
£24.95 hardback, published by Thames & Hudson
The House Book
£14.99 hardback, published by Phaidon
The House Book (mini version)
£6.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
Houses and Gardens: Arts & Crafts Interiors
by M.H.Baillie Scott
£14.95 hardback, published by the Antiques Collectors Club
Houses of the Gentry 1480 to 1680
by Nicholas Cooper
£55.00 hardback, published by English Heritage
The Japanese Craft Tradition: Kokten Korgei
Catalogue of works by the prestigious Kokten Korgei Society for this exclusive exhibition at Blackwell
Includes:
Essay by Professor Yunoki, Chairman, Kokten Korgei.
72 pages
Full colour reproductions
ISBN: 1-902498-07-0
£9.95, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
John Ruskin and the Lakeland Arts Revival, 1880 - 1920
by Sara E. Haslam
£14.99 paperback, published by Merton Priory Press
Jonas Barber - Clockmaker of Winster
by B.W.Cave-Brown-Cave
£8.50 paperback, published by The Reminder Press
Kate Malone: Next To Nature
Exhibition catalogue of new and recent ceramics from the exhibition at Blackwell.
Includes:
Essay by Lesley Jackson
41 pages
40 full colour illustrations
ISBN: 1-902498-23-2
Essay by Lesley Jackson
£7.50, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Katsura: Imperial Villa
edited by Virginia Ponciroli
£45.00 hardback, published by Electa architecture
The Lake District: Cumbria Food & Drink
by Christian Dymond
£12.99, paperback, published by Dymond Guides
Le Corbusier
by Kenneth Frampton
£8.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) Unity in Design and Industry
by Joan Maria Hansen
£35.00 hardback, published by Antique Collectors Club
Livable Modernism (Interior Decorating & Design During the Great Depression)
by Kristina Wilson
£27.00, hardback
The Loving Eye and Skilful Hand: The Keswick School of Industrial Arts
by Ian Bruce
£15.00 paperback, published by Bookcase
Loos by August Sarnitz
£6.99 paperback, published by Taschen
Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens & Landscapes
by Janet Waymark
£40, hardback, published by Frances Lincoln Ltd
Magdalene Odundo - Clay Forms
A retrospective of ceramic work from throughout her career.
Includes:
Essays by Marina Vaizey and Emmanuel Cooper
85 pages
60 colour reproductions
Full colour reproductions
ISBN: 1-902498-06-2
£9.95, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Michael Cardew: Ceramics of the Winchcombe period 1926-39
An illustrated essay researched and written by Dr Kathy Haslam to support the Michael Cardew exhibition at Blackwell, February 5 - June 8, 2008.
Includes:
32 pages
33 colour reproductions
by Dr Kathy Haslam
£3.00, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Modern Pots - Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their contemporaries
The Lisa Sainsbury Collection
by Cyril Frankel
£35 hardback, published by Thames & Hudson
David Nash: An Interview

An interview with David Nash by Edward King took place at Nash’s studio at Blaenau Ffestiniog on 28 May 2009, published in a 32 page illustrated book (200 x 200 mm) containing 10 full page colour plates, many taken since the interview and published for the first time. It also includes a complete list of works at Abbot Hall and Blackwell 6 July - 10 October 2009.
£5.00, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Nature and Tradition
Arts and Crafts Architecture and Gardens in and Guildford
£5.95 published by The Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey
Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts
by Isabelle Anscombe
£14.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
Painting with Smoke: David Roberts - Raku Potter
by Lynne Green
£35.00 hardback
The Paper Jewelry Collection
by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins
£16.95 hardback, published by Thames & Hudson
Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles
by A.J. Cross
£35, hardback, published by Richard Dennis
Philip Webb: Pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Architecture
by Sheila Kirk
£29.99 paperback, published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Lucie Rie
By Tony Birks
£25 paperback, published by Stenlake Publishing Ltd
Gordon Russell, Designer of Furniture
by Jeremy Myerson
£15, hardback, published by Gordon Russell Trust
Searching for Beauty, Letters from a Collector to a Studio Potter
by Richard Jacobs
£25, hardback, published by Kestrel Books
Silver
Edited by Philippa Glanville
£16.95, paperback, published by V&A Publications
Simplicity or Splendour
Edited by Annette Carruthers and Mary Greensted
£26.50 paperback, published by Lund Humphries
The Story of Architecture
by Patrick Nuttgens
£16.95 paperback, published by Phaidon
The Synge-Craven Collection Of Regional Slipware
Full catalogue detailing the quirky slipware vessels from the potteries of England and Wales that are featured in the exhibition at Blackwell.
Includes:
Essay by Laurence Synge-Craven
63 pages
101 colour reproductions
Full colour reproductions
ISBN: 1-902498-27-5
£7.50, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Talwin Morris & The Glasgow Style
Exhibition brochure introducing graphic designer Talwin Morris and his circle, which included Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Includes:
Essay by curator Harvey Wilkinson
8 pages
11 full colour illustrations
ISBN: 1-902498-20-8
£2.50, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement
by Linda Parry
£14.95 paperback, published by Thames and Hudson
Tiffany
Bu Louis Comfort
£8.99 hardback published By Taschen
Traditional Buildings of Cumbria
by R W Brunskill
£30 hardback, published by Cassell
Traditional Farm Buildings of Britain and their Conservation
By R.W. Brunskill
£19.99 paperback published by Yale University Press
Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement 1890 - 1920
by Todd M. Volpe and Beth Cathers
£18.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
A New Light on Tiffany, Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls
by Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K Hofer
£29.99, hardback, published by New York Historical Society
Understanding Small Period Houses
by Amanda Laws
£25 hardback, published by The Crowood Press
Stanley Webb Davies 1894-1978, Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker
by Hugh Wright
£10, paperback, published by Bookcase
Wendy Ramshaw: Jewellery
Exhibition catalogue featuring over 100 separate pieces of jewellery in the exhibition at Blackwell, including earrings, ring-sets, brooches and necklaces as well as her new large-scale 'towers'.
Includes:
Essay by Marina Vaizey and introduction by Clare Phillips
68 pages
58 full colour reproductions
ISBN: 1-902498-16-X
£10, published by Lakeland Arts Trust
William De Morgan Tiles
by Jon Catleugh
£15 paperback, published by Richard Dennis
William de Morgan
Arts and Crafts Potter
By Rob Higgins and Christopher Stolbert Robinson
£6.99 paperback by Shire
William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones
Interlacings
By Caroline Arscott
£40 hardback published by the Paul Mellor Centre/Yale University Press
William Morris
by Fiona McCarthy
£12.99 (reduced from £35.00) paperback, published by Faber & Faber
William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Home
by Pamela Todd
£22.50 hardback, published by Thames & Hudson
William Morris: An Illustrated Life
The Pitkin Guide
£4.99 paperback
World Textiles
by John Gillow and Bryan Sentence
£16.95 paperback, published by Thames & Hudson
