Book Collection and Bibliography
Alfred Wainwright is probably best known for his Guidebooks but, when the total bibliography is inspected, his writing and, particularly his drawings are seen to be of at least equal importance. His reputation and the popularity of his work has of course led to numerous other books which are based on his achievements and story. The Society has never set out to be a ‘collector’ of his books or memorabilia; it is not in our constitution. Where we have had the opportunity to acquire items which are in themselves unique and contain original material we have, on a very selective basis, tried to do so and, where successful, donated these to the Cumbria Archive to enable future generations to be able to see them.
In 2014, it was agreed that the Society should however embark on a project to acquire a copy of every one of AW’s published items, the purpose of which was to try to ensure that a copy of his work was available for the future. We were not interested in which edition or impression was involved although the aim was to acquire a copy which was un-amended from his original publication. Publications ‘about AW’ were not included. However, where there was other material to which he had contributed in some way (e.g. a foreword, an introduction, or the inclusion of drawings which had not been reproduced in his other publications) we included these in our project. The intention was to donate the collection to the Cumbria Archive where it could be inspected and also used for research work.
An appeal was made to our members to donate any copies that they could give and this resulted in a tremendous start to this collection; in fact well over half of the titles we identified were supplied by members, with generous donations from the Wainwright family as well. Other books were bought, mainly on-line. All books were wrapped in protective material and stickers placed on the inside cover acknowledging who had donated the book where appropriate. The final collection was passed to Cumbria Archive in October 2014, less than six months from the start of the project.
The pictures here show the main items of the collection in a display and after they were lodged with Peter Eyre at the Cumbria Archive.
The publication list below covers the items in the project and is believed to be a complete bibliography as well as some other relevant publications which include original material by AW. If we have missed any please let us know!
Dates show original publication date, not necessarily the actual copy in our collection.
Pictorial Guidebooks
Pictorial Guide Book One: The Eastern Fells 1955
Pictorial Guide Book Two: The Far Eastern Fells 1957
Pictorial Guide Book Three: The Central Fells 1958
Pictorial Guide Book Four: The Southern Fells 1960
Pictorial Guide Book Five: The Northern Fells 1962
Pictorial Guide Book Six: The North Western Fells 1964
Pictorial Guide Book Seven: The Western Fells 1966
Pennine Way Companion 1968
Walks in Limestone Country 1970
Walks on the Howgill Fells 1972
A Coast to Coast Walk 1973
The Outlying Fells of Lakeland 1974
Walks from Ratty 1978
Old Roads of Eastern Lakeland 1985
Books of drawings and sketches
A Lakeland Sketchbook 1969
A Second Lakeland Sketchbook 1970
A Third Lakeland Sketchbook 1971
A Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook 1972
A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook 1973
Scottish Mountain Drawings: Volume One: The Northern Highlands 1974
Scottish Mountain Drawings: Volume Two: The North-Western Highlands 1976
Scottish Mountain Drawings: Volume Three: The Western Highlands 1976
Scottish Mountain Drawings: Volume Four: The Central Highlands 1977
Scottish Mountain Drawings: Volume Five: The Eastern Highlands 1978
Scottish Mountain Drawings: Volume Six: The Islands 1979
Lakeland Mountain Drawings: Volume One 1980
Lakeland Mountain Drawings: Volume Two 1981
Lakeland Mountain Drawings: Volume Three 1982
Lakeland Mountain Drawings: Volume Four 1983
Lakeland Mountain Drawings: Volume Five 1984
A Dales Sketchbook 1976
A Second Dales Sketchbook 1978
A Furness Sketchbook 1978
A Second Furness Sketchbook 1979
Three Westmorland Rivers 1979
A Lune Sketchbook 1980
A Ribble Sketchbook 1980
An Eden Sketchbook1980
A Bowland Sketchbook 1981
A Wyre Sketchbook 1982
A North Wales Sketchbook 1982
A South Wales Sketchbook 1982
A Peak District Sketchbook 1983
Welsh Mountain Drawings 1981
Wainwright in Lakeland 1985
Westmorland Heritage 1975
Kendal in the 19th Century 1977
Autobiographical Books
Fellwanderer: The Story Behind the Guidebooks 1966
Ex-Fellwanderer 1987
A Pennine Journey: The Story of a Long Walk in 1938 1986
Miscellaneous
Antiquarian Map of Cumbria 1980
Map of Westmorland 1974 by Alfred Wainwright and Paul N. Wilson; (insert in Wain In Lakeland above)
Fellwalking with a Camera 1988
Large Format ‘Coffee Table’ Colour Books
Fellwalking with Wainwright 1984
Wainwright on the Pennine Way 1985
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk 1987
Wainwright in Scotland 1988
Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes 1989
Wainwright in the Limestone Dales 1991
Wainwright’s Favourite Lakeland Mountains, 1991 (posthumously)
Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland, 1992 (posthumously)
Our Book Collection also includes copies of the following works which, whilst not written by Wainwright, have either Forewords, Introductions or drawings by him which have not been published in other works.
It’s a Long Way to Muckle Flugga Bill Mitchell 1990
Kendal Flavour: A Collection of Recipes Local Notes and Illustrations 1977
Lakeland 50 Years Ago by Kenneth Shepherd 1989
Walks From the Settle-Carlisle Railway Bill Mitchell 1987
The North Road: A Brief investigation into the History of the Kendal-Shap Road (Jack Woods) 1996
Lakeland from the Air 1985
Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry (date not known)
Exploring Eskdale: Outdoor Activities & Fieldwork in Cumbria (illustrator Alfred Wainwright). 1979
The Plague Dogs: Richard Adams 1977
The Hunting of Wilberforce Pike Molly Lefebure 1970
Scratch and Co Molly Lefebure 2006
Guide to the View from Scafell Pike Chris Jesty 1989
Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War by George S Sansom 1982
My Favourite Stories of Lakeland Melvyn Bragg 1981
A Naturalist’s Guide to Lakeland Waterfalls Throughout the Year by Mary Welsh 1985
A Second Naturalist’s Guide to Lakeland Waterfalls Throughout the Year by Mary Welsh 1985
Inside the Real Lakeland Harry Griffin 1995
In Mountain Lakeland by A. Harry Griffin 1963
Across Northern Hills Geoffrey Berry 1975
Coniston Tiger A H Griffin 1999
Exploring the High Fells with a Wainwright Guidebook Brian Smith 1983
Wainwright’s Tour in the Lake District Whitsuntide 1931
The Wainwright Letters Hunter Davies 2001
Wainwright – The Biography Hunter Davies 1995
The Official Wainwright Gazetteer compiled by Peter Linney 1993
St Mary’s Church Applethwaite Windermere 1848 To 1948 by H. C. Broadrick and Alfred Wainwright 2008
Annual Accounts of Southern Lakes and Lune Water Board (1963–1973)
