W. A. Poucher — Escape to the Hills

London, Country Life Limited, 1952. Cloth. A lovely copy of W. A. Poucher's guide to the hills and mountains of Great Britain, illustrated with his own photographs. The 1952 edition of W. A. Poucher's illustrated celebration of Britain's hills and mountains. In the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Illustrated throughout with full page reproductions of the photographs of Poucher, a photojournalist known for his mountain guide books, the majority of which were published during and after the second world war. Discussing the Scottish highlands, the Lake District, and Snowdonia. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Significant closed tear to dust wrapper rear joint, with losses to back strip head and tail, and further small losses to wrap perimeters. Mark to tail of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: W. A. Poucher. Near Fine/Very Good.