Editing Alfred Wainwright (section)

==Pictorial Guides==
[[File:Eastern Fells cover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Book One of the ''Pictorial Guide'']]
Wainwright started work on the first page of his ''[[Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells]]'' on 9 November 1952.<ref>{{cite book |first=W.R. |last=Mitchell |chapter=Solo walks and evening work: Wainwright remembered |editor-first=Dave |editor-last=Hewitt |title=A Bit of Grit on Haystacks |location=Disley |publisher=Millrace |date=2004 |page=23}}</ref> He planned the precise scope and content of the seven volumes and worked conscientiously and meticulously on the series for the next 13 years at an average rate of one page per evening.

According to Wainwright, in his autobiography ''Fellwanderer'', he initially planned the series for his own interest rather than for publication. When he published his first book it was privately, as he could not face the prospect of finding a publisher. His friend Henry Marshall, Chief Librarian of Kendal and Westmorland, took charge of publicity and administration, and his name appears as publisher on the early impressions. Another friend, Sandy Hewitson (of Bateman and Hewitson Ltd), agreed to print the books using Wainwright's original manuscript, although the printing was done by the ''[[Westmorland Gazette]]'' in Kendal, who had taken over Bateman and Hewitson Ltd. From 1963, the ''Westmorland Gazette'' became his publisher, and its name appears on the first impressions of Books Six and Seven. Wainwright's books were in turn taken over by [[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]] in the 1990s. When they ceased publication in 2003,<ref name="Wainwright guides are shelved" /> the rights were bought by [[Frances Lincoln]].<ref name=BBC20030214 />

Between 2005 and 2009, all the ''[[Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells|Pictorial Guides]]'' were updated for the first time, to take account of changed conditions on the fells. The revisions were made by [[Chris Jesty]], and the publishers used an imitation font of Wainwright's hand lettering to make the alterations look as unobtrusive as possible. The most notable changes were the inclusion of photographs of the Lake District by [[Derry Brabbs]] on the front covers, rather than the drawings that were on the covers of the originals, and footpaths shown in red on the maps. These revised versions are titled 'Second Editions'. Revised editions of Wainwright's other ''Pictorial Guides'', ''[[Coast to Coast Walk|A Coast to Coast Walk]]'', ''[[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland]]'', ''[[Pennine Way]] Companion'', ''Walks in Limestone Country'' and ''Walks on the [[Howgill Fells]]'' were published by Frances Lincoln between 2010 and 2014, with the amendments again being made by Chris Jesty.

The publishers announced in 2014 that Clive Hutchby, the author of ''The Wainwright Companion'', was working on the third edition of the ''Pictorial Guide'', with the first volume, ''The Eastern Fells'', published on 26 March 2015 followed by ''The Far Eastern Fells'' on 8 October 2015.  These revised versions are titled 'Walkers Editions'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wainwrightguides.co.uk/wainwright-guides-third-edition-walks-coming |title=The Wainwright Guides – A Third Edition of the Walks |date=21 February 2014 |publisher=wainwrightguides.co.uk |access-date=6 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/10911991.Updating_the_Wainwright_walking_books_will_be_a_labour_of_love_for_Clive/ |title=Updating the Wainwright walking books will be a labour of love for Clive |last=Clarke |first=Anna |website=Westmorland Gazette |date=9 January 2014 |access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref> Subsequent volumes in the series to have been revised are ''The Central Fells'' (published 2016), ''The Southern Fells'' (2017), ''The Northern Fells'' (2018); ''The North Western Fells'' (2019); and ''The Western Fells'' (2020).