Author: W. A. Poucher
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Date: 1946
Price: out of print; secondhand prices vary
By modern standards the reproduction of photographs in this book is awful. They are monochrome, grainy and poor in contrast. But then this edition was published in 1946 and mass printing technology was nothing like what we have today!
That said, the black and white images are beautifully composed and to my mind provide a fantastic portrait of the Peak District as it looked over 60 years ago. The images appear very sharp, and very carefully considered and exposed. I am familiar with many of the views in the book and in many cases can see the difference between 1946 and today. The completion of the Derwent Valley reservoirs being a particularly poignant case given the comments in the book - at the time the book was written Derwent Reservoir was not yet full!