A Camera in the Hills: The Life and Work of W.A. Poucher. Poucher was Wainwright's predecessor, in fell-walking guidebook terms, though he published photographs and type rather than sketches and hand-lettering. I've had his guide to the Lakes since, oh, forever (actually, since 1985 according to the date I wrote on the flyleaf) and, whiile it doesn't have the same delights as Wainwright's guides, it has still been well-used and evokes fond memories of days on the fells.
The photo of the author on the dustjacket made a big impression on me, a grizzled, stubbly, scruffy old bloke in a woolly bobble hat, just as a man-of-the-hills should look:
So, it comes as a bit of a surprise to learn from his biog that he was Head Perfumer at Yardley for 30 years, was known as The Father of Modern Perfumery, and published what is still known as the perfumers' bible,
Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps in 1923. What's more, he apparently had a penchant for "wearing his wares", there being "many apocryphal tales of walkers who met this vision of loveliness on the hill - an immaculately turned-out hill walker complete with mascara, blusher, eye-shadow and lipstick."
I'm lovin' it so far, absolutely fascinating. And I've not even got beyond the introduction, apart from a quick browse through the pics of a rather dapper and dashing chap. Wonderful.