WALT'S BOOKS ARE VERY COLLECTABLE -HERE IS A COMPLETE LIST INCLUDING VARIOUS EDITIONS
| DATE | TITLE | UK PUBLISHER | OTHER RIGHTS |
| 1959 | The Young Mountaineer | Hutchinson | - |
| 1962 | Pontesford Rocks | Wilding | - |
| 1964 | The English Outcrops | Gollancz | - |
| 1965 | Matterhorn Man | Gollancz | - |
| 1966 | Tiger in the Snow | Gollancz | - |
 Khiva, Central Asia
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 Sunset on the Nile | ||
| 1968 | Because it is there | Gollancz | J |
| 1968 | The Book of Rock Climbing | Barker | - |
| 1968 | The Devils Mill (N) | Gollancz | G,GP,R |
| 1969 | The Otztal Alps | West Col | - |
| 1969 | North Face | Hutchinson | G,J |
| 1970 | Whistling Cough (N) | Gollancz | G,P,R |
 Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang, China | 1971 | Portrait of the River Derwent | Hale | - |
| 1972 | Everest 72 | Sunday Times | OP |
| 1972 | The High Fells of Lakeland | Hale | P |
| 1974 | Colour book of the Lake District | Batsford | - |
| 1974 | Colour book of the Peak District | Batsford | - |
| 1974 | Grimsdyke (N) | Gollancz | US |
| 1975 | Encyclopaedia of Mountaineering | Hale | US,P |
| 1977 | Walking & Climbing for Young People | Routledge | - |
| 1981 | Peaks, Passes & Glaciers | Allen Lane | P,US |
| 1981 | Everest | Allen Lane | P,US,F |
| 1984 | This Climbing Game | Viking | P |
| 1984 | The Pennine Playground | Penguin | OP |
| 1985 | Classic Walks of the World | O.lP | - |
| 1986 | Savage Snows | Hodder | - |
| 1987 | Classic walks of Europe | O.l.P. | P |
| 1988 | An Illustrated Companion to Lakeland | O.l.P. | - |
 Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA | |||
| 1988 | Classic Walks in the Lake District | O.l.P. | P |
| 1989 | Classic Walks in the Yorkshire Dales | O.l.P. | P |
| 1989 | Everest (revised) | O.l.P. | P,l |
 Taos Pueblo, Arizona, USA | |||
| 1989 | Whistling Clough (NE) | Cicerone | P |
| 1989 | Devil's Mill (NE) | Cicerone | P |
| 1993 | Encyclopaedia of Mountaineering (NE) | Hodder | OP,l |
| 1993 | Hold the Heights | Hodder | - |
| 1995 | Classic Walks in the Lake District (NE) | Prom.Reprint Co. | - |
 Kimberley Museum, South Africa | |||
| 1995 | Classic Walks in the Yorkshire Dales | Prom.Reprint Co. | - |
| 1997 | Far Horizons | Cicerone | OP |
| Contributed to: | |
| 1966 | The Mountaineers' Companion |
| 1967 | Miscellany Four |
| 1971 | Southern Lakes Pt1 |
| 1981 | The Winding Trail |
| 1988 | The Book of the Walking Year |
| 1989 | The Mountains of Europe |
| 1997 | A Sense of Place |