The Cairngorms - Their Natural History and Scenery
Title: The Cairngorms - Their Natural History and Scenery
Author: Desmond Nethersole -Thompson and Adam Watson
Publisher: The Melven Press, Perth
Date: 1981ISBN: 0906664128
Hardback - 2nd enlarged edition with original dustcover. 317pp. Illustrated with Frontispiece and b/w plates. Bibliography, Acknowledgements and Index.
Synopsis
The Authors along with 6 other specialists have produced a book that provides an important human and natural history of this most fascinating hill range in Scotland. There are chapters on the Human history of the area, the various naturalists who have written and explored the hills, the vegetation, its fish, amphibians and reptiles, its ornithology, and its indigenous mammals. The book also includes an essay on the outdoor sports on its mountains, rivers and moors and the challenges ahead for the area's conservation.
Additional Appendices include essays on the Geology, landforms, Soil, climate and weather and on insects and invertebrates.
The book is dedicated to the Scottish naturalist Seton Gordon acknowledging his inspiration.
Condition Notes
A fine copy of this 2nd edition with its attractive original unclipped dustcover largely unblemished with just a minor tear on the back. The inside pages are bright and unmarked.
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