1920 The Land of the Hills and the Glens: Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition.

In the original cloth binding. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twenty-three double-sided monochrome plates containing photographs by the author. Collated, complete. 

A vividly written series of observations made of the wildlife found on the island of Iona and the Inner Hebrides, including the behaviours of terns, wild swans, red-throated divers and grey seals. 

Written by Seton Gordon, a world-famous naturalist, photographer and folklorist noted for his descriptions of Scottish wildlife and sceneries. He is believed to have been the first to photograph both the snow bunting and the whooper swan at nests in Scotland.