1926 The Immortal Isles

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. 

In the original cloth binding. 

Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, six colour plates, thirty-two monochrome plates, and in-text engravings. Collated, complete. 

A beautifully written natural history of the Hebrides, including essays on the Atlantic seal, Loch A' Mhachair, the black-throated diver, summer shielings and the grey crow. 

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.