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The Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide - Scotland's Mountains (2nd Hand Hardback)
SKU B002679
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Synopsis
Author : W.H. Murray.
The Scottish Mountaineering Club's definitive guidebook to Scotland's Mountains written by one of Scotland's foremost mountain writers. This book takes readers on a masterly conducted tour through the history & geography of Scotland.
Starting with the geological events which gave birth to this land the author continues with a description of its colonisation by plants, animals and finally man.
Scotland mountains and the principal routes on them are described and the author traces the development of mountaineering from its early days.
With route information, OS map references etc.
Details
- Format : Larger, Thick, Heavy 2nd Hand Hardback (No Dust Jacket Issued)
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - Scotland
- Published : 1987 (The Scottish Mountaineering Club - 1st Edition)
- ISBN : 9780907521150
- SKU : B002679
- PPC : SP780gm
- RRP : £15.95
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
With full colour illustrations & maps. Laminated canvas-effect hardcovers.
1st Edition.
External Reviews
"One of Scotland's greatest writers on the Great Outdoors. A wealth of hillwalking information and an excellent supplement to the SMC guide series."
"My favourite learned description of the subject by a gifted man whose attention to detail stands supreme. He was humbled by the these ancient hills and he realised their special place 'in the scheme of things" - Google Reviews.