Vintage, illustrated account of the topography and history of the West Highlands of Scotland and its villages:

Highways and Byways in the West Highlands
by Seton Gordon. With illustrations by Sir D. Y. Cameron

Published by Macmillan and Co. in 1935. Reprint issued the same year as the first edition.

Contents: Cape Wrath to Scourie; Handa; Wester Sutherland; Rudha Stone; An Teallach; The Loch Ew Country; Rudha Reidh: the Smooth Promontory; Loch Maree; The Sanctuary of Applecross; Applecross to Shieldaig; The country of loch Alsh and the Gateway of Skye; The Isle of Skye: the Kyleakin Country; Sleat of Skye; Loch Coruisk and the Cuillin; Bracadale and the Dunvegan; Trotternish of Skye; The Backbone of Skye; Raasay; The Country of Knoydart; Lochiel's Country; Ben Nevis; Port William West to the Land of Morar; Rois-Bheinn: A Peak of Moidart; The Land of Moidart; In Clanranald Country: Loch Shirl and Castle Tioram; Eigg: The Notched Isle; The Outer Hebrides; Glen Coe; Fort William and the Appin Country; Glen Ative: The Land of Deirdre; The Country of Lorne; Movern; Ardnamurchan; Tiree and Coll; The Isle of Mull; Staffa; The Isles of Treshnish; Iona; Colonsay; Islay; Jura; The Holy Rocks or the Isles of Sea; Loch Awe; Some Castles and Crosses of Mid-Argyll; Knapdale and the Country Southward; The Country of the Mull of Kintyre; The Loch Fyne Country; Arran; The Hills of Arran; the Land of Cowall; The Country of Loch Lomond; Hints on Gaelic Pronunciation; Glossary of Place-name Elements.

lllustrated with several black and white drawings and a map.

Hardback, 428 pages. 14 cm by 20.5 cm.

Good Condition

Minor wear and marks to the cover including pale marks to the book spine. Binding intact. Occasional small mark to inside pages but most pages look clean..

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