Buy this book on-line WATSON, ADAM: : The Cairngorms: The Cairngorms,The Mounth,LochnagarSCOTLAND,EDINBURGH.THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING TRUST,1980. ISBN 901516902.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.(True 1st was 1928,reprinted 1931,2nd edn 1938,3rd edn 1950,4th edn 1968,5th edn (rewritten) 1975 and this edn reprinted with amendments 1980.)FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour scenic photographic upper panel+spine/backstrip, repeated to frntis; with minimal shelf- wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj edges - no nicks or tears present,almost as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and pristine.
Unblemished,maroon,rexine-type boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to upper board and spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w map endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus,5-303pp includes half-title+title pages,colour scenic photographic frntis, contents+illustrations lists,general editor (W.B. Spiers) foreword,a preface and introduction,52 b/w photographs,15 b/w maps by James Renny,amendment 1980 and an index.
Sir Henry Alexander wrote his famous guide to the Cairngorms over half a century ago (then 1980).While the profile of the landscape has remained unchanged the surface detail and knowledge have not. This latest (1980) edition of the guide is the first to be completely rewritten since Sir Henry's definitive account of the Cairngorm mountains which had been revised several times.Dr Adam Watson,with his immense knowledge of the area,was the most recent reviser; but now,with a further
edition required,events and changes in the landscape compel a reappraisal and new appreciation of the Cairngorms in the light of the mid 1970's.The book is no longer aimed exclusively at the climber who is served with separate pocket guide books.Everyone with a broad interest in outdoor recreation will find the present work invaluable - indeed - essential for a visit to the area.For those with mountaineering interests a general description of some of the best climbs, hard and easy,is included in each chapter. The design and presentation of the book continues to be revised.More photographs are included,and there are sketch maps by James Renny for each of the 15 sub-divisions of the region.As always,the author has endeavoured to provide the most up to date information on matters of access,accommodation shelters,public transport systems,etc.See also rja1997.
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