The Cairngorm Hills of Scotland by Gordon, Seton - 1925

London: Cassell and Company, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Seton Gordon. The very scarce first edition of Scottish naturalist Seton Gordon's study of the Cairngorms, which he began exploring as a child. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six further photographic images taken by Gordon and his wife. Collated, complete.A wonderful celebration of 'the high hills of Scotland', with chapters on the deer forests, the Balmoral region, local quarries, summer snows, and great thunderstorms.With a contemporary inscription, dated July 1925, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Significant fading to back strip, with a touch of fading to board perimeters. Front hinge lightly strained. Inscription to half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd instance of light spotting. Good