Author: COOPER, DEREK Title: The Road to the Isles: Travellers in the Hebrides 1770 to 1914
Description: London, Macmillan. 2002. (ISBN: 0333901002) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to upper edge. 247pp. The story of travels to the Hebrides from the time of Boswell & Johnson who each wrote of their visits, to the departure of the steam yachts to become fleet auxiliaries at the start of the First World War. In this book, the author, well-known broadcaster and writer on cookery subjects has put together extracts from the earliest journals and memoirs alongside his own personal journeys to the Islands. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: History, Travel, Scotland, Scottish Islands Travel / Adventure 0333901002
Price: GBP 5.50 = appr. US$ 7.85 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 014781
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