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The Cruise of the Betsey, or, A Summer Ramble among the Fossiliferous deposits of the Hebrides, with Rambles of a geologist, or, ten thousand miles over the Fossiliferous deposits of Scotland
Hugh Miller / Introduction and Notes by Dr. Michael A. Taylor / Foreword by Professor T. C. Smout
Published by National Museums of Scotland [2003], Edinburgh 2003
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Massive trade paperback -- minor dings to a few leaves at tips, o/w like new; internally fine, unmarked. Now in shrink wrap for protection. SUMMARY: This work is a facsimile reprint of Hugh Miller's 1857 notes recording his rambles around Scotland in the mid 1840s. Of interest to local historians…, geologists, readers of great Scottish literature and lovers of the Western Isles and Northern Scotland. CONTENTS: acknowledgments / Foreword / Notes of Maps / Map of Scotland / Map of the Inner Hebrides / Introduction / Following in the footsteps of Hugh Miller Today / References and Further Reading / Map of Inner Moray first / Map of Orkney and Caithness; The Cruise of the Betsey -; A Summer Ramble among the Hebrides; Rambles of a Geologist, Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome. Facsimile of the 1854 Thomas Constable edition.