Gairloch. This item is unavailable.Gairloch

1920. First edition. 73pp. and a frontispiece and 5 other black and white illustrations from paintings by Finlay Mackinnon. Gairloch is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. This book contains a description and brief history of the Village and Parish, and includes chapters on How to Reach Gairloch, Rainfall, The Golf Course, the Village of Poolewe, Social Life, Loch Maree, The Iron Works, The Peat Bogs, Place Names, and Folk Lore. At the end of the book are Rolls of Honour and Rolls of Service for the various districts in the parish of Gairloch. The book is bound in the original maroon cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards. The corners are lightly bumped and there is heavier bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with foxing to the edges of the text block. The grey free endpapers are browned and a name has been neatly written on the front free endpaper.…