A NATURALIST ON SPEYSIDE. By Henry Tegner.

1971 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 216mm). Pp128. B/w photographs, folding map at rear. Pink boards, gilt titles to spine.

"Henry Tegner first fell in love with the country around the river Spey many years ago, when he was apprenticed to a firm of engineers in Aberdeen. A keen naturalist, he explored far into the remote glens, studying the flora and fauna with which this beautiful area abounds, and since then he has visited Speyside every year. His book is at once a guide to the region and an account of memorable outings observing wildlife. He has watched golden eagles, red deer and roedeer, foxes, hares, wild cats, and the famous ospreys now nesting there. He also recounts many tales derived from past naturalists who have spent their lives on Speyside, charmed, as he has been, by its ever changing magic. A final chapter is devoted to the Highland Folk Museum at Kingussie where an invaluable collection preserves examples of old Highland dwellings, together with domestic furniture and utensils, hunting equipment, and specimens of the plants from which dyes were obtained for the clan tartans".