• Descent 310 is out now.

    ....so prepare to see some of the best writing and photography from the caving world

    Including: Into the Echo Chamber, Tim Allen reports on another magnificent Yorkshire Dales find by the Space Miners....and: The Great Geoff Yeadon, undoubtedly one of the greats of the caving world. Following his death at the age of 75, Geoff Crossley, Martin Grass and Mick Nunwick pay tribute to him.

    Click here for details of this edition

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UNDERGROUND EMPIRE / Wonders and Tales of New York Caves by Clay Perry  1948  221 pp many photos.  An American "Norbert Casteret"?  A profuse and very readable writer.  Gives a good insight into early American caving.  HB DW very rare ?25.00

UNDERGROUND NEW ENGLAND by Clay Perry 1st edition 1939 247 pp, photos.  An American "Norbert Casteret"?  A profuse and very readable writer.  Gives a good insight into early American caving.  HB very rare ?25.00

POTHOLING AND CAVING / [in the series] Know the Game by Don Robinson  reprinted 1972  50 pp, full of illustrations.  The first edition was 1967.  Remember the 60s?  If you were there, probably not, but then, anyone who was anybody wrote a book on caving techniques.  SB ?3.00

DERBYSHIRE CAVEMEN by Stephen Cliffe 2010  191 pp, many B&W photos, almost one a page, 31 colour photos, 9 maps.  Derbyshire Cavemen explores the little known world of cave folklore and archaeology in a cave rich region encompassing the uplands of the Peak District and the surrounding areas.  SB. ?14.99 

THE SCIENCE OF SPELEOLOGY by T D Ford and C H D Cullingford 1976  593 pp numerous plates, figs etc.  Covers all aspects: Surveying, Geomorphology, Erosion, Hydrology, Chemistry, Cave Minerals etc etc.  Long out of print and highly sort after. HB DW price new?60.00, from us, secondhand but good condition ?30.00

FIRST BALKAN SPELEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM & Sixth Turkish National Symposium, Eskişehir, Turkey  15-18 November 2012  [Proceeding]  46 pp.  Organising Program, timetable, papers presented etc.  Mainly in English, ring bound, with map of  Eskişehir.  A rare item ?5.00

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Is this Norbert Casteret  b any chance related to the mendip caver  Knobrot Castaway, AKA the Secret Sausage Sucker, that by coincidence myself and my fellow digging chums were reminiscing (laughing )about at the weekend?
 
100 for the two I wanted plus shipping. Books are heavy and bulky...hence expensive to ship. I was worried about that =( Thanks anyway!
 
exsumper said:
Is this Norbert Casteret  b any chance related to the mendip caver  Knobrot Castaway, AKA the Secret Sausage Sucker, that by coincidence myself and my fellow digging chums were reminiscing (laughing )about at the weekend?

Alex, did you know that Marcel Loubens had been down Swildons?
 
I refuse to let these inuedoe's impair my appreciation of the great underground!! mais non, please refrain.!!.
(Amy, I apologise this is a European thing !!)
 
To get back to the topic, I only have two books left:

UNDERGROUND EMPIRE / Wonders and Tales of New York Caves by Clay Perry  1948  221 pp many photos.  An American "Norbert Casteret"?  A profuse and very readable writer.  Gives a good insight into early American caving.  HB DW very rare ?25.00

UNDERGROUND NEW ENGLAND by Clay Perry 1st edition 1939 247 pp, photos.  An American "Norbert Casteret"?  A profuse and very readable writer.  Gives a good insight into early American caving.  HB very rare ?25.00

I am open to offers :weep:
 
?100 to ship some books? I paid less than 8 dollars to have my book proof sent from the states. (Shipped by Yodal)
 
Amy - Both of Tony's remaining books are available for less than 20 USD from online booksellers located within the US: try abebooks.com to save transatlantic postage costs.
 
robjones said:
Amy - Both of Tony's remaining books are available for less than 20 USD from online booksellers located within the US: try abebooks.com to save transatlantic postage costs.

Or Amazon.com as used for 24 USD including postage
 
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