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PEAK CAVERN / A Guide to this Famous Show-Cave; its Formation, History & Folklore by Brian Woodall 1979 12 pp, illus, survey. Also known as ?The Devil?s Arse?. ?1.00
MEĐUNARODNI SPELEOLOSKI KAMP "Speleokor10" [International Caving camp 2010] 26 pp report. In Croatian with many colour photos and surveys for each cave explored. ?1.00
CHEDDAR CAVES Illustrated Official Guide by Dr W I Stanton with contributions from L V Grinsell and H T Bennett. ND [1982] . 24pp, 19 colour photos, from Gough's and Cox's Caves. Glossy pages and cover. SB. ?1.00
SHELL HOUSES AND GROTTOES by Hazelle Jackson 2001 40 pp 93 colour and 6 B&W illus. The shell house or artificial grotto has long and intriguing history in architecture and garden design. This book traces the history of the grotto in the British Isles from its origins in Italy, through its popularity in the eighteenth century and its decline in the nineteenth century, to its favour in the late twentieth century. There are over 250 surviving grottoes listed by the National Monuments Record Office for England, many of which are open to the public. SB ?1.50
DVD NEW Original, not a copy. Fight for life. The Neil Moss Story. The story of the heroic attempt to rescue a trapped caver from the narrow confines of a shaft in the depths of Peak Cavern in March 1959.
CASTLETON'S Peak Cavern is one of Derbyshire's foremost show caves, old history of legend and human habitation. On March 22 1959 Neil Moss extensive and labyrinthine passages beyond the show cave in the company of a small fellow cavers; they were set to explore a narrow shaft that led down from a large chamber nearly a mile from daylight.
Neil willingly descended the shaft in the hope of discovering new passages beneath but a series of unfortunate circumstances led to his becoming trapped. Subsequent attempts to free him began what developed into the biggest cave rescue attempt this country has ever seen. Well over 200 cavers and rescue workers, as well as countless villagers, were involved. Many fought deep underground to release the Oxford undergraduate from the grip of the hard unyielding rock, but he sadly died 35 hours after first becoming trapped.
The events of that weekend and its tragic outcome were themselves the stuff of nightmares, but the persistence and heroism of his would-be rescuers, many of whom had never ventured underground before, lifted the spirits. Today the rescue attempt is remembered by caves not only for its sad outcome, but for being a catalyst for the complete reorganisation of the Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation.
This film has been extensively researched to be as factually accurate as possible and may help dispel some of the myths that persist to this day surrounding the rescue attempt and its aftermath; it is told by some of those directly involved nearly fifty years ago. Running time approx 50 minutes. DVD ?5.00
COLLECTIBLES
DAN YR OGOF SHOW CAVES. A thermometer and photo mounted on a piece of polished pine c 10 x 5 inches. The photo is by Alan Coase and shows the manager Ashford Price, admiring some speleothems. ?5.00
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DESCENT / The magazine of underground exploration. No 3 to No 230 Feb/Mar 2013. A good complete run with many rare and out of print issues. Published regularly, with all the latest caving news, this is a useful reference work. Many are in official binders. Complete with 4 indexes the lot for ?499.00
CAVING / Episodes of Underground Exploration by E A Baker [1932] reissued in cheaper edition September 1935 252 pp over 70 photos. Classic account of cave exploration in Britain, France and Belgium. HB covers faded [green cloth] ?50.00
TEN YEARS UNDER THE EARTH by Norbert Casteret 1952 40 Penguin Books edition 200 pp 34 photos. The most popular caving book in the world. It has appeared in 12 languages and numerous editions. The Oldest Statues in the World; The Sacred Grotto of Labastide; The Phantom Hands of Gargas; My First Cavern; My First Chasm; The Grotte Casteret; The Deepest Abyss in France, the Gouffre Martel; The True Source of the Garonne. Still as popular as ever. [TCL] G SB ?9.00
DISCOVERING CAVES by T & A Oldham. 1972 52 pp. maps, 8 B&W plates. biblio. A guide to 39 show caves and mines in Britain. Long out of print and highly sought after. SB Signed copy by both authors. Money back guarantee that this signed copy will worth 10 times more after their deaths. ?5.00
CAVE ILLUSTRATIONS BEFORE 1900 / a catalogue of non-photographic illustrations of caves compiled by T R Shaw. A BSA Monograph. 184 pp, 902 items, plus a load of notes by TO. A well used copy. [TCL] ?50.00
MENDIP CAVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NEWSPAPER CATALOGUE compiled by Dave Irwin? with additional material by Tony Boycott, Graham Price, and Richard Whitcombe 2005 231 pp, 100,000 entries. Ring bound for easier photocopying. [TCB] ?5.00
CAVE POSTCARDS An interesting collection in excess of one thousand six hundred cave postcards. The bulk of my specialist collection is the old country of Czechoslovakia. The cards vary in price from ?10 each [1900] to 20p each [1960] with the bulk of the cards averaging 40p each. Sample lots at ?20 per 100 are available.
WANTED: The British Caver Volume No 11
@NEW YEAR CARD from the Speleological Institute in Postojna - signed by all members of staff. ?1.00
CAVES AND CAVE LIFE by Phil Chapman 1993 224 pp 97 B&W photos, line drawings and maps. Not just a boring book about bugs, the author also gives an entertaining account of cave exploration. This books sells on the web for ?1144.25 SB very good condition only ?66.00
CAVES AND CAVERNS OF THE PEAKLAND by Crichton Porteous 1950 104 pp 8 photos. Peak Cavern; Russett Well; Speedwell Cavern; Blue John Cavern; Bagshawe Cavern. Interesting account of caves in Derbyshire. SB ?1.00
CAVE HUNTING, / Researches on / the Evidence of Caves / respecting the / Early Inhabitants of Europe by W Boyd Dawkins 1874 455 pp 129 illus, colour frontis. A fascinating example of Victoriana covering all aspects of caving, especially, cave archaeology. Chapters include: History of cave exploration In Europe, Germany, Great Britain, France, Belgium and Southern Europe. Original publishers picture cover (The Fairy Chamber, Caldy [Wales]), teg [that means top edge gilt], corners rubbed, top and bottom of spine rubbed. Book plate has been removed HB Expect to pay up to ?122.00 on the net, from us, only [TBL shelf] ?79.00
CAVE HUNTING as above but ex libris ?69.00
DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA by J M[ike] Boon 1977 105 pp, 4 surveys of which 3 are large fold out ones. I like the story of caving in Ireland on a shoestring (as were most of his trips). He was camping on a farm and after accidentally burning his tent down he had to borrow some clothes from the farmer in order to travel home again! Mike Boon was a British caver who was active from the late 1950s thru the 1970s. You might know him from the accounts of early Swindon?s dives, but he also surveyed (with Tich Morris) the entrance series of Darren Cilau - 'nuff said? Mike went on to become famous, caving in Mexico when Mexico wasn't cool, did a solo expedition to the back of Castleguard Cave in Canada, and was considered by some to be the best caver in the world... and currently lives quietly in Calgary [2011]. First copy I have seen in over 30 years. Correction 030313 a copy just sold on fleabay for ?78.76 + post. HB as new. ?75.00
CAVING / Episodes of Underground Exploration by E A Baker 1935 reprinted 1970 252 pp over 70 photos. Classic account of cave exploration in Britain, France and Belgium with a new forewod by Don Mellor. HB DW ex library, but very good condition. Was only taken out 6 times! ?19.00
THE CAVERNS AND MINES OF MATLOCK BATH Part 1 Rutland and Masson Caverns by Roger Flindal and Andrew Hayes 1976 72 pp 24 plates 16 figs. A popular tourist attraction for over 175 years, this book describes the history and the parts not seen by the visitor. Rare and long out of print. SB ?6.00.
CAVING CALENDAR 2012 11? x 11? inches, printed on art paper, with a caving photograph for each month. Dedicated to Lukina Jama 1992-2012. Days and months in English and Croation. Something to treasure for years to come. free wih order
Postage extra
MEĐUNARODNI SPELEOLOSKI KAMP "Speleokor10" [International Caving camp 2010] 26 pp report. In Croatian with many colour photos and surveys for each cave explored. ?1.00
CHEDDAR CAVES Illustrated Official Guide by Dr W I Stanton with contributions from L V Grinsell and H T Bennett. ND [1982] . 24pp, 19 colour photos, from Gough's and Cox's Caves. Glossy pages and cover. SB. ?1.00
SHELL HOUSES AND GROTTOES by Hazelle Jackson 2001 40 pp 93 colour and 6 B&W illus. The shell house or artificial grotto has long and intriguing history in architecture and garden design. This book traces the history of the grotto in the British Isles from its origins in Italy, through its popularity in the eighteenth century and its decline in the nineteenth century, to its favour in the late twentieth century. There are over 250 surviving grottoes listed by the National Monuments Record Office for England, many of which are open to the public. SB ?1.50
DVD NEW Original, not a copy. Fight for life. The Neil Moss Story. The story of the heroic attempt to rescue a trapped caver from the narrow confines of a shaft in the depths of Peak Cavern in March 1959.
CASTLETON'S Peak Cavern is one of Derbyshire's foremost show caves, old history of legend and human habitation. On March 22 1959 Neil Moss extensive and labyrinthine passages beyond the show cave in the company of a small fellow cavers; they were set to explore a narrow shaft that led down from a large chamber nearly a mile from daylight.
Neil willingly descended the shaft in the hope of discovering new passages beneath but a series of unfortunate circumstances led to his becoming trapped. Subsequent attempts to free him began what developed into the biggest cave rescue attempt this country has ever seen. Well over 200 cavers and rescue workers, as well as countless villagers, were involved. Many fought deep underground to release the Oxford undergraduate from the grip of the hard unyielding rock, but he sadly died 35 hours after first becoming trapped.
The events of that weekend and its tragic outcome were themselves the stuff of nightmares, but the persistence and heroism of his would-be rescuers, many of whom had never ventured underground before, lifted the spirits. Today the rescue attempt is remembered by caves not only for its sad outcome, but for being a catalyst for the complete reorganisation of the Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation.
This film has been extensively researched to be as factually accurate as possible and may help dispel some of the myths that persist to this day surrounding the rescue attempt and its aftermath; it is told by some of those directly involved nearly fifty years ago. Running time approx 50 minutes. DVD ?5.00
COLLECTIBLES
DAN YR OGOF SHOW CAVES. A thermometer and photo mounted on a piece of polished pine c 10 x 5 inches. The photo is by Alan Coase and shows the manager Ashford Price, admiring some speleothems. ?5.00
***
DESCENT / The magazine of underground exploration. No 3 to No 230 Feb/Mar 2013. A good complete run with many rare and out of print issues. Published regularly, with all the latest caving news, this is a useful reference work. Many are in official binders. Complete with 4 indexes the lot for ?499.00
CAVING / Episodes of Underground Exploration by E A Baker [1932] reissued in cheaper edition September 1935 252 pp over 70 photos. Classic account of cave exploration in Britain, France and Belgium. HB covers faded [green cloth] ?50.00
TEN YEARS UNDER THE EARTH by Norbert Casteret 1952 40 Penguin Books edition 200 pp 34 photos. The most popular caving book in the world. It has appeared in 12 languages and numerous editions. The Oldest Statues in the World; The Sacred Grotto of Labastide; The Phantom Hands of Gargas; My First Cavern; My First Chasm; The Grotte Casteret; The Deepest Abyss in France, the Gouffre Martel; The True Source of the Garonne. Still as popular as ever. [TCL] G SB ?9.00
DISCOVERING CAVES by T & A Oldham. 1972 52 pp. maps, 8 B&W plates. biblio. A guide to 39 show caves and mines in Britain. Long out of print and highly sought after. SB Signed copy by both authors. Money back guarantee that this signed copy will worth 10 times more after their deaths. ?5.00
CAVE ILLUSTRATIONS BEFORE 1900 / a catalogue of non-photographic illustrations of caves compiled by T R Shaw. A BSA Monograph. 184 pp, 902 items, plus a load of notes by TO. A well used copy. [TCL] ?50.00
MENDIP CAVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NEWSPAPER CATALOGUE compiled by Dave Irwin? with additional material by Tony Boycott, Graham Price, and Richard Whitcombe 2005 231 pp, 100,000 entries. Ring bound for easier photocopying. [TCB] ?5.00
CAVE POSTCARDS An interesting collection in excess of one thousand six hundred cave postcards. The bulk of my specialist collection is the old country of Czechoslovakia. The cards vary in price from ?10 each [1900] to 20p each [1960] with the bulk of the cards averaging 40p each. Sample lots at ?20 per 100 are available.
WANTED: The British Caver Volume No 11
@NEW YEAR CARD from the Speleological Institute in Postojna - signed by all members of staff. ?1.00
CAVES AND CAVE LIFE by Phil Chapman 1993 224 pp 97 B&W photos, line drawings and maps. Not just a boring book about bugs, the author also gives an entertaining account of cave exploration. This books sells on the web for ?1144.25 SB very good condition only ?66.00
CAVES AND CAVERNS OF THE PEAKLAND by Crichton Porteous 1950 104 pp 8 photos. Peak Cavern; Russett Well; Speedwell Cavern; Blue John Cavern; Bagshawe Cavern. Interesting account of caves in Derbyshire. SB ?1.00
CAVE HUNTING, / Researches on / the Evidence of Caves / respecting the / Early Inhabitants of Europe by W Boyd Dawkins 1874 455 pp 129 illus, colour frontis. A fascinating example of Victoriana covering all aspects of caving, especially, cave archaeology. Chapters include: History of cave exploration In Europe, Germany, Great Britain, France, Belgium and Southern Europe. Original publishers picture cover (The Fairy Chamber, Caldy [Wales]), teg [that means top edge gilt], corners rubbed, top and bottom of spine rubbed. Book plate has been removed HB Expect to pay up to ?122.00 on the net, from us, only [TBL shelf] ?79.00
CAVE HUNTING as above but ex libris ?69.00
DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA by J M[ike] Boon 1977 105 pp, 4 surveys of which 3 are large fold out ones. I like the story of caving in Ireland on a shoestring (as were most of his trips). He was camping on a farm and after accidentally burning his tent down he had to borrow some clothes from the farmer in order to travel home again! Mike Boon was a British caver who was active from the late 1950s thru the 1970s. You might know him from the accounts of early Swindon?s dives, but he also surveyed (with Tich Morris) the entrance series of Darren Cilau - 'nuff said? Mike went on to become famous, caving in Mexico when Mexico wasn't cool, did a solo expedition to the back of Castleguard Cave in Canada, and was considered by some to be the best caver in the world... and currently lives quietly in Calgary [2011]. First copy I have seen in over 30 years. Correction 030313 a copy just sold on fleabay for ?78.76 + post. HB as new. ?75.00
CAVING / Episodes of Underground Exploration by E A Baker 1935 reprinted 1970 252 pp over 70 photos. Classic account of cave exploration in Britain, France and Belgium with a new forewod by Don Mellor. HB DW ex library, but very good condition. Was only taken out 6 times! ?19.00
THE CAVERNS AND MINES OF MATLOCK BATH Part 1 Rutland and Masson Caverns by Roger Flindal and Andrew Hayes 1976 72 pp 24 plates 16 figs. A popular tourist attraction for over 175 years, this book describes the history and the parts not seen by the visitor. Rare and long out of print. SB ?6.00.
CAVING CALENDAR 2012 11? x 11? inches, printed on art paper, with a caving photograph for each month. Dedicated to Lukina Jama 1992-2012. Days and months in English and Croation. Something to treasure for years to come. free wih order
Postage extra
