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THE PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BRISTOL REGION by E K Tratman OBE, MDS, MD, FSA .  Reprinted from Bristol and its Adjoining Counties (Bristol 1955) by J W Arrowsmith, Bristol.  This is a genuine offprint, with original pagination = pp 147-162, with 3 map.  I bought this for the caving interest.  Many of the Mendip caves have archaeological remains from the Stone Age to the Iron and later.  SB VG ?3.00

IM REICH DER H?HLEN by Gust?ve Abel, H?hlenforschung und H?hlenforscher ND [1950s by the typeface] 31 pp, 6 illus.  The late Gust?ve Abel was a distinguished Austrian caver, famous for his explorations in the Eisriesenwelt, the largest ice cave in the world, according to this book.  This rare book, another first for me, gives a concise account of famous caves, both in Austria and in the rest of the world.  SB In German.  ?9.00

A TOUR OF THE CAVES /in the environs of Ingleborough and settle by John Hutton with a new foreword by D C Mellor  1970 [reprint of 1781 edition]  v + 100 pp.  Expect to pay ?1253 or more for a first edition.  HB DW almost as new  ?35.00

CAVE LIFE, National Audubon Society, Nature Program.  Anon  1969  64 pp, with c 29 stick in colour photos.  Covers all items of cave life, a nice item.  SB ?7.00

H?HLEN, HEILIGT?MER, KANNIBALEN / Arch?ologische forschungen in Kyffh?user by G?nter Behm-Blancke 1958  256 pp, 51 B&W photos, illus, 2 large fold out maps in rear.  It is said that the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa lies asleep in a cave beneath The Kyffh?user.  So it comes as no surprise that when Prof Dr Behm-Blancke excavated a series of cave beneath this mountain, he uncovered finds dating back to the New Stone Age, about 6000 BP.  The majority are of Bronze and Early Iron Age and show signs of cannibalism.  HB In German. ?12.00

PREHISTORIC MAN AND HIS ART / The Caves of Ribadesella by Prof Magin Berenguer 1973  165 pp 73 illus, maps etc.  A detailed account of a little known Spanish show cave.  in English!  ex-library at half usual price.  HB DW VG in plastic cover ?9.00

@NEW YEAR CARD from the Speleological Institute in Postojna - signed by all members of staff.  ?1.00

NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD by P J Banyard  1978  191 pp numerous colour plates.  A superb coffee table book with photos and descriptions of many caves.  The front cover shows the spectacular hot spring deposits at Pamukkale in Turkey.  HB DW ?1.00

THE HILL CAVES OF THE YUCATAN / A Search for Evidence of Man?s Antiquity in the Caverns of Central America by Henry C Mercer.  With a New Introduction by Sir J Eric S Thompson 1975 [reprint of 1896 edition] xliv +183 pp, figs, photos etc.  Describes 29 caves of which Mercer excavated 13.  The original book is extremely rare as most of the stock was lost in a warehouse fire.  SB ?9.00 

CAVES OF SCOTLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHY by Tony Oldham January  2009  about 174 pp.  A companion volume to ?The New Caves of Scotland?.  Fingal?s Cave takes up 3 pages.  References include such exotica as the Mombassa Times, Kenya and ?Is Fingal?s Cave artificial??  Needless to say, it is not.  On a CD for  ?2.00 [including post and packing] or as an attachment for free!!!

PREHISTORIC GOWER / The early archaeology of West Glamorgan by J G Rutter 1948  90 pp 14 plates, 14 maps.  Many caves are described.  HB DW ?10.00

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BIG BONE AND THE CAVES OF BONE CAVE MOUNTAIN by John L Smyre and Ronald L Zawislak  2007  248 pp illus, many surveys.  A handy reference work. SB ?19.00

TOT LORD and the Bone Caves.  A mini-biography by W R Mitchell  1999  64 pp, photos, figs in text, photos.  This PC CD-ROM will be of interest to many people: to archaeologists, as Tot Lord excavated the Settle Bone Caves, to speleo-historians as the book describes Tot?s uneasy relationship with Cymmie [Eli Simpson, founder of the BSA] PC CD-ROM  ?6.00

2006 Caving Expedition to the Velebit Mountains.  Croatian.  PC CD-ROM  ?3.00

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 ?159.00

A MAN DEEP IN MENDIP  The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory 1910-1921 edited by John Savory 1989  176 pp 100 B&W photos.  Historically important, his photographs show beautiful formations long since destroyed.  HB DW  ?14.95

UNDERGROUND WALES by Martyn Farr 2001  95 pp 83 colour photos, maps etc.  Martyn has a fine style of writing and his descriptions of the Welsh Underworld, both caves and mines, makes this a book to treasure.  SB ?15.00

KARST LANDFORMS by Majorie M Sweeting 1972  xvi + 362 pp.  127 figs.  57 photos 544 references.  This is the first book in English on Karst.  Written in the golden age of universities when staff did minimal teaching and maximum research which in this case appeared to consist of travelling to karst areas all over the world.  HB DW library stamp ?65.00

UNDERGROUND OR LIFE BELOW THE SURFACE, Caverns and their mysteries, Mines and the mode of working them.  Profusely illustrated by Thos W Knox 1876  1016 pp 125 steel engravings.  Despite this book's verbose title, (and its description of the "Gambling Hells of Baden") this is a nicely illustrated caving book.  Includes: The Caverns of Naples, Caves in the Pacific, The Mammoth cave (Kentucky) with two engravings,. HB some wear, title page in photocopy.  ?59.00

MANUAL OF CAVING TECHNIQUES by the Cave Research Group edited by Cecil Cullingford 1969  416 pp numerous illus.  When published it represented the cutting edge of caving techniques.  Only its lack of SRT information renders out of date today.  HB DW G/VG ?10.00    .

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UNTERNEHMEN MAULWURF [Operation Mole] by Przemyslaw Burchard 1977  203 pp  numerous colour and b & w plates.  The exciting story of cave exploration both in Poland, Cuba and various European countries.  Dent de Crolles, Temn Dupka, Fuentes Cave are some of the many caves explored by the author.  HB DW In German  ?15.00

THE GEOLOGY OF RAMSEY ISLAND (Pembrokeshire) by J Pringle 1930 Reprinted from  Proc Geol Assoc 41 1-31, 4 photos, location map,  A3 colour geological map.  Many caves are shown on the map and described in the text.  Signed by the author.  SB ?5.00

SPELELOSKA EKSPEDICIJA ?CRIVENA 2003? SJEVERNI VELEBIT [Speleological Expedition to Crikvena, Velebit Mountains.  About 50 pp, un-numbered pap, 15 surveys.  With a good biospelological chapter.  In Croatian SB ?5.00

AMERICA ILLUSTRATED by J David Williams 1883  121 pp, about 100 steel engravings which includes 4 of Mammoth Cave as well as Natural Bridge and Yellowstone Park etc.  HB with original publishers picture cover.  Corners and top and bottom of spine rubbed.  HB ?25.00

LECHUGUILLA - Die sch?nste H?hle der Welt 1991  144 pp, 137 colour photos.  Discovered in 1986, these magnificent speleothems have only been seen by a few cavers.  They are literally an underground paradise.  Despite its extent and beauty, Lechuguilla can never be opened to the public.  With 150 km of cave passages, these unique formations, of which this cave it is full of, were formed under almost totally sealed conditions.  This photographic record, depicts a variety of deposits and a grandeur of formations which surpass anything previously known.  This has to be the best cave coffee table book ever published. HB colour cover. In German ?19.95 [now over ?50 new]

NORTHERN CAVES Volume 2 / The Three Peaks by A Brook et al 1991  286 pp numerous location maps and surveys.  The new revised guide to the potholes of Penyghent, Malham and Ingleborough.  SB.  Originally priced at ?15.95 copies now go on the internet for double or more. [see Descent (185) 7]  From us: ?15.00

THE SPUR BOOK OF CAVING by Jim Ballard 1978  64 pp many illus.  In the 1960?s and 70?s anybody who was anybody wrote a caving book, most were like this, a `how to go caving? manual.  Good sound advice with such antique equipment as carbide lamps, cable ladders, but also describes SRT.  SB ?3.00

40 IDEES POUR DECOUVRIR LE MONDE SOUTERRAIN SUISSE ET FRANCE VOISINE by Danielle Decrouez 2003  107 pages.  Describes 40 tourist caves along the French and Swiss border.  SB In French  ?10.00

CAVING CLUB BADGES ?  some rare items, ask for a scan.

MENDIP CAVE BIBLIOGRAPHY Part 2 Books, Pamplets, Manuscripts and Maps 3rd Century to December 1986 by T R Shaw.  [pub as ] Trans CRG Vol 14 No 3 July 1972  226 pp  SB long out of print ?25.00

MENDIP CAVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SURVEY CATALOGUE 1901-1963 Compiled by R W Mansfield, T E Reynolds, and I J Standing. [pub as ] CRG Publication No 12 July 1965  164 pp.  SB long out of print ?25.00

NORBERT CASTERET BIBLIOGRAPHIE by Jacque Chabert 1986  54 pp, illus, 4 photos.  Ten Years under the has been reprint 11 times in 12 languages.  Presentation copy, signed by J Gandini. SB in French.  ?10.00

NORBERT CASTERET BIBLIOGRAPHIE Complements et rectificatifs 1997  38 pp, illus.  SB In French ?5.00

E-A MARTEL 1859-1938 Bibliographie by C Chabert and M de Courval 1971  103 pp, 4 photos, SB in French ?15.00

BIBLIOGRAPHIE SP?L?OLOGIQUE DE L?IRAK 1928-1999 BY |Claude Chabert et al 2000  34 pp, 2 surveys.  SB In French ?10.00

FOREIGN TRAVELLERS IN THE SLOVENE KARST 1537 - 1900 by Trevor R Shaw 2000  244 pp 145 illus.  With 422 footnotes this is indeed a very detailed study with many reprinted excerpts and translations.  Apart from calling Vienna Wien and Venice Venezia it will remain an important reference work for many years to come.  SB usually ?25 but spine slightly split so now ?15.00

MENDIP CAVE REGISTRY / Mendip Cave Bibliography and Newspaper Catalogue .  Comiled by Dave Irwin, with additional material by Tony Boycott, Graham price, and Richard Witcombe 1997  231 pp.  Covers the caves and mines of Mendip, Somerset, Avon etc.  SB ring binding.  ?25.00


THE MINES OF MENDIP by J W Gough rare 1st edition1930  269 pp  There is a close correlation between caves and mines, hence the inclusion of this book in a caving library.  A definitive history of the long and chequered career of these ancient and once famous industries.  HB originally publishers cloth binding.  Spine shabby and corner bumped o/w VG  ?55.00

LE GOUFFRE DE LA PIERRE SAINT-MARTIN by Haroun Tazieff 1954  180  pp  47 photos.  This is the exciting but harrowing story of the exploration of Pierre St Martin, one-time deepest cave in the world.  During the expedition, the cable clamp parted and Marcel Loubens fell to his death.  SB in French ?10.00

PLONG?ES SOUS LA TERRE by Marc Jasinski 1965  248 pp, 31 B&W photos, illus.  A detailed book on cave diving beginning with the exploration of the underground River Lesse in Belgium to the explorations of the deepest sumps in France.  For good measure there are chapters on techniques and equipment.  It concludes with a chapter on accidents, most of which appear to be fatal.  HB In French.  ?15.00

THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS / A Nineteenth Century Tour by J E Bowman 1986  210 pp, illus.  In 1825 the author and a companion visited the Highlands, including Fingal?s Cave.  The book includes 3 engravings by the author:  Entrance of Fingal?s Cave; Bending Pillars, Staffa; View of Staffa from the south-west.  HB DW as new ?9.00

CAVING by James Lovelock 1969  144 pp 37 photos 14 figs.  A good introduction to caving.  Chapters include: How caving began in Britain; How to cave: personal and group equipment; Techniques: horizontal and vertical; Cave diving; Cave photography etc.  HB DW ?15.00

THE CAVES BEYOND / The story of the Floyd Collin's Crystal Cave exploration by Joe Lawrence Jr and Roger W Brucker  1975 reprint of 1955 edition.  290 pp with a 15 page new introduction, illus.  Classic American adventure story, written by cavers for cavers.  SB long out of print ?7.50

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GEOECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE SPELEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ?UMBERAČKA GORA MT by Nenad Buzjak 2008 from Hrvatski Geografski 70/2 pages 73-89. In Croation with English Summary.  Location map and colour photo.  SB ?3.00

PROTECTED GEOLOGICAL INHERITANCE OF REPUBLIC CROATIA by Gordana Zwicker et al 2008  80 pp and many colour photos, ave one a page.  Ninety percent of this book is on caves, with descriptions, photos etc.  SB In Croation.  ?10.00

THE KARST OF THE D?EVRINSKA GREDA RIDGE -CONTACT FEATURES AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS by Jelena Ćalić.  Special Issue of the Geographic Institute ?Jovan Cvijić? No 72, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.  163 pp, Belgrade, 2008.  ISBN 978-86-80029-41-2.  In Serbian with figure captions and summary in English. 
This is the author?s thesis for a Masters Degree.  The area studied is the D?evrinska Greda karst in the Southern Carpathians in Eastern Serbia.  The elongated shape, 18 km long and with an average width of 250m make it a perfect area for a case study of the scientific interpretation of stripe karst (as described by Lauritzen, 2001).  SB ?25.00

LASCAUX / A COMMENTARY by Alan Houghton Broderick with photos by Maurice Thaon 1949  142 pp,  46 plates, survey.  Published just 9 years after the cave was discovered this marks a new phase in the stody of cave art.  HB ?12.00

T?RKIYE MAĞARALARI (Turkish Caves) by Temu?in Aygen 1984  86 pp, colour photographs, location map.  In Turkish and English.  SB ?15.00

DIE H?HLEN DER T?RKEI (The Caves of Turkey ) by Temu?in Aygen 1990  69 pp, colour photographs, 5 location maps.  The advantage with this book over the above is that it is all in German.  SB ?15.00

BCRA Bulletin (15) Feb 1977 40 pp, illus.  Some Notes on the World Caving Scene, Part 1 Europe; Recent Activities in the Forest of Dean ? 6 caves extended and some water tracing; Mount Pollino, Calabria.  SB ?1.00

A DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS WITH NOTICES OF THE BOTANY, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT  by Jonathan Otley  1845  8th edition, revised viii + 216 + ads pp, maps and engravings etc.  A detailed account and guide to the Lakes, with much on the mountains, lakes and caves.  There are engraving of numerous karst and cave features:  Easgill, Entrance to Yordas, Yordas interior, Yordas ?looking out, Weathercote Cave x2, and descriptions of many other caves.  Original cloth gilt.  Binding nice and tight, but slightly rubbed a faded to the spine, with a very small amount of loss to the cloth. Neat contemporary ink name.  Pages nice and clean.  Plates in good condition, but with occasional foxing.  A very good plus, tight, clean copy. HN ?80.00

UNDERGROUND BRITAIN / A Guide to the Wild Caves and Show Caves of England, Scotland, and Wales by Bruce Bedford 1985  176 pp numerous photos.  This is another super coffee table book, lavishly illustrated by some of Britain's leading cave photographers this is a fascinating guide book for both enthusiast and newcomer alike.  HB DW as new ?9.95

GEFANGEN IN DER BARADLA-H?HLE [Imprisoned in the Baradla Cave] by L?szl? Jakucs 1961  294 pp, many photos, some in colour.  Sub titled Exploration in the underground labyrinths of Hungary, the author gives exciting accounts of cave exploration which included a couple of near misses.  HB DW In German  ?25.00

VERTICAL CAVING by Mike Meredith and Dan Martinez 1986 80 pp plenty of helpful diagrams and photos.  Highly recommended and long out of print.  SB ?10.00

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.  Ex library copy, recently rebound in brown cloth.  Some foxing on frontis, o/w very good.  HB ?99.00

GROTTOS OF B?THARRAM by Bernard Abadie ND [1972] 62 pp, 18 colour, 5 B&W photos.  A detailed guide in English to this famous French show cave.  SB ?6.00

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TEN AUSTRALIAN CAVE PHOTOGRAPHS by Ross Ellis.  Include 4 of surface karst.  Inclues Wet Squeeze, Jenolan, NSW; Victoria Arch Wombeyon NSW; Giant Causeway Cave, Cillagoe, [amazing botroydal speleothem]; Rear entrance to Grand Arch, Jenolan Caves [enoumous, you could drive a double decker bus through it]; Jubillee Cave, Chillagoe [Pillar and Stals with model for scale]; Pool of oolites in Geck Cave, Munana, Queensland; Wyonbene Cave NSW [Beehive speleothem]  the lot for ?4.00

INGLEBOROUGH CAVE, CLAPHAM  one page article with engraving.  Describes a trip using candles.  [in] The Dalesman Vol 14 No 5 August 1952.  The complete magazine.  SB covers loose.  ?1.00

CAVE DIVING GROUP NEWSLETTERS all at ?1.00 each
No 110 January 1994  30 pp

NUMBER PLATE ? MEMBER NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.  Blue on yellow.  Supposed to be issued to members only, but if anybody asks it is the NSS of the UK.  ?3.00

JESKYNE A PROPASTI V CESKOSLOVENSKU or CAVES AND CHASMS [= potholes] IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA by B Kucera et al.  1981  252 pp 177 photos, surveys, with summaries in English, German and Russian.  Bibliography, Cave location map and Index.  A superb guide to the caves of this little known country.  A useful reference work.  HB DW as new.  ?10.00    .

KAMENITI OBLICI VELEBITA [The Rocks Around Velebit] by Sanja Japundzic 2005  48 pp, many photos, about one a page.  This book was issued at an exhibition of Dr Josip Poljak?s photos.  Mt Velebit is a famous caving area and these surface photos show the many forms of karst and karren.  In Croatian with a summary in English SB ?3.00

UNDERGROUND NEW ENGLAND by Clay Perry 1939  247 pp,  photos.  In case your are wondering, New England in this case is Vermont, Maine, Massachuesetts etc in the USA.  Clay Perry, is the American equivalent of Casteret.  Clay writes well and his anecdotes make amusing reading.  HB  spine sunned. o/w good.  ?69.00

CAVE HUNTING HOLIDAYS IN PEAKLAND by G H Wilson ND [1924?] 93 pp 30 illus.  Sub-titled: Some adventures and discoveries, this is a fascinating account of the golden age of caving between the wars.  SB ?9.00  .

THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD by Dr G Hartwig 1885  522 pp 78 steel engravings.  3 maps.  Marvellous touch of Victoriana with descriptions and illustrations of Aggtelek, Mammoth, Fingal?s, Adelsburg etc.  With detailed accounts of numerous other caves.  HB  original brown cloth binding with picture on front cover.  Spine professionally repaired.  Good tight copy..  ?79.00

HAN ODER ?EIN GANG DURCH EINE ZAUBERWELT? by A de Premorel and J Janssens 1959 with colour cover. 78 pp many B & W plates, surveys and sepia engravings. In German SB ?6.00

BRITAIN UNDERGROUND by N.Thornber, AH & R.D. Stride, J.O. Myers 1953 246 pp  25 maps.  `The potholer?s bible? well it was in its day.  The first book to attempt to list all the caves in Great Britain.  Much superseded by larger and more detailed tomes, nevertheless a highly sought after collectors? item.  HB  VG    ?19.00

ICE CAVES OF FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND /a narrative of subterranean exploration by the Rev G F Browne 1865  315 pp 13 steel engravings.  Publisher?s presentation blind stamp on title, signature of ?Annie Forest Browne?, [wife or daughter] on half title, in the original cloth, extemities worn, spine missing small strips at ends.  I only know of one other book on this topic which makes this book something of a collectors? item.  He also describes ice caves in Hungary, Turkistan, Iceland, Kirghis, Tenerife etc. HB  ?120.00

LUMINOUS DARKNESS / The Wonderful World of Cave by Alfred B?gli and Herbert W Franke 1967  84 pp 40 colour and 32 B&W photos.  The photographs in this book are really superb!  Equal to any recent coffee table book.  As new, unopened in plastic wrapper.  ?9.00 

HOMES OF PRIMEVAL MAN / Wandering in the caves of Czechoslovakia by Josef Kunsky 1954  [c 300 pp) many photos, almost one a page.  The title is a misnomer, this is one of the first coffee table books on stalactite caves, with such intriguing names as Punkva, Macocha [pron Ma soch ar] Sloup, etc.  Needless to say, long out of print and in great demand.  HB DW ?19.00

THE NETHERWORLD OF MENDIP / Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Elsewhere by E A Baker and H E Balch 1st ed 1907  172 pp  56 photos, collated.  Classic account of early cave exploration.  The first 120 pages describe caving in the Mendips.  Balch's early exploration in Swildon's Hole etc.  Other chapters include: Cave Discoveries at Abergele;  Cave Discoveries on the Welsh Border [Ceiriog Cave] and A Visit to Mitchelstown Cave [Ireland] etc.  HB Original publisher?s green cloth, a nice copy  ?56.00

THE WORLD OF CAVES by Anton L?bke 1958  295 pp  24 plates.  Translated from the German by Michael Bullock it describes caves from all over the world including Fingal's, Mammoth Cave etc.  HB DW repaired ex library ?9.00

DESCENT OF PIERRE ST MARTIN by Norbert Casteret 1956  160 pp, 22 plates, 3 figs in text.  This is one of the rarer Casteret and gives a good write up of PSM from its discovery in 1950, the tragedy in 1953 and the final aftermath in 1954.  The second part describes the ?Secrets of the Underworld?, the source of the Garrone, La Cigal?re, Gouffre Martel etc.  HB DW ?19.00 .

TO PHOTOGRAPH DARKNESS / The history of underground and flash photography by Chris Howes  1989  330 pp, 125 photos, 35 engravings and drawings, 4 surveys and maps.  The monograph on underground photography and the standard work for many years to come.  HB DW as new ?14.50

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.  Signed by both authors.  SB  ?2.00 

TEN YEARS UNDER THE EARTH by Norbert Casteret 1939 1st edition. with book plate and signature of Michael Murry Thompson, a famous Mendip caver.  xv + 240 pp 41 photos 5 B&W drawing 2 maps.  The most popular caving book in the world.  It has appeared in 11 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.  Original green cloth.  Top of spine chipped.  HB ?9.00

ON THE TRACK OF PREHISTORIC MAN by Herbert K?hn 1958 191 pp 33 illus. figs etc.  This is a superb introduction to the painted caves of France and Northern Spain.  With the exception of Altimira [closed] and Lascaux [re-built] the caves are the same today as there were 40 years ago.  SB ?3.00

THE COMPLETE CAVING MANUAL by Andy Sparrow  1997  192 pp  many photos, diagrams etc.  Written by a well known professional caving instructor.  Recommended.  SB ?14.99

VISITING AMERICAN CAVES by Howard N Sloane and Russell H Gurnee 1966  246 pp  numerous photos.  With a dedication signed by Russell Gurnee ?To Tony and Anne.  The tame caves of the US as contrast to our ?wild? caves.?  HB DW ?25.00

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 VG very rare ?27.00 

BRITISH CAVING / An Introduction to Speleology by Members of the Cave Research Group 2nd ed 1962  592 pp 48 plates 87 figs 12 tab.  Probably the best introduction to caving every written.  Covers all aspects of cave science, geology, biology, physics etc.  Potted accounts of British Caving regions. Ex-library HB ?19.00

MENDIP: THE GREAT CAVE OF WOOKEY HOLE by H E Balch  3rd  edition 1947  108 pp, 224 plates, including colour frontis. A much enlarged account of a famous show cave, near Wells, Somerset.  The cave has been open to visitors for over 400 years, perhaps longer, as it was an Iron Age habitat site.  SB DW ?15.00

THE CAVE PAINTINGS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA / Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People / Written and Photographed by Harry W Crosby 1977  246 pp, lots of pictures, too many to count.  A nice coffee table book, printed on art paper, 10 x 10 inches.  Slight nick in DW o/a as new.  HB DW  ?19.00


CAVES GUIDE [Ed] Prof Ivo Bralić] [2008] 51 pp colour photos on ever page.  This is a fine book printed on glossy art paper.  It is an all encompassing account of a show cave in Croatia.  In English, SB ?9.00

MENDIP COUNTRY by Jillian Powell and Julia Davey 1987  96 pp, many photos, almost one a page.  Caves get good coverage with photos and text on Avelines Hole, Cheddar Caves and Wookey Hole Caves.  SB ?4.00

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7th INTERNATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL CONGRESS SHEFFIELD, England September 1977.  444 pp,  illuus, figs surveys.  Over 170 papers were presented at the Congress on all aspects of speleology.  They are all printed here, good reading for a wet afternoon.  SB ?6.00

CAVE ENGRAVINGS LIST CE1/2009 now available

LIMESTONES AND CAVES OF NORTH-WEST ENGLAND Edited by A C Waltham 1974  477 pp 54 plates 86 figs, 14 tables.  A classic scientific account of Britain?s classic caving area.  HB ?29.00

DISCOVERY AT THE RIO CAMUY by Russell & Jeanee Gurnee 1974  183 pp illus.  A mint copy signed and dedicated by the late Russell Gurnee.  HB DW ?30.00

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HALF HOURS UNDERGROUND / Volcanoes, mines and caves 1905  369 pp numerous steel engravings including: Shaw No 121 Fingal's Cave and Shaw No 184 Grotto of Antiparos.  The two engravings of Mammoth Cave are not listed by Shaw.  In publishers original blue cloth, with picture cover in gold of the Grotte of Antiparos.  HB tight binding,spine rubbed top and bottom,  with foxing on the new eps and title page, but cover and rest of book very bright. HB ?35.00

THE SUCKER?S VISIT TO MAMMOTH CAVE by Ralph Seymour Thompson with a new introduction by John F Bridge 1970  128 pp, maps etc.  HB cover stained with cup marks.  ?10.00

BEYOND MAMMOTH CAVE: A Tale of Obsession in the World?s Longest Cave.  by James D Borden and Roger W Brucker  2000  xvii + 353 pp numerous plates.  This is the exciting story of how Roppel Cave was connected to Mammoth Cave to give a massive system over 295 miles long.  A record unlikely to be beaten any where else in the world.  A gripping, blow by blow account that will leave you breathless.  SB ?30.00  post free

THE CAVES OF RWANDA / LES GROTTES DU RWANDA. 2nd / 2?me edition. 2007 by Michael Laumanns, Silvia Schmassmann & Hans Schmassmann-Adrian: 173 pages, many surveys and maps; BHB 23  The state of play (as at March 2007) on the lava tube caves of Rwanda.  Replaces volume 11 and 15 of this series.  Includes the new longest cave in Rwanda (Ubuvumo Bwibihonga, at 4,530 m of length).  Describes more than 72 caves with a total passage length of over 25 km.  Bi-lingual English/French with a German abstract.  SB ?10.00

ATLAS OF THE GREAT CAVES AND THE KARST OF AFRICA. Update 2: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Zimbabwe. ? 2007  by Michael Laumanns: 168 pages, many cave surveys and maps; BHB 24.  The second country update of the ?Yellow Pages on the Karst and Caves of Africa?.  The basic version of the Atlas was released as volumes 7 ? 9 of the ?Berliner H?hlenkundliche Berichte? in 2002 ? a standard reference work in speleology. This volume features 20 new cave maps from Madagascar, as well as several new surveys from Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.  For other countries the karst distribution maps were updated and the latest expeditions added.  In English language, with a French and German abstract.  SB ?10.00

EXPLORATION OF CAVES IN THE JADOVA CANYON by Kresimir Raguz and Jasmina Osterman 2008 from Arheoloska Istrazivanja u Lici Vol 23 pp 69-77 illus, survey colour photos.  In Croatian with English summary SB ?3.00

THE STORY OF MOST INTERESTING DISCOVERIES / NEWLY DISCOVERED WHITE SCAR CAVES Ingleton / Under Ingleborough, Yorkshire / 1? miles from Ingleton on the Hawes Road.  Contents: History of Discoveries etc.  Inside rear cover it is dated 1939 rare 1st edition SB yellow cover with red writing.  On the net your could pay over ?100 but from us, only  ?9.00

WHITE SCAR CAVES Ingleton / Under Ingleborough, Yorkshire / 1? miles from Ingleton on the Hawes Road. 39 pp, 12 photos, survey.  Contents: History of Discoveries, Description, Geological Notes etc.  This issue has the obituary of Thomas Greenwood 1884-1947.  I am going to suggest that this is the rare 2nd edition SB pink cover with black writing.  ?8.00

CEROVAC CAVES /VELEBIT NATURE PARK  2008 DVD describing a famous Croatian Cave with commentary in English  DVD ?5.00

DIE SCH?NSTEN H?HLEN EUROPAS Karl Thein 1978 160pp 60 b & w  illus, 30 in colour 23 x 25 cm with colour DW. Describes caves in former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Italy, Spain, England and Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany  One of the first coffee table books with superb illustrations.  Ex library, in German ?19.00

DIE BING-H?HLE IN STREITBERG (Fr?nkische Schweiz) ND (c 1920 judging by the printing and layout) 8 pp, 9 plates.  The cover is orange with the following [in German] ?Greatest and most beautiful Stalactite/ Gallery /Cave in Germany. Lit by electricity.  13th edition 53-63 thousand.?  SB In German.  ?9.00

PLANET EARTH / UNDERGROUND WORLDS by Donald Dale Jackson [Time-Life Books]  1982  176 pp many colour photos on high quality art paper.  A nice coffee able book with contributions from some of America?s top cavers.  HB ?9.00     

LE MONDE SECRET DES CAVERNES by A C Waltham 1986  128 pp colour photo on nearly every page, surveys etc.  This is one of the first coffee table books on caving 9 x 12 inches, it larger than most book on this topic.  All the famous caves are described from the USA to the USSR.  In French HB DW ?9.00

WOOKEY HOLE CAVES - Sixteen Exclusive Camera Studies. 1936 2 pages of text and 16 A5 sized sepia photos including a rare view of cave explorers. [Shaw No 885A]  SB ?5.00

AVENTURES SOUS LA TERRE Norbert Casteret [1961 ] this is 1975 reprint. 188pp numerous b & w plates inclues Gouffre de la Pierre Saint Martin, La colossale Cigalere, Silence, solitude et tenebres hb with colour plate on dust wrapper.  In French ?15.00

@CAVING CARTOON - originals by SNAB [Peter MacNab] and others.  Full details on request.

THE CAVES OF SOUTH WESTERN SCOTLAND by Tony Oldham 2005  28 pp, 10 colour photos, including front cover.  This is a detailed gazetteer covering the area Dumfries-shire, Galloway, Kircudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.  This area is famous for its inhabited caves which date from Bronze Age times.  St Medan?s and St Ninian?s Caves were inhabited in the 8th century, whilst the most notorious inhabitant in the 16th century was Sawney Beane and his family who is reputed to have robbed and eaten over a 1000 travellers.  The only caving guide to this little known caving area.  Laminated covers.  ?7.50 

a companion book is also available:

THE MINES OF SOUTH WESTERN SCOTLAND by Tony Oldham 2005.  35 pp, 5 surveys cum location maps, 18 colour photos including colour front and rear covers.  The mines of south-western Scotland are virtually unknown to most of the inhabitants of England and Wales.  In many ways it is a lost and forgotten area.  An area of wild beauty, noted more for its agriculture and scenery than for its industries.  It has never been of great importance as a centre of mining; nevertheless the scattered occurrences of metalliferous ores that have been worked from time to time are relatively poorly covered in literature.  The two main works by G V Wilson (1921) and James R Foster-Smith (1967) are long out of print and difficult to obtain.  This present work hopes to overcome this problem by recording those deposits, which are known to exist, and which have been worked or investigated in past times.  There is no active mining in the area at present, though some small-scale mining continued as late as 1954. Laminated covers.  ?7.50

DIE FASZINATION DER H?HLE by Franz Jantsch 2002  95 pp, 49 colour photos.  Dr Jantsch is the parish priest at Hinterbr?hl in Austria.  In latest book he writes about the caves in this area and the place they play in modern literature.  HB In German ?9.00

TOT LORD and the Bone Caves.  A mini-biography by W R Mitchell  1999  64 pp, photos, figs in text, photos.  This book will be of interest to many people: to archaeologists, as Tot Lord excavated the Settle Bone Caves, to speleo-historians as the book describes Tot?s uneasy relationship with Cymmie [Eli Simpson, founder of the BSA].  SB ?5.50

ICH WAR IN DER UNTERWELT / Impression von abenteuerlichen H?hlenexpedition by Gerhard E Schmitt 1986  128 pp, many colour photos.  Impressions of adventurous caving expeditions is the subtitle and Gerhard goes to Sardinia and photographs some glorious speleothems.  Next stop is Turkey and the Tinaz Cave.  Although he fails to come out at the resurgence, he has produce some nice photos of large cave passages.  Still in Turkey Gerhard explores G?versin H?hle, the Altin-Besik River System.  Next he explore the ?Dead Dog cave in southern Turkey.  He finds a dog?s body at the bottom of this 340 m deep cave, hence the name.  If you want to find out about Anou Boussouil in Algeria, Borrowiz Cave, Veshtucoc Cave,  San Christobal Cave and El Chorreadro in South Mexico, you will have to buy the book.  Ex-library.  HB In German  ?19.00

AGGERTAL H?HLE Runderoth by H Maassen and Prof Dr F Lotze 24pp  numerous plates, surveys, location map etc. small format sepia print on cover.  Covers history of cave, Geology, tour of the cave etc. has 2 holes punched in it where it has been stored in a folder, but this does not affect text or plates SB ?1.00

ATTENDORNER TROPFSTEINH?HLE 12pp,  numerous b & w plates, small format guide to cave. has 2 holes punched in it where it has been stored in a folder, but this does not affect text or plates  sb  In German ?1.00

FELSENDOME RABENSTEIN 3 colour slides and b & w postcard.  A show mine in former East Germany. In German ?1.00

THE LAST ADVENTURE edited by Alan Thomas 1989  75 pp 19 colour photos, 5 B & W photos.  This is a history of cave diving in Britain.  Each chapter has a different author, each an expert in his sphere.  Nicely produced.  Colour cover with glazed boards.  HB ?12.00

SECRETS OF THE ICE AGE / The World of the Cave Artists by Evan Hadingham 1980  342 pp  many photos of cave paintings etc.  The author throws new light onto the Ice Age way of life.  First he starts with a reappraisal of the much-maligned Neanderthals and then describes how hunting bands, a few strong, would annually follow for hundreds of miles the migration of vast reindeer herds: how craftsman fashioned increasingly diverse tools and ornaments; and how the hunter-artist seems to have developed a society far more affluent and peaceable than the `cave-man? image suggests. HB DW ?9.00

Re-stocked due to popular demand:

SPELEOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA by Daniel Gebauer et al. 1995  ii + 226 pp 2509 entries 20 illus.  This bibliography is intended to be a caving device rather than a collector's item.  This book provides hints to unexplored caving areas.  Because many of the references are from obscure sources, they are backed up with annotations.  A separate chapter is dedicated to man-made caves etc.  Concerning Tibet and Nepal, a number of cave relevant and often ancient texts in Tibetan and Nepali language and scripts, which have remained obscure, were brought to the speleological world by co-operating with scholars of cultural history.  Finally, a few pages deal with early Himalayan cave friends like Bharo `Maimed Hand' Jnanakiti (1016-1060) and Jets?n Milarepa (1052-1135).  SB ?24.00

April to July & the move to a smaller house still hasn't happened!

You need a new solicitor, Tony.

I have finally moved into my new house, it is very small, barely larger than a rabbit hutch.  It is piled to the roof with boxes of caving books.  The only way to get from one side of the room from the other is to crawl beneath the boxes.  It is so precarious that Bent Gear and Dud Gear refused to follow me.  I had to hand tea and biscuits out through a window and we all had tea on the lawn.  But I digress.  I really need to shift some books.  No reasonable offer refused, postage extra

CAPPADOCIA CRADLE OF HISTORY by ?mer Demir ND [2008?] 96 pp, many colour photos, almost one a page.  This is the latest and most detailed description of the cave village of Cappadocia in Turkey.  SB  ?15.00

THE DICTAEAN CAVE by Georgios I Panagiotakis 1988  118 pp, numerous photos, some in colour, survey etc.  Another first!.  Unknown to TO, a caving book, in English, published 17 years ago, finally comes to Treorchy.  The Dictaean Cave is the most famous cave in Crete.  The birth place of Zeus, the cave has appeared in literature as early as BC 700.  The first exploration was by a Florentine monk in 1415, numerous others followed including Capt Spratt (of Malta fame) in 1851, Evans in 1895, Hogarth in 1899 and Pendelbury in 1939.  The finds are scattered in museums all over the world from the Oxford Museum to the Louve in Paris, France.  A useful introduction to the cave with 42 refs in the bibliography.  SB ?27.00

THE MENDIP CAVES by H E. Balch.  The three in one edition including: Mendip The Great Cave of Wookey Hole 3rd Ed 1947, Mendip Cheddar its Gorge and Caves 2nd Ed 1947, Mendip Its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters 2nd Ed 1948.  In original publishers green cloth binding HB ?59.00

THE CLIFFS & CAVES OF CHEDDAR / A series of Beautiful Views in Real Photogravure, published by William Gough, Son of the Discoverer of the Famous Cave.  A5 landscape, with an oval cut in the front cover showing Stalagmite Pillars, A beautiful reflected group.  17 pp unnumbered.  Cover is dark blue card.  Similar to Shaw 195A [c1910].  Signed copy ?Yours faithfully William Gough? SB ?9.00    .

???WOOKEY HOLE CAVES, Wells, Somerset.  Thirteen Exclusive Camera Studies. [1947] 4 pages of text and 13 A5 sized sepia photos.  The front cover is white card with a colour painting by John Hassall RI, The Escape of the Axe. [Shaw No 888]  SB ?9.00

CAVE POSTCARDS - POSTOJNA all with the cachet R. R. Grotte Demaniali di Postumia.  All in colour, 1931 vintage with titles in Italian:
1 Acneronie Lake and Tartaro
2 View of the columns in the Brilliant Chamber
3 The course of the underground River Piuca
The lot, for ?2.00

ASI ES MI PAIS / Geografia de Cuba para las Ni?os.  Cuartto grado. by Antonia Nu?ez Jimenez 1960  x+ 174 pp maps, illus, figs.  I must have read this book a long time ago, because in the front I have listed all the cave references.  HB In Spanish ?3.00

THE CAVES OF THAILAND Addendum 1995-97.  This lists over 150 new caves.  SB Free with order
The book is still available:

THE CAVES OF THAILAND by John R Dunkley 1995  124 pp numerous photos surveys etc.  This compendium will be a useful work of reference for many years to come.  It is not just a source book on caves but an /appreciation of Thai culture, or monastic karst!  Now out of print, I have the last copy.  SB ?25.00

im too skint and unfixed in my abode to buy any of your books, but i offer my comiserations on your having to sell them.

Poor Tony's been trying to move into a smaller house for nearly eleven years now. This must be record!

http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.caving/tree/browse_frm/month/1998-10/24e80c7968af80fd?rnum=71&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fuk.rec.caving%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fmonth%2F1998-10%3F

I have moved to a smaller house and need to reduced my collection of caving books.  Postage extra. No reasonably offer refused.

GAPING GILL / 150 YEARS OF EXPLORATION by Howard M Beck 1984  190 pp 45 photos 11 figs.  First descended by Martel in 1895, this is a gripping account of exploration.  HB DW enclosed in plastic cover.  Ex-library ?35.00

FAMOUS CAVES AND CATACOMBS by W H Davenport Adams 1st ed 1886  204 pp,  40 illus, original brown cloth with picture cover of the Blue Grotto.  Grottoes of Samoun, Grottoes of Karli, Grotto of Panaglia, Grotte of Posilipo and many others.  HB, some wear on corners and top of spine o/w good. Ex school prize with label.  ?40.00

CAVES / AN ANTHOLOGY by A W England  1973  138 pp, illus.  Turner, B?gli, Kirkup, Hardy, Lovelock, Homer, all the famous authors have been raided to produce this collection of caving stories.  A rare item, only the third copy I have seen in 30 years..  SB  ?25.00

YESTERDAY?S GALCONDAS / notable British metal mines by R H Bird 1977  140 pp, photos average, more than one a page.  Ex library.  DW HB ?25.00

KUR No 1 December 2003  32 pp with full colour photos on mosy pages.  This magazine describes the various  expeditions undertaken by the caving society La Venta:  Korea, Mexico,and the Philippines SB Italian / English [50/50]  ?5.00

HISTORY OF ST CLEMENT?S CAVES HASTINGS by W Ruskin Butterfield ND [c 1900]  7 pp, black printing on grey paper covers.  Creased and slightly dog-eared.  A rare item, the first I have seen.  ?10.00

THE WORLD OF CAVES by Tony Waltham  1976  128 pp.  This was one of the first caving coffee table books with a colour photo on nearly every page.  Chapters include The Subterranean World; Life in Caves; Cave Dwellers and their art;  The Study of caves; Caves around the World; The Lure of Adventure; Deepest and Longest; etc.  The DW is a little ragged but the books is VG.  Ex library with stamp.  HB DW ?5.00

A GUIDE TO SPELEOLOGICAL LITERATURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 1794-1996.  Compiled and edited by Diana E. Northup, Emily Davis Mobley, Kenneth L. Ingham III, and William W. Mixon. 1998.  539 pp.  A detailed guide and a new reference book which a unique slant on the subject.  The main body of the book is Chapter 15, a list, alphabetical by author, of 3558 cave books in English.  Chapter 16 is an index of the people in that field.  Read and enjoy.  HB ?29.00 SB ?19.00

L?OR DES GOUFFRES d?couvertes dans les jungles mayas by Michel Siffre 1979  233 pp, 16 pp of photos, some in colour, map etc.  Siffre made three expeditions to the caves of central America in 1975, 1976, and 1977 to discover the origins of the Mayas.  Here he describes in detail the primitive sculptures made on dozens of stalagmites.  SB In French ?19.00

AMERICAN CAVES AND CAVING - Techniques, Pleasures and Safeguards of Modern Cave Exploration by William R Halliday Revised edition 1982  348 pp numerous photos.  A controversial author who likes to stick his neck out! HB DW ?5.00    .

MENDIP UNDERGROUND A CAVER?S GUIDE by D J Irwin and A R Jarratt 1999  241 pp, 7 maps, numerous surveys,  illus.  This is the latest in a long line of guide books to the caves of Mendip and needs no introduction.  It is larger, more detailed and bang up-to-date.  SB ?14.00

GEOGRAFIA DE CUBA by Antonia Nu?ez Jimenez 2 edicion 1959  624 pp 417 figs.  The late author was the top Cuban speleologist and this book has a good cave bias.  SB In Spanish  ?15.00

rhychydwr1 said:

MENDIP UNDERGROUND A CAVER?S GUIDE by D J Irwin and A R Jarratt 1999  241 pp, 7 maps, numerous surveys,  illus.  This is the latest in a long line of guide books to the caves of Mendip and needs no introduction.  It is larger, more detailed and bang up-to-date.  SB ?14.00

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Or not, as the case may be.

It probably was when he started his move.

MCRA will sell you a new copy for a fiver, anyway.

MENDIP UNDERGROUND A CAVER?S GUIDE by D J Irwin and A R Jarratt 1999  241 pp, 7 maps, numerous surveys,  illus.

Several clubs are selling them on behalf of MCRA, including the Wessex. They will also be on sale at Hidden Earth.

And they are only about ?10 new in caving shops anyway.

Gott im Himmel.  What a load of fuckin' wankers.  I have said "No reasonable offer refused" so either payup or shut up.  :chair:  :tease: /