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Cannot see Bubba returning the donation. It was made in good faith to support his website. How about you other ******s making a donation instead of taking the ****?
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So satisfying to see Tony "The Plagiarist" Oldham loosing it in such style.
Speaks volumes........ all of which he'll probably try to flog.
Speaks volumes........ all of which he'll probably try to flog.
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There was a right old ding-dong going on on Mine Explorer involving Tony, which I was following as avidly as one follows a carry-on sketch. Unfortunately it got a bit out of hand (FW references), so the mods sorted it.
Guess what, I come here, and I can sense the excitement building here instead....
Round 1 - chocks away etc.
Chris.
Guess what, I come here, and I can sense the excitement building here instead....
Round 1 - chocks away etc.
Chris.
rhychydwr1
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Noodles said:
Noodles - watch it. The articles I copied was on such a large scale it was called research.
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I have moved to a smaller house and need to reduced my collection of caving books. Postage extra. No reasonably offer refused.
MANAGING ABANDONED MINES FOR BATS by Richard E Shewin, J Scott Alyenbach and David L Waldien 2009 103 pp, illus. Although this book concentrates on mines, most of the information within, applies equally to caves. Like caves, bats use of mines is dependent on humidity and temperature. In arid regions bats will chose a mine with pools of water. In winter mines are used as hibernation sites whilst in summer, some are used as maternity sites. SB ?10.00
NATURA CROACTICA published by the Croatian Natural History Museum. Vol 18 No 1 206 pp, June 30, 2009. Contents
Original scientific papers / Izvorni znanstveni radovi
LAKOTA, J., JAIZIC, B. & MORAVEC, J. Neolovricia ozimeci n, gen. et n. sp., a new genus and new species of subterranean trechine carabid from Central Dalmatia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Anillina) with notes on distribution of Lovricia aenigmatica...............................1
POLAK, S. & JALZIC, B. Blattochaeta marianii kusijanovici, new subspecies
(Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia..........15
PAVLEK, M. & OZIMEC, R. New cave-dwelling species of genus Troglohyphantes
(Araneae, Linyphiidae) for Croatian fauna...............29
BRIGIC, A., ALEGRO, A. & SEGOTA, V. Araneus alsine (Walckenaer, 1802), (Araneidae, Araneae, Arachnida) - a rare and likely threatened spider of the Croatian fauna...............................39
VUCKOVIC, I., BOZAK, I., IVKOVIC, M., JELENCIC, M., KEROVEC, M., POPIJAC, A., PREVISIC, A., SIRAC, S., ZRINSKI I., KUCINIC, M. Composition and structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Mediterranean karst River the Cetina and its tributary the Ruda, Croatia........................49
POPIJAC, A. & SIVEC, I. First records of the alpine stonefly species Protonemura Julia Nicolai, 1983 (Insecta, Plecoptera) in Croatia.............83
STAMOL, V. & KLETECKI, E. New finding sites of some interesting species of Croatian terrestrial malacofauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda terrestria)......91
VERVUSI, B., GRBAC, I., BRECKO, J., TVRTKOVIC, N. & VAN DAMME, R. Distribution of reptiles and amphibians in the nature park Lastovo Archipelago: possible underlying biotic and abiotic causes.....113
MALICKY, H. The Kocher Flies (Insecto, Trichoptera) in the collection of Franjo Koscec in the Varazdin Museum, Croatia........... . 129
MAREKOVIC, S., HRSAK, V., JELASKA, S. D., NIKOLIC, T. & PLAZIBAT, M.
The grasses (Poaceae) of Medvednica Nature Park, Croatia . . 135
STRGULC KRAJSEK, S., SEGEDIN, T. & JOGAN, N.
Revision of Epilobium and Chamerion in the Croatian herbaria ZA and ZAHO. . .155
Review paper / Pregledni rod
KOVACIC, M. Is the scientific value of a biological collection measurable? . . 169
Short communications / Kratka priopcenja
MIHOCI, I. & SASIC, M. Occurrence of the satyrine butterfly Lasiommafa petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787) confirmed in Croatia..................175
STANKOVIC, I. & TERNJEJ, I. New data on Croatian crustacean plankton fauna (Copepoda & Cladocera) in Cingi-Lingi Lake ....
STEVANOVIC, M., HLAVAC, P. & PAVICEVIC, D. Lathrobium joncooteri, new name for Lathrobium cooteri Stevanovic, Hlavac & Pavicevic (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).................................181
Biografije / Biographies
BRITVEC, B. Giuseppe (Josef) M?ller Biologist and Systematic Entomologist. 130 years after his birth and 45 years after his death. An exstensive bibliography............................187
In English and Croation. SB ?10.00
LIFE IN A CAVE by Clare Oliver 2002 32 pages all in full colour. Although described as a children?s book it is a good introduction to cave animals for non-cavers. I noticed that it was published in 2002, but I must have missed it first time around. HB ex-library ?9.00
WESTMINSTER SPELEOLOGICAL GROUP Bulletin Vol8 No 2 Summer Autumn 1973 pp 15-33 surveys. Strans Gill Rescue; Ogof Pont Sychryd; [Caves of] Sychryd Valley; Oxford University Expedition to Northern Spain. SB as new ?1.00
SOUTH WALES CAVING CLUB NEWSLETTER. This is a high quality A4 publication, printed on art paper, with colour covers. SB All at ?1.00 each, discount for quantity.
No 122 2001 48 pp, many B&W photos, surveys. Vale: Robert Saunders 1950-2001; 101 Great Cavung Trips ? Christmas Pot; La V?z?re [France]; The caves of the Sychryd Gorge (With notes on Ogof Coed y Ffrynau made by the Taylors in 1949); What is this life so full of care if we have no time to stand and stare?; Cantabria ?99 Expedition Report [Spain]; Cantabria 200 The SWCC Expedition to Northern Spain; Cantabria 2000 - An Antipodeans Visit; Red Del Silenicio ? A Quick 4 hour trip [Spain]; New Age caving; 101 Great Caving Trips: Dent de Crolles ? P40 to Trou de Glaz ? The Bob Hall Memorial Through Trip; A Week Beneath Lanzarote; Some notes on French Show caves.
No 121 2000 48 pp, many photos. Norman Lloyd, a Gentleman Caver; Cantabria 1998 ? The Exploration of SVA16; SVA30 ? so near and yet so far; SVA34; Cantabria 1998- Site List; Equipment Review ? a reliable electric backup lighting for expedition caving on carbide; Cribarth Sink; Four and a half tons of water is ridiculous; SWCC Entrance Exam; Slow Fuse; Bill Weaver; Whats in a name.
SWCC No 83 June 1976, No 87 June 1977, Nos 92 to 103, No 104 Two Expeditions to the Picos de Europe Northern Spain [in photocopy] Nos 105 1989 to No 117 1996. Index to newsletters Nos 1 to 100 All original, unbound. ?1.00 each, discount for quantity or 12 for ?10.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRISTOL UNIVERSITY SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Vol 17 No 1 1984 90 pp illus VG ex-library. A highly sought after tome as it contains Charterhouse Cave, Exploration, Geomorphology and Fauna. There are surveys of Charterhouse Cave, GB Cave and Read?s Grotto. For the mine explorer there is: Cornish Miners at Charterhouse on Mendip with maps showing the location, the rakes and the workings on the Stainsby?s Lode. SB ?6.00
Ask for our 2009 list of cave engraving- its free!
IM BANNE DER GROSSEN H?HLE / Abenteuer in der gr?ssten H?hle Europas by Alfred B?gli 1972 second edition. 174 pp, 46 B&W, maps, surveys etc. Sub-titled ?Adventure in the largest cave in Europe?, this is the exciting story of the exploration of the H?lloch [=Hell Hole], one time longest cave in the world. In 1952 Prof B?gli and 3 other cavers were trapped in the cave for 9 days by flood water. By the time the waters went down, the rescuers had given them up for dead and locked the cave, so they had to break their way out! A good read. HB colour cover in German an unusual copy 15 cm x 23 cm ?19.00
ZAUBER DER H?HLEN Im Reich und der unterirdischen Wasser] [The Magic of the Caves / In the realm of water under the earth] by Alfred B?gli 1976 158 pp. One of the first coffee table books, large A4 format, colour photo on nearly every page. This is the story of the exploration of the H?ll Loch or Hell Hole, one time longest cave in the world, in Switzerland. A thrilling story of exploration. HB DW In German. ?19.00
CD ROM SYMPOSIUM FOR 80 YEARS OF ORGANISED SPELEOLOGY IN BULGARIA / Conference Theme ? The Exploration And Protection Of Caves?. Proceedings of the Bulgarian Federation of Speleology, Sofia - 2009
СЪДЪРЖАНИЕ - CONTENTS
Preface
Cave Studies and the Development of Caving and Speleology in Veliko Tarnovo and its Surroundings by Еvgeni Коеv ???????????.
The Exploration of Speleocub ?Helictit? ? Sofia in the Beglichki Part of Vrachanska Mts by Alexey Zhalov , Konstantin Stoichkov and Ivan Petrov ?
Characteristics of the Karst Area in the Vicinity of Cherepish Railway Station (Western Balkan Mts) With a View of a Possible Hydrotechnical Construction by Alexey Benderev, Stefan Shanov, Кonstantin Kostov, Boika Mihailova and Asen Mitev
Cave Diving, Significant Method of Karst Hydrogeology Investigations by Sa?a Milanović
Mineralogy of Uhlovitsa Cave, Smolyan Region - Eleonora Balkanska and Alexander Filipov
Cave Microclimate in Bulgaria: Cyclic Recurrence and Territory Distribution by Аlexey Stoev and Penka Maglova
Cave Air Temperature Response to Climate, Solar and Geomagnetic Activity by Penka Maglova & Alexey Stoev
Cave Sanctuary near Ilinitzha Village, Kardzhali District: Astronomical Orientation and Special Acoustics by M. Stoeva , P. Stoeva and A.Stoev
The Krushuna Rock Monastery ? Unknown Monuments of Mediaveal Culture in Bulgaria by Evgeni Koev
Petar Stanev?s Contribution to the Studies of the Archaeological Structures of the Caves along the Middle Flood Plain of Yantra River by Evgeni Koev & Boriana Lytckanova
About Some Aspects of the Protection of Caves as a Part of the Cultural Heritage in Bulgaria by Magdalena Stamenova and Alexey Zhalov
Contemporary Tendencies of Usage of G.I.S. in Karst Studies by D Raichev
Map of the Bulgarian Caves for GPS Receivers ?Garmin? by Ivan Aleksiev
Bulgarian Discoveries in ?Optimisticheska Cave ?- Ukraine by M. Tranteev
Through the Combination of Regional and Integral Approaches to a More Rational Use of Nature in the Karst Territories of Bulgaria
The Contribution of the Student Speleological Club ?Academic? ? Sofia to Karst Research Around the World by Ivan Lichkov
Characteristics and Development of the Karst in the Catchment Area of the Opitsvet-Bezden Springs by В.Mihailova , К. Кostov, М. Danailova and A. Benderev
A Study of the Natural Concentrations of Hydochemical Components of Karst Waters in the Razlogs Basin by Marta Machkova , Borislav Velikov , Dobri Dimitrov and Neyko Neychev
Gеоphysical Investigations for Detecting Underground Karst Cavities in the area of Village of Rumiantsevo, Lovech District by St. Shanov, А.Benderev, А. Mitev , B.Мihailova , I.Ilieva
Determination of the Probability for the Develop of Negative Surface Karst Forms in the Conditions of Covered Karst by Ivailo Ivanov
Methods of Collecting and Preserving of Cave Animals by Boyan Petrov, and Pavel Stoev
Monitoring the Study of Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria by Ivan Pandurski and Vassil Popov
Caves in Japan by Iren Velichkova ? Yamami
Vietnamese ? Bulgarian Archaeological and Paleontological Excavations at Dieu Rock Shelter (North Vietnam) by Vasil Popov. 155 pp, in Bulgarian with English summaries . CD ROM ?15.00
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 visited by the visitor. Rare and long out of print. SB ?12.00.
CRYSTAL GIANTS IN THE CAVES OF NAICA, edited by Giovanni Badino and published by La Venta Explorazioni Geografiche, Italy, in 2008. 8.5 by 8.5 inches, 48 pages, hardbound. The book contains text and numerous color photos, some occupying two
full pages. See http://www.amcs-pubs.org/other/Naica.html for details. ?20.00
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
CAVES OF SCOTLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHY by Tony Oldham January 2009 about 176 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!!!
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everybody. January 1st, 2002 saw the birth of a new currency, the Euro. An event which has still gone almost un-noticed in most of Britain. Needless to say we still accept Bargeld, so if you have any Euro left over from your holiday in Euroland, do not despair, just send then to us and we will convert them in to caving books for you.
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 ?99.00
CAVE HUNTING as above but ex libris ?89.00
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 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. ?49.00
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 ?9.00 .
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, Temna Dupka, Fuentes Cave are some of the many caves explored by the author. HB DW In German ?9.00
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
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]
MANAGING ABANDONED MINES FOR BATS by Richard E Shewin, J Scott Alyenbach and David L Waldien 2009 103 pp, illus. Although this book concentrates on mines, most of the information within, applies equally to caves. Like caves, bats use of mines is dependent on humidity and temperature. In arid regions bats will chose a mine with pools of water. In winter mines are used as hibernation sites whilst in summer, some are used as maternity sites. SB ?10.00
NATURA CROACTICA published by the Croatian Natural History Museum. Vol 18 No 1 206 pp, June 30, 2009. Contents
Original scientific papers / Izvorni znanstveni radovi
LAKOTA, J., JAIZIC, B. & MORAVEC, J. Neolovricia ozimeci n, gen. et n. sp., a new genus and new species of subterranean trechine carabid from Central Dalmatia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Anillina) with notes on distribution of Lovricia aenigmatica...............................1
POLAK, S. & JALZIC, B. Blattochaeta marianii kusijanovici, new subspecies
(Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia..........15
PAVLEK, M. & OZIMEC, R. New cave-dwelling species of genus Troglohyphantes
(Araneae, Linyphiidae) for Croatian fauna...............29
BRIGIC, A., ALEGRO, A. & SEGOTA, V. Araneus alsine (Walckenaer, 1802), (Araneidae, Araneae, Arachnida) - a rare and likely threatened spider of the Croatian fauna...............................39
VUCKOVIC, I., BOZAK, I., IVKOVIC, M., JELENCIC, M., KEROVEC, M., POPIJAC, A., PREVISIC, A., SIRAC, S., ZRINSKI I., KUCINIC, M. Composition and structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Mediterranean karst River the Cetina and its tributary the Ruda, Croatia........................49
POPIJAC, A. & SIVEC, I. First records of the alpine stonefly species Protonemura Julia Nicolai, 1983 (Insecta, Plecoptera) in Croatia.............83
STAMOL, V. & KLETECKI, E. New finding sites of some interesting species of Croatian terrestrial malacofauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda terrestria)......91
VERVUSI, B., GRBAC, I., BRECKO, J., TVRTKOVIC, N. & VAN DAMME, R. Distribution of reptiles and amphibians in the nature park Lastovo Archipelago: possible underlying biotic and abiotic causes.....113
MALICKY, H. The Kocher Flies (Insecto, Trichoptera) in the collection of Franjo Koscec in the Varazdin Museum, Croatia........... . 129
MAREKOVIC, S., HRSAK, V., JELASKA, S. D., NIKOLIC, T. & PLAZIBAT, M.
The grasses (Poaceae) of Medvednica Nature Park, Croatia . . 135
STRGULC KRAJSEK, S., SEGEDIN, T. & JOGAN, N.
Revision of Epilobium and Chamerion in the Croatian herbaria ZA and ZAHO. . .155
Review paper / Pregledni rod
KOVACIC, M. Is the scientific value of a biological collection measurable? . . 169
Short communications / Kratka priopcenja
MIHOCI, I. & SASIC, M. Occurrence of the satyrine butterfly Lasiommafa petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787) confirmed in Croatia..................175
STANKOVIC, I. & TERNJEJ, I. New data on Croatian crustacean plankton fauna (Copepoda & Cladocera) in Cingi-Lingi Lake ....
STEVANOVIC, M., HLAVAC, P. & PAVICEVIC, D. Lathrobium joncooteri, new name for Lathrobium cooteri Stevanovic, Hlavac & Pavicevic (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).................................181
Biografije / Biographies
BRITVEC, B. Giuseppe (Josef) M?ller Biologist and Systematic Entomologist. 130 years after his birth and 45 years after his death. An exstensive bibliography............................187
In English and Croation. SB ?10.00
LIFE IN A CAVE by Clare Oliver 2002 32 pages all in full colour. Although described as a children?s book it is a good introduction to cave animals for non-cavers. I noticed that it was published in 2002, but I must have missed it first time around. HB ex-library ?9.00
WESTMINSTER SPELEOLOGICAL GROUP Bulletin Vol8 No 2 Summer Autumn 1973 pp 15-33 surveys. Strans Gill Rescue; Ogof Pont Sychryd; [Caves of] Sychryd Valley; Oxford University Expedition to Northern Spain. SB as new ?1.00
SOUTH WALES CAVING CLUB NEWSLETTER. This is a high quality A4 publication, printed on art paper, with colour covers. SB All at ?1.00 each, discount for quantity.
No 122 2001 48 pp, many B&W photos, surveys. Vale: Robert Saunders 1950-2001; 101 Great Cavung Trips ? Christmas Pot; La V?z?re [France]; The caves of the Sychryd Gorge (With notes on Ogof Coed y Ffrynau made by the Taylors in 1949); What is this life so full of care if we have no time to stand and stare?; Cantabria ?99 Expedition Report [Spain]; Cantabria 200 The SWCC Expedition to Northern Spain; Cantabria 2000 - An Antipodeans Visit; Red Del Silenicio ? A Quick 4 hour trip [Spain]; New Age caving; 101 Great Caving Trips: Dent de Crolles ? P40 to Trou de Glaz ? The Bob Hall Memorial Through Trip; A Week Beneath Lanzarote; Some notes on French Show caves.
No 121 2000 48 pp, many photos. Norman Lloyd, a Gentleman Caver; Cantabria 1998 ? The Exploration of SVA16; SVA30 ? so near and yet so far; SVA34; Cantabria 1998- Site List; Equipment Review ? a reliable electric backup lighting for expedition caving on carbide; Cribarth Sink; Four and a half tons of water is ridiculous; SWCC Entrance Exam; Slow Fuse; Bill Weaver; Whats in a name.
SWCC No 83 June 1976, No 87 June 1977, Nos 92 to 103, No 104 Two Expeditions to the Picos de Europe Northern Spain [in photocopy] Nos 105 1989 to No 117 1996. Index to newsletters Nos 1 to 100 All original, unbound. ?1.00 each, discount for quantity or 12 for ?10.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRISTOL UNIVERSITY SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Vol 17 No 1 1984 90 pp illus VG ex-library. A highly sought after tome as it contains Charterhouse Cave, Exploration, Geomorphology and Fauna. There are surveys of Charterhouse Cave, GB Cave and Read?s Grotto. For the mine explorer there is: Cornish Miners at Charterhouse on Mendip with maps showing the location, the rakes and the workings on the Stainsby?s Lode. SB ?6.00
Ask for our 2009 list of cave engraving- its free!
IM BANNE DER GROSSEN H?HLE / Abenteuer in der gr?ssten H?hle Europas by Alfred B?gli 1972 second edition. 174 pp, 46 B&W, maps, surveys etc. Sub-titled ?Adventure in the largest cave in Europe?, this is the exciting story of the exploration of the H?lloch [=Hell Hole], one time longest cave in the world. In 1952 Prof B?gli and 3 other cavers were trapped in the cave for 9 days by flood water. By the time the waters went down, the rescuers had given them up for dead and locked the cave, so they had to break their way out! A good read. HB colour cover in German an unusual copy 15 cm x 23 cm ?19.00
ZAUBER DER H?HLEN Im Reich und der unterirdischen Wasser] [The Magic of the Caves / In the realm of water under the earth] by Alfred B?gli 1976 158 pp. One of the first coffee table books, large A4 format, colour photo on nearly every page. This is the story of the exploration of the H?ll Loch or Hell Hole, one time longest cave in the world, in Switzerland. A thrilling story of exploration. HB DW In German. ?19.00
CD ROM SYMPOSIUM FOR 80 YEARS OF ORGANISED SPELEOLOGY IN BULGARIA / Conference Theme ? The Exploration And Protection Of Caves?. Proceedings of the Bulgarian Federation of Speleology, Sofia - 2009
СЪДЪРЖАНИЕ - CONTENTS
Preface
Cave Studies and the Development of Caving and Speleology in Veliko Tarnovo and its Surroundings by Еvgeni Коеv ???????????.
The Exploration of Speleocub ?Helictit? ? Sofia in the Beglichki Part of Vrachanska Mts by Alexey Zhalov , Konstantin Stoichkov and Ivan Petrov ?
Characteristics of the Karst Area in the Vicinity of Cherepish Railway Station (Western Balkan Mts) With a View of a Possible Hydrotechnical Construction by Alexey Benderev, Stefan Shanov, Кonstantin Kostov, Boika Mihailova and Asen Mitev
Cave Diving, Significant Method of Karst Hydrogeology Investigations by Sa?a Milanović
Mineralogy of Uhlovitsa Cave, Smolyan Region - Eleonora Balkanska and Alexander Filipov
Cave Microclimate in Bulgaria: Cyclic Recurrence and Territory Distribution by Аlexey Stoev and Penka Maglova
Cave Air Temperature Response to Climate, Solar and Geomagnetic Activity by Penka Maglova & Alexey Stoev
Cave Sanctuary near Ilinitzha Village, Kardzhali District: Astronomical Orientation and Special Acoustics by M. Stoeva , P. Stoeva and A.Stoev
The Krushuna Rock Monastery ? Unknown Monuments of Mediaveal Culture in Bulgaria by Evgeni Koev
Petar Stanev?s Contribution to the Studies of the Archaeological Structures of the Caves along the Middle Flood Plain of Yantra River by Evgeni Koev & Boriana Lytckanova
About Some Aspects of the Protection of Caves as a Part of the Cultural Heritage in Bulgaria by Magdalena Stamenova and Alexey Zhalov
Contemporary Tendencies of Usage of G.I.S. in Karst Studies by D Raichev
Map of the Bulgarian Caves for GPS Receivers ?Garmin? by Ivan Aleksiev
Bulgarian Discoveries in ?Optimisticheska Cave ?- Ukraine by M. Tranteev
Through the Combination of Regional and Integral Approaches to a More Rational Use of Nature in the Karst Territories of Bulgaria
The Contribution of the Student Speleological Club ?Academic? ? Sofia to Karst Research Around the World by Ivan Lichkov
Characteristics and Development of the Karst in the Catchment Area of the Opitsvet-Bezden Springs by В.Mihailova , К. Кostov, М. Danailova and A. Benderev
A Study of the Natural Concentrations of Hydochemical Components of Karst Waters in the Razlogs Basin by Marta Machkova , Borislav Velikov , Dobri Dimitrov and Neyko Neychev
Gеоphysical Investigations for Detecting Underground Karst Cavities in the area of Village of Rumiantsevo, Lovech District by St. Shanov, А.Benderev, А. Mitev , B.Мihailova , I.Ilieva
Determination of the Probability for the Develop of Negative Surface Karst Forms in the Conditions of Covered Karst by Ivailo Ivanov
Methods of Collecting and Preserving of Cave Animals by Boyan Petrov, and Pavel Stoev
Monitoring the Study of Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria by Ivan Pandurski and Vassil Popov
Caves in Japan by Iren Velichkova ? Yamami
Vietnamese ? Bulgarian Archaeological and Paleontological Excavations at Dieu Rock Shelter (North Vietnam) by Vasil Popov. 155 pp, in Bulgarian with English summaries . CD ROM ?15.00
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 visited by the visitor. Rare and long out of print. SB ?12.00.
CRYSTAL GIANTS IN THE CAVES OF NAICA, edited by Giovanni Badino and published by La Venta Explorazioni Geografiche, Italy, in 2008. 8.5 by 8.5 inches, 48 pages, hardbound. The book contains text and numerous color photos, some occupying two
full pages. See http://www.amcs-pubs.org/other/Naica.html for details. ?20.00
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
CAVES OF SCOTLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHY by Tony Oldham January 2009 about 176 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!!!
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everybody. January 1st, 2002 saw the birth of a new currency, the Euro. An event which has still gone almost un-noticed in most of Britain. Needless to say we still accept Bargeld, so if you have any Euro left over from your holiday in Euroland, do not despair, just send then to us and we will convert them in to caving books for you.
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 ?99.00
CAVE HUNTING as above but ex libris ?89.00
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 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. ?49.00
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 ?9.00 .
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, Temna Dupka, Fuentes Cave are some of the many caves explored by the author. HB DW In German ?9.00
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
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]
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Improve access and procurement of these core journals to individuals and institutions in a cost and time effective manner.
Fill gaps in existing library collections of journal back numbers.
Present an electronic alternative mode to assist in the preservation of old and valuable back issues and of archived material through digital research resources for long term retention and extended reference.
Enable response to all specific queries from customers regarding procurement of particular journal issues.
Facilitate accessibility on a 24/7 basis. Insure availability of e-journals, articles, texts and other reading and learning material for effortless and quick reference and study online.
WEST CORK map Ordnance Survey / Suirbheireacht Ordonais No 24 good condition. Used for finding caves and mines. ? inch to 1 mile ?1.00
SOUTH CORK map Ordnance Survey / Suirbheireacht Ordonais No 25 good condition. Used for finding caves and mines. ? inch to 1 mile ?1.00
CARLOW-WEXFORD map Ordnance Survey / Suirbheireacht Ordonais No 19 good condition. Used for finding caves and mines. ? inch to 1 mile ?1.00
KAPCTOBOTO Б OГATCTBO HA C. ЯГOДИHA [THE KARST TREASURE OF YAGODINA VILLAGE]. By Dumumr Pauchee 2009 60 pp, colour photos, usually 3 to a page. ?Yagodina is a small, modern village, nestling in the hills beneath the St Iliya peak to the north and the Durdaga peak to the south. The main attraction in the village is the famous Yagodinska cave, also known as the Imam?s Hole (Imamova Dupka). The cave has been formed by the Buynova river which frows into the Vucha river. The river eroded the marble rock for millions of years in order to produce a true masterpiece that spreads over 5 levels and has a total length of 10.5km. Here archeologists have discovered traces of an Neolithic cave settlement (4th millennium BC) while visitors can enjoy the view of popular and rare rock formations such as stalagmites, stalactites, cave pearls, elephant ears, leopard fur, and many more.? SB In Bulgarian ?10.00
CHISELHURST CAVES, in the county of Kent, A short history. Anon, ND 1980? 15 pp, map, 4 photos. Interesting booklet. Claims the caves were inhabited in Roman times. SB ?3.00
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
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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
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 ?9.00
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. ?5.00
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 ?19.00
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 ?7.00
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 ?7.00
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 ?9.00
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 ?5.00
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THE VISION
To provide a reliable, comprehensive archive of relevant and important scholarly journal literature. Our database collection is largest and the most extensive of its kind, and is continuously upgraded and enhanced on a regular basis.
Improve access and procurement of these core journals to individuals and institutions in a cost and time effective manner.
Fill gaps in existing library collections of journal back numbers.
Present an electronic alternative mode to assist in the preservation of old and valuable back issues and of archived material through digital research resources for long term retention and extended reference.
Enable response to all specific queries from customers regarding procurement of particular journal issues.
Facilitate accessibility on a 24/7 basis. Insure availability of e-journals, articles, texts and other reading and learning material for effortless and quick reference and study online.
WEST CORK map Ordnance Survey / Suirbheireacht Ordonais No 24 good condition. Used for finding caves and mines. ? inch to 1 mile ?1.00
SOUTH CORK map Ordnance Survey / Suirbheireacht Ordonais No 25 good condition. Used for finding caves and mines. ? inch to 1 mile ?1.00
CARLOW-WEXFORD map Ordnance Survey / Suirbheireacht Ordonais No 19 good condition. Used for finding caves and mines. ? inch to 1 mile ?1.00
KAPCTOBOTO Б OГATCTBO HA C. ЯГOДИHA [THE KARST TREASURE OF YAGODINA VILLAGE]. By Dumumr Pauchee 2009 60 pp, colour photos, usually 3 to a page. ?Yagodina is a small, modern village, nestling in the hills beneath the St Iliya peak to the north and the Durdaga peak to the south. The main attraction in the village is the famous Yagodinska cave, also known as the Imam?s Hole (Imamova Dupka). The cave has been formed by the Buynova river which frows into the Vucha river. The river eroded the marble rock for millions of years in order to produce a true masterpiece that spreads over 5 levels and has a total length of 10.5km. Here archeologists have discovered traces of an Neolithic cave settlement (4th millennium BC) while visitors can enjoy the view of popular and rare rock formations such as stalagmites, stalactites, cave pearls, elephant ears, leopard fur, and many more.? SB In Bulgarian ?10.00
CHISELHURST CAVES, in the county of Kent, A short history. Anon, ND 1980? 15 pp, map, 4 photos. Interesting booklet. Claims the caves were inhabited in Roman times. SB ?3.00
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
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
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 ?9.00
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. ?5.00
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 ?19.00
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 ?7.00
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 ?7.00
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 ?9.00
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 ?5.00
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So it WAS you that purchased it off Bubba. That's one in the eye for Mike Moore. Mind you, he does have one of his own: http://www.morebooks.co.uk/rhychydwr1 said:
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That should be [url http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/shelves/cart.php?target=category&category_id=355][/url] mine is with a double oo as in Moo
its a silly play on my surname that happenned when I looked for a domain name that was still availablecheers
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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
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
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
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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
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 ?9.00
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 22 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 ?19.00
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 brown cloth binding HB ?45.00
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 ?45.00
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 ?5.00 .
ASI ES MI PAIS [This is my Country] / 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
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KRAZHSKI YAULENNAYA by Ch 7 K Shkorpil 1900 55 pp, 30 illus. This is a hard bound photocopy of the Karst of Javlenia in Bulgaria. It has a dedication to Tony Oldham from George Antonov and is dated Sofia 25.09.80. In Bulgarian, Hard Bound in Green cloth. ?25.00
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 ?19.00
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 ?19.00
E-A MARTEL 1859-1938 Bibliographie by C Chabert and M de Courval 1971 103 pp, 4 photos, SB in French ?9.00
BIBLIOGRAPHIE SP?L?OLOGIQUE DE L?IRAK 1928-1999 by |Claude Chabert et al 2000 34 pp, 2 surveys. SB In French ?9.00
CAVE ILLUSTRATIONS BEFORE 1900 a catalogue of non-photographic illustrations of caves. Compiled by T R Shaw ND [1990?] 184 pp photocopy ?5.00
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 ?45.00
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 ?9.00
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. ?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 ?9.00
VISITOR?S GUIDE TO / POOLE?S CAVERN / BUXTON COUNTRY PARK by David G Allsop ND [1985?] 16 pp, colour photos, reproduction of old engravings, cave survey etc. SB ?3.00
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 ?1.00
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 ?15.00
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 ?9.00
T?RKIYE MAĞARALARI (Turkish Caves) by Temu?in Aygen 1984 86 pp, colour photographs, location map. In Turkish and English. SB ?12.00
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 ?12.00
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. HB ?69.00 [abebooks have a copy for ?120]
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
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 ?5.00
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. ?9.00
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. ?40.00
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 You could pay as much as ?33.24 for this book on the net. From us only ?7.00 .
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.. ?59.00
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
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 ?15.00
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 ?15.00
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 ?39.00
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
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
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
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
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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
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 ?9.00
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 22 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 ?19.00
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 brown cloth binding HB ?45.00
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 ?45.00
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 ?5.00 .
ASI ES MI PAIS [This is my Country] / 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
CAVING CLUB BADGES ? some rare items, ask for a scan.
KRAZHSKI YAULENNAYA by Ch 7 K Shkorpil 1900 55 pp, 30 illus. This is a hard bound photocopy of the Karst of Javlenia in Bulgaria. It has a dedication to Tony Oldham from George Antonov and is dated Sofia 25.09.80. In Bulgarian, Hard Bound in Green cloth. ?25.00
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 ?19.00
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 ?19.00
E-A MARTEL 1859-1938 Bibliographie by C Chabert and M de Courval 1971 103 pp, 4 photos, SB in French ?9.00
BIBLIOGRAPHIE SP?L?OLOGIQUE DE L?IRAK 1928-1999 by |Claude Chabert et al 2000 34 pp, 2 surveys. SB In French ?9.00
CAVE ILLUSTRATIONS BEFORE 1900 a catalogue of non-photographic illustrations of caves. Compiled by T R Shaw ND [1990?] 184 pp photocopy ?5.00
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 ?45.00
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 ?9.00
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. ?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 ?9.00
VISITOR?S GUIDE TO / POOLE?S CAVERN / BUXTON COUNTRY PARK by David G Allsop ND [1985?] 16 pp, colour photos, reproduction of old engravings, cave survey etc. SB ?3.00
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 ?1.00
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 ?15.00
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 ?9.00
T?RKIYE MAĞARALARI (Turkish Caves) by Temu?in Aygen 1984 86 pp, colour photographs, location map. In Turkish and English. SB ?12.00
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 ?12.00
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. HB ?69.00 [abebooks have a copy for ?120]
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
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 ?5.00
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. ?9.00
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. ?40.00
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 You could pay as much as ?33.24 for this book on the net. From us only ?7.00 .
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.. ?59.00
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
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 ?15.00
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 ?15.00
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 ?39.00
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
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
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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, will haggle
GHAR PARAU by D Judson 1973 216 pp 52 photos. HB DW A British Expedition to a deep pothole in the Kuh-e-Parau massif of Iranian Kurdistan. ?15.00
KENTS CAVERN ITS ORIGIN AND STORY/ with a descriptive tour of the caves by Clive Pemberton revised edition 1972 of 1950 original edition, with a survey by P M B Lake NP and a Time Chart by J B Sparks. [28 pp] 12 colour photos, numerous b & w photos,, 4 colour photos from paintings by Herbert Truman ARWA, 4 line illus by Ernest Petts. Mustard colour cover SB ?3.00
THE CAVES OF THAILAND Addendum 1995-97. This lists over 150 new caves. SB Free with order
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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. ?15.00
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 ?9.00
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. ?5.00
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 ?19.00 SB
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 .
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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 [this was writen in 1999 ]. SB ?5.00
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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
News from Greece!!!
The English version of the official magazine of the Hellenic Speleological Society has been released!
You can download it from this particular link:
http://www.ese.edu.gr/media/stalaktites/stalaktites08_en.pdf
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE November 2009 142 pp, many colour photos.
Reinventing Syria, Flashy Kingfishers, Madagascar?s Stone Labyrinth, Harvesting Monsoon Rains, When Crocs Ruled. Madagascar?s Stone Labyrinth is a caving article and describes an unusual type of karst called tsingy which means ?where one cannot walk barefoot. New SB ?1.00
VERTICAL CAVING by Mike Meredith and Dan Martinez 1986 80 pp plenty of helpful diagrams and photos. Highly recommended. SB ?9.75
A Pictorial Guide / GOUGH?S CAVES, Cheddar. Sole Publisher, A G H Gough, Cheddar, Somerset. 5 x 6.1 inches or 12.5 x 15.5 cm, yellow card cover with text in black and red. 36 pp illus. [Shaw No 197 C] gives c1914, by the dates in the text, I will suggest 1910. SB ?5.00
GEORGE A MAXIMOVICH - Academic Geologist (1904-1979) 2004 511 pp, over 70 photos, illus. This is a very detailed biography of one of Russia?s top scientists. Geologist, karst researcher, Professor, Doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences and Honorary member of the Geographical Society of the USSR. During his 55 years of scientific activity George Alekseevich Maximovich has published 544 scientific works, including several monographs, but is probably best remembered as the founder of the Soviet scientific school of geological karstology. A carefully researched and very detailed book with an excellent index. This will be a useful reference work for many years to come. HB with picture cover. In Russian with English summary. ?19.00
ASI ES MI PAIS [This is my Country] / 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
RESOURCES ON THE SPELEOLOGY OF MEGHALAYA STATE, INDIA. PART 2: GARO HILLS by . Herbert Daniel Gebauer BHB Vol 35. 132 pp., colour photo tables, numerous maps and surveys; Berlin 2009. The first regional monograph on one of the world?s most exciting caving areas in north-east India. 124 caves are presented in detail. Over 30 km of cave passages described with many open leads and unmapped galleries, even in major unexplored caves, the currently longest of which is Tetengkol (Nengkhong) at 5,681 m. An invaluable source for future speleological documentation in the Garo Hills. List of references covered by volume 33 of this series. ?15.00
IN DEN H?HLEN DER WELT by Jean-Claude Lalou and Remy Wenger 1991 151 pp numerous colour photos. Describes caves all over the world. Originally published in French as Dans Les Cavernes Du Monde, I find after 13 years that there is a German edition which I am able offer at ?15 cheaper! In German. HB DW ?19.00
CAVE PASSAGES / Roaming the Underground Wilderness by Michael Ray Taylor 1996 288 pp illus. Sure to become a classic! Ultimately readable, often controversial, Michael tells us about his caving trips while working for a variety of magazines. The first new book of its type in many years. Includes caving in the US, Jamaica, China etc. Recommended for cavers & non-cavers alike. HB DW ?19.00
DIE WUNDERWELT DER H?HLEN in Farbe [The wonder world of caves in colour] by A C Waltham 1977 128 pp many colour photos. This is a German translation and adaptation of the Italian edition called Le grotte by Alfredo Bini. Contents: Underground World; Living Cave World; The Realm of the Cave man; Caves throughout the world; The Call of Adventure, Tourist Caves in Europe; Dictionary. HB in German ?19.00
YORKSHIRE CAVES AND POTHOLES / North Ribblesdale by A Mitchell First edition [1937] 80 pp 43 photos, maps etc. Classic account of early cave exploration in Yorkshire. Signed by the author. SB cover grubby, contents OK, hence low price ?9.00
YORKSHIRE CAVES AND POTHOLES / North Ribblesdale by A Mitchell 1948 reprint 68 pp 43 photos, maps etc. Classic account of early cave exploration in Yorkshire. Nice clean copy ?9.00
ZRMANJA SKRIVENA LJEPOTICA / A HIDDEN BEAUTY OF THE ZRMANJA RIVER / Exhibition catalogue. 2001 46 pp, 18 colour photos. Numerous caves mentioned: Karisnica, Bela voda, Milica spilja, Vratolomka and Veilka Kusaca, as well as cave animals. SB In Croation and English. ?9.00
THE GREAT CAVING ADVENTURE - The Story of his Major Caving and Diving Expeditions. by Martyn Farr 1984 229 pp 28 colour photos. DyO; Arch-Noons; Aggie; The Rockies and Mexico; Iran, twice; and finally a world record in the Conch Blue Hole. Gripping reading. HB DW ?15.00
UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE by A Gemmel and J O Myers rare first edition 1952 141 pp, 11 photos, 13 maps. A classic of British caving literature describing early exploration in the potholes of Yorkshire. HB DW with slight tear ?12.50
FASZINATION BLAUTOPF Vorstoss in unbekantne H?hlenwelten by Arbeitsgemindschaft Blautopf (HG) 2009 136 pp, 75 colour plates, mainly whole page. The Blautopf is a Vaclusian Spring in Southern Germany. It is every cavers? dream. Cave diver eventually found dry passage at the end of the sump. Then even better, dug into cave. Exploration continues. HB DW in German. ?30.00
Taxonomic position of Eunapius subterraneus (Porifera, Spongillidae) inferred
from molecular data ? A revised classification needed?
Matija Harcet a,1, Helena Bilandzˇija a,b,1, Branka Bruvo-Ma - daric? a, Helena C? etkovic? a,* 7 pp ?1.00
WEST WYCOMBE CAVES [cover title] The Caves and the Hell-Fire Club by Sir Francis Dashwood [title page] ND but an enclosed brochure gives 2003. 34 pp, 12 B&W photos and a colour photo of Sir Francis Dashwood on the rear cover. Needless to say another book new to TO. Nicely produced book, printed on heavy art paper. SB ?5.00
THE ISLAND OF STAFFA by Donald B MacCulloch 1951 Rare first edition 64 pp, 9 photos. This is a rare item, unknown, even to TO, with a picture of Fingal?s Cave on the grey, card, cover. Bottom of spine chipped HB ?27.00
THE HISTORY OF MENDIP CAVING by Peter Johnson 1967 196 pp 20 plates 9 surveys. Long out of print but still in great demand this book describes the early days of caving on Mendip. HB DW ?12.00
BRITISH CAVER NOS 65, 66, 67, 68, 87, 89 AND 120 ARE AVAILABLE FROM TONY BROWN. PRICE ?1.00 P&P PLUS A DONATION TO THE CDG COMPRESSOR FUND WHICH JOHN CORDINGLEY IS TAKING CARE OF. EMAIL: ANTHONY.BROWN@ACULTD.PLUS.COM
THE CRETAN COLLECTION IN OXFORD by John Boardman 1961 xii + 180 pp, 48 plates, 57 figs. Describes in great detail the hundreds of votive finds from the Dictaean Cave, in Crete. They were collected by Arthur John Evans and are now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It would appear that whilst we in Britain were still living in caves the Greeks were making miniature bronze statues for religious purposes. Lavishly illustrated. HB DW in plastic cover. G ?59.00
CAVE ENGRAVINGS LIST CE1/2010 now available. Please ask for a copy.
LE GUIDE MARABOUT DE LA SP?L?OLOGIE by Anne de Martnoff and Fernard Lambert 1976 208 pp illus. A good guide to caving both as a sport and as a science. SB In French ?3.00
A good website for the magazine ?Collection?, Cave stamps and Cave Phone cards etc.
http://www.gs-redan.net/
Highly recommended
WORLD UNDER WORLD / Cave Fauna Biodiversity in Ogulin and Kamanje. Globably Important Subterranean Heritage Hidden Karlocovac County by Jana Bedek et al 2009 79 pp, many colour photos. In Croation and English, 50/50. SB ?15.00
INGLEBOUGH CAVERN AND GAPING GILL by R A & S A Jarman 1991 Although the two caves are connected in 1983 but as the connection is sumped, so far only cave divers have made the through trip. SB ?4.00
KARST IN THE EARTH?S CRUST: its distribution and principal types by V Andreychouk, Y Dublyansky, Y Ezhov and GH Lysenin 2009 72 pp, 7 figs. SB In English ?20.00
THE STRUCTUAL PREQUIISITES OF SPELEOGENESIS IN GYPSUM IN THE WESTERN UKRAINE by Alexander Klimchouk, Viacheslav Andreychouck and Igor Turchinov 2009 96 pp, 6 photos, numerous figs. SB In English ?20.00
PENNSYLVANIA CAVES by Ralph W Stone with a chapter on Pennsylvania Cave Fauna by Charles E Mohr. Second edition, revised and enlarges July 1932 iv +143 pp, 67 illus, photos and surveys. A nice copy of an unusually rare book. SB ?25.00
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BIOKOVO by Roman Ozimec and numerous contributors 2008 282 pp, numerous colour photos, about two per page. This is luxurious monograph on the Biokovo mountain range in Croatia. All aspects of the national park are covered with chapters on Geography, Geology, Speleology, Fungi, Fauna, Archaeology, Architecture, Ethnology, Mountains and climbing, Tourism etc. The first account of caving in Biokovo dates from 1774 when Alberto Fortis described in his book ?A Journey Through Dalmatia? some natural ice pits. Many of these shafts have north facing entrance preserving the ice even summer. In the days before refrigerators these ice pits were highly sought after for preserving food. The most famous cave in the Park is Tucepska Vilenjaca at a height of 1180 m above sea level. A small hole at the bottom of a 100 m high rock face leads 2 km long cave with some impressive speleothems. Vilenjaca means ?Cave of Fairies? and legend has it that beautiful blonde girls with horses legs lived in the cave and used to scare passers-by in the dark. The deepest cave in the Park is Jama (Pothole) Amfors ? 788 m and with an entrance1590 m above sea level. It is located 1 km south of Sveti Jure. It is a very strenuous cave, near vertical with very little horizontal development. HB In Croatian ?15.00
LIMESTONE AND CAVES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT Edited by Trevor Ford 1997 With Contributions from John S. Beck, Don Bramwell, Cynthia Burek, Jenny Potts et al. 469 pp, 99 figs, 106 photos, 24 tables. This is an extremely rare monograph on the karst of Derbyshire. SB ex-library expect to pay up ?100 on the net, from us only ?49.00
CAVES OF SOUTH WALES by Tim Stratford 1995 149 pp, many surveys and location maps. Now regarded as one of the most important caving area in Great Britain. Notated. SB ?15.00
THE CAVES OF SVENNINGAL by Geoff Newton and Trevor Faulkner The Chelsea Speleological Society Records Vol 21. 1992 37 pp, many survey. Detailed description of some caving in a little part of Norway. Unbound. The spiral binding has long since disintegrated. ?5.00
MALAYSIAN CAVE BIBLIOGRAPHY by Liz Price 1998 104 pp 8 photos. Bibliographical details of worldwide papers relating to the caves and karst of Malaysia, including archaeology, flora and fauna, speleo and cultural history, geospeleology. SB ?9.00
ENCYLOPEDIA OF CAVES edited by David C Culver and William B White 2005 654 pp, hundred of photos, illus etc. 107 articles by experts makes this a useful reference work. HB DW ?85.00
JOURNAL OF THE SPELEOLOGICAL SUB-SECTION / British Nylon Spinners, Sports and Social Club. May 1959. 30 pp, surveys, photos. Pwll Blaen ONNEU; Ogof Daren Cilau; Ogof Pen Eryr; Ogof Rhyd Sych; Eglwys Faen; Agen Allwedd; List of East Wales Caves. A very rare letter press printed journal. A very rare item, this is the first copy I have seen. SB ?15.00
THE CAVES OF IRELAND by J C Coleman 1965 88pp maps, surveys, photos. One of the rarest, recent caving books and certainly the most sought after. A mint copy would fetch twice what I am asking! SB back cover a little grubby and knocked at top and bottom of spine. Good condition for its age. Expect to up ?178 on the net, fron us only ?25.00
LIMESTONE CAVES / A Concise Explanation by R V Davis 1978 32 pp illus. Long out of print and very scarce. SB ?9.00
THE COMPLETE HILL WALKER / ROCK CLIMBER / AND CAVE EXPLORER by W T Palmer 1934 219 pp 29 photos. A rare account of early caving in Britain, includes Martel's descent of Gaping Gill and Boyd Dawkins descent of Alum Pot in 1870. HB ?25.00
another copy:
THE COMPLETE HILL WALKER / ROCK CLIMBER / AND CAVE EXPLORER by W T Palmer 1934 219 pp 29 photos. A rare account of early caving in Britain, includes Martel's descent of Gaping Gill and Boyd Dawkins descent of Alum Pot in 1870. HB ex-librbary with stamps ?15.00
THE LASCAUX CAVE PAINTINGS by Fernand Windels 1950 139 pp numerous photos. A superb coffee table book, published just after the cave was discovered. New York edition. HB usually ?50 or more but the spine is rubbed top and bottom, hence the low price of ?29.00
12 NATURAL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHEDDAR AND COX'S CAVE "The Home of the Rainbow" with a foreword by S P B Mais [silver on blue cover] Shaw No 480 gives the date c 1934. Contains a famous quote by a distinguished American ?Coxes Cave that it far surpasses anything he saw in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky?. SB ?3.00
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. A bargain at only ?7.00 [now over ?50 new]
GHAR PARAU by D Judson 1973 216 pp 52 photos. HB DW A British Expedition to a deep pothole in the Kuh-e-Parau massif of Iranian Kurdistan. ?15.00
KENTS CAVERN ITS ORIGIN AND STORY/ with a descriptive tour of the caves by Clive Pemberton revised edition 1972 of 1950 original edition, with a survey by P M B Lake NP and a Time Chart by J B Sparks. [28 pp] 12 colour photos, numerous b & w photos,, 4 colour photos from paintings by Herbert Truman ARWA, 4 line illus by Ernest Petts. Mustard colour cover SB ?3.00
THE CAVES OF THAILAND Addendum 1995-97. This lists over 150 new caves. SB Free with order
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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. ?15.00
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 ?9.00
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. ?5.00
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 ?19.00 SB
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 .
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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 [this was writen in 1999
]. SB ?5.00 ***
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
News from Greece!!!
The English version of the official magazine of the Hellenic Speleological Society has been released!
You can download it from this particular link:
http://www.ese.edu.gr/media/stalaktites/stalaktites08_en.pdf
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE November 2009 142 pp, many colour photos.
Reinventing Syria, Flashy Kingfishers, Madagascar?s Stone Labyrinth, Harvesting Monsoon Rains, When Crocs Ruled. Madagascar?s Stone Labyrinth is a caving article and describes an unusual type of karst called tsingy which means ?where one cannot walk barefoot. New SB ?1.00
VERTICAL CAVING by Mike Meredith and Dan Martinez 1986 80 pp plenty of helpful diagrams and photos. Highly recommended. SB ?9.75
A Pictorial Guide / GOUGH?S CAVES, Cheddar. Sole Publisher, A G H Gough, Cheddar, Somerset. 5 x 6.1 inches or 12.5 x 15.5 cm, yellow card cover with text in black and red. 36 pp illus. [Shaw No 197 C] gives c1914, by the dates in the text, I will suggest 1910. SB ?5.00
GEORGE A MAXIMOVICH - Academic Geologist (1904-1979) 2004 511 pp, over 70 photos, illus. This is a very detailed biography of one of Russia?s top scientists. Geologist, karst researcher, Professor, Doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences and Honorary member of the Geographical Society of the USSR. During his 55 years of scientific activity George Alekseevich Maximovich has published 544 scientific works, including several monographs, but is probably best remembered as the founder of the Soviet scientific school of geological karstology. A carefully researched and very detailed book with an excellent index. This will be a useful reference work for many years to come. HB with picture cover. In Russian with English summary. ?19.00
ASI ES MI PAIS [This is my Country] / 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
RESOURCES ON THE SPELEOLOGY OF MEGHALAYA STATE, INDIA. PART 2: GARO HILLS by . Herbert Daniel Gebauer BHB Vol 35. 132 pp., colour photo tables, numerous maps and surveys; Berlin 2009. The first regional monograph on one of the world?s most exciting caving areas in north-east India. 124 caves are presented in detail. Over 30 km of cave passages described with many open leads and unmapped galleries, even in major unexplored caves, the currently longest of which is Tetengkol (Nengkhong) at 5,681 m. An invaluable source for future speleological documentation in the Garo Hills. List of references covered by volume 33 of this series. ?15.00
IN DEN H?HLEN DER WELT by Jean-Claude Lalou and Remy Wenger 1991 151 pp numerous colour photos. Describes caves all over the world. Originally published in French as Dans Les Cavernes Du Monde, I find after 13 years that there is a German edition which I am able offer at ?15 cheaper! In German. HB DW ?19.00
CAVE PASSAGES / Roaming the Underground Wilderness by Michael Ray Taylor 1996 288 pp illus. Sure to become a classic! Ultimately readable, often controversial, Michael tells us about his caving trips while working for a variety of magazines. The first new book of its type in many years. Includes caving in the US, Jamaica, China etc. Recommended for cavers & non-cavers alike. HB DW ?19.00
DIE WUNDERWELT DER H?HLEN in Farbe [The wonder world of caves in colour] by A C Waltham 1977 128 pp many colour photos. This is a German translation and adaptation of the Italian edition called Le grotte by Alfredo Bini. Contents: Underground World; Living Cave World; The Realm of the Cave man; Caves throughout the world; The Call of Adventure, Tourist Caves in Europe; Dictionary. HB in German ?19.00
YORKSHIRE CAVES AND POTHOLES / North Ribblesdale by A Mitchell First edition [1937] 80 pp 43 photos, maps etc. Classic account of early cave exploration in Yorkshire. Signed by the author. SB cover grubby, contents OK, hence low price ?9.00
YORKSHIRE CAVES AND POTHOLES / North Ribblesdale by A Mitchell 1948 reprint 68 pp 43 photos, maps etc. Classic account of early cave exploration in Yorkshire. Nice clean copy ?9.00
ZRMANJA SKRIVENA LJEPOTICA / A HIDDEN BEAUTY OF THE ZRMANJA RIVER / Exhibition catalogue. 2001 46 pp, 18 colour photos. Numerous caves mentioned: Karisnica, Bela voda, Milica spilja, Vratolomka and Veilka Kusaca, as well as cave animals. SB In Croation and English. ?9.00
THE GREAT CAVING ADVENTURE - The Story of his Major Caving and Diving Expeditions. by Martyn Farr 1984 229 pp 28 colour photos. DyO; Arch-Noons; Aggie; The Rockies and Mexico; Iran, twice; and finally a world record in the Conch Blue Hole. Gripping reading. HB DW ?15.00
UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE by A Gemmel and J O Myers rare first edition 1952 141 pp, 11 photos, 13 maps. A classic of British caving literature describing early exploration in the potholes of Yorkshire. HB DW with slight tear ?12.50
FASZINATION BLAUTOPF Vorstoss in unbekantne H?hlenwelten by Arbeitsgemindschaft Blautopf (HG) 2009 136 pp, 75 colour plates, mainly whole page. The Blautopf is a Vaclusian Spring in Southern Germany. It is every cavers? dream. Cave diver eventually found dry passage at the end of the sump. Then even better, dug into cave. Exploration continues. HB DW in German. ?30.00
Taxonomic position of Eunapius subterraneus (Porifera, Spongillidae) inferred
from molecular data ? A revised classification needed?
Matija Harcet a,1, Helena Bilandzˇija a,b,1, Branka Bruvo-Ma - daric? a, Helena C? etkovic? a,* 7 pp ?1.00
WEST WYCOMBE CAVES [cover title] The Caves and the Hell-Fire Club by Sir Francis Dashwood [title page] ND but an enclosed brochure gives 2003. 34 pp, 12 B&W photos and a colour photo of Sir Francis Dashwood on the rear cover. Needless to say another book new to TO. Nicely produced book, printed on heavy art paper. SB ?5.00
THE ISLAND OF STAFFA by Donald B MacCulloch 1951 Rare first edition 64 pp, 9 photos. This is a rare item, unknown, even to TO, with a picture of Fingal?s Cave on the grey, card, cover. Bottom of spine chipped HB ?27.00
THE HISTORY OF MENDIP CAVING by Peter Johnson 1967 196 pp 20 plates 9 surveys. Long out of print but still in great demand this book describes the early days of caving on Mendip. HB DW ?12.00
BRITISH CAVER NOS 65, 66, 67, 68, 87, 89 AND 120 ARE AVAILABLE FROM TONY BROWN. PRICE ?1.00 P&P PLUS A DONATION TO THE CDG COMPRESSOR FUND WHICH JOHN CORDINGLEY IS TAKING CARE OF. EMAIL: ANTHONY.BROWN@ACULTD.PLUS.COM
THE CRETAN COLLECTION IN OXFORD by John Boardman 1961 xii + 180 pp, 48 plates, 57 figs. Describes in great detail the hundreds of votive finds from the Dictaean Cave, in Crete. They were collected by Arthur John Evans and are now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It would appear that whilst we in Britain were still living in caves the Greeks were making miniature bronze statues for religious purposes. Lavishly illustrated. HB DW in plastic cover. G ?59.00
CAVE ENGRAVINGS LIST CE1/2010 now available. Please ask for a copy.
LE GUIDE MARABOUT DE LA SP?L?OLOGIE by Anne de Martnoff and Fernard Lambert 1976 208 pp illus. A good guide to caving both as a sport and as a science. SB In French ?3.00
A good website for the magazine ?Collection?, Cave stamps and Cave Phone cards etc.
http://www.gs-redan.net/
Highly recommended
WORLD UNDER WORLD / Cave Fauna Biodiversity in Ogulin and Kamanje. Globably Important Subterranean Heritage Hidden Karlocovac County by Jana Bedek et al 2009 79 pp, many colour photos. In Croation and English, 50/50. SB ?15.00
INGLEBOUGH CAVERN AND GAPING GILL by R A & S A Jarman 1991 Although the two caves are connected in 1983 but as the connection is sumped, so far only cave divers have made the through trip. SB ?4.00
KARST IN THE EARTH?S CRUST: its distribution and principal types by V Andreychouk, Y Dublyansky, Y Ezhov and GH Lysenin 2009 72 pp, 7 figs. SB In English ?20.00
THE STRUCTUAL PREQUIISITES OF SPELEOGENESIS IN GYPSUM IN THE WESTERN UKRAINE by Alexander Klimchouk, Viacheslav Andreychouck and Igor Turchinov 2009 96 pp, 6 photos, numerous figs. SB In English ?20.00
PENNSYLVANIA CAVES by Ralph W Stone with a chapter on Pennsylvania Cave Fauna by Charles E Mohr. Second edition, revised and enlarges July 1932 iv +143 pp, 67 illus, photos and surveys. A nice copy of an unusually rare book. SB ?25.00
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BIOKOVO by Roman Ozimec and numerous contributors 2008 282 pp, numerous colour photos, about two per page. This is luxurious monograph on the Biokovo mountain range in Croatia. All aspects of the national park are covered with chapters on Geography, Geology, Speleology, Fungi, Fauna, Archaeology, Architecture, Ethnology, Mountains and climbing, Tourism etc. The first account of caving in Biokovo dates from 1774 when Alberto Fortis described in his book ?A Journey Through Dalmatia? some natural ice pits. Many of these shafts have north facing entrance preserving the ice even summer. In the days before refrigerators these ice pits were highly sought after for preserving food. The most famous cave in the Park is Tucepska Vilenjaca at a height of 1180 m above sea level. A small hole at the bottom of a 100 m high rock face leads 2 km long cave with some impressive speleothems. Vilenjaca means ?Cave of Fairies? and legend has it that beautiful blonde girls with horses legs lived in the cave and used to scare passers-by in the dark. The deepest cave in the Park is Jama (Pothole) Amfors ? 788 m and with an entrance1590 m above sea level. It is located 1 km south of Sveti Jure. It is a very strenuous cave, near vertical with very little horizontal development. HB In Croatian ?15.00
LIMESTONE AND CAVES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT Edited by Trevor Ford 1997 With Contributions from John S. Beck, Don Bramwell, Cynthia Burek, Jenny Potts et al. 469 pp, 99 figs, 106 photos, 24 tables. This is an extremely rare monograph on the karst of Derbyshire. SB ex-library expect to pay up ?100 on the net, from us only ?49.00
CAVES OF SOUTH WALES by Tim Stratford 1995 149 pp, many surveys and location maps. Now regarded as one of the most important caving area in Great Britain. Notated. SB ?15.00
THE CAVES OF SVENNINGAL by Geoff Newton and Trevor Faulkner The Chelsea Speleological Society Records Vol 21. 1992 37 pp, many survey. Detailed description of some caving in a little part of Norway. Unbound. The spiral binding has long since disintegrated. ?5.00
MALAYSIAN CAVE BIBLIOGRAPHY by Liz Price 1998 104 pp 8 photos. Bibliographical details of worldwide papers relating to the caves and karst of Malaysia, including archaeology, flora and fauna, speleo and cultural history, geospeleology. SB ?9.00
ENCYLOPEDIA OF CAVES edited by David C Culver and William B White 2005 654 pp, hundred of photos, illus etc. 107 articles by experts makes this a useful reference work. HB DW ?85.00
JOURNAL OF THE SPELEOLOGICAL SUB-SECTION / British Nylon Spinners, Sports and Social Club. May 1959. 30 pp, surveys, photos. Pwll Blaen ONNEU; Ogof Daren Cilau; Ogof Pen Eryr; Ogof Rhyd Sych; Eglwys Faen; Agen Allwedd; List of East Wales Caves. A very rare letter press printed journal. A very rare item, this is the first copy I have seen. SB ?15.00
THE CAVES OF IRELAND by J C Coleman 1965 88pp maps, surveys, photos. One of the rarest, recent caving books and certainly the most sought after. A mint copy would fetch twice what I am asking! SB back cover a little grubby and knocked at top and bottom of spine. Good condition for its age. Expect to up ?178 on the net, fron us only ?25.00
LIMESTONE CAVES / A Concise Explanation by R V Davis 1978 32 pp illus. Long out of print and very scarce. SB ?9.00
THE COMPLETE HILL WALKER / ROCK CLIMBER / AND CAVE EXPLORER by W T Palmer 1934 219 pp 29 photos. A rare account of early caving in Britain, includes Martel's descent of Gaping Gill and Boyd Dawkins descent of Alum Pot in 1870. HB ?25.00
another copy:
THE COMPLETE HILL WALKER / ROCK CLIMBER / AND CAVE EXPLORER by W T Palmer 1934 219 pp 29 photos. A rare account of early caving in Britain, includes Martel's descent of Gaping Gill and Boyd Dawkins descent of Alum Pot in 1870. HB ex-librbary with stamps ?15.00
THE LASCAUX CAVE PAINTINGS by Fernand Windels 1950 139 pp numerous photos. A superb coffee table book, published just after the cave was discovered. New York edition. HB usually ?50 or more but the spine is rubbed top and bottom, hence the low price of ?29.00
12 NATURAL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHEDDAR AND COX'S CAVE "The Home of the Rainbow" with a foreword by S P B Mais [silver on blue cover] Shaw No 480 gives the date c 1934. Contains a famous quote by a distinguished American ?Coxes Cave that it far surpasses anything he saw in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky?. SB ?3.00
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. A bargain at only ?7.00 [now over ?50 new]
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I am moving to a smaller house and need to reduced my collection of caving books. Postage extra. No reasonably offer refused.
ENDOGEAN AND CAVERNICOLUSCOLEOPTRA OF THE BALKANS, VIII. Two new cavernicolous Scydmaeninae (Coleptera: Staphylinidae) from the Island of Mljet, Croatia by Peter Hlav?č and Branko Jal?ić (offprint from) Nat Croat 18 (2) 207-219 pp. Zagreb December 31, 2009. With cave surveys and location maps in colour. SB In English with summary in Croation. ?1.00
BLATTOCHAETA MARIANII KUSIJANOVICI New Subspecies (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia by Slavko Polak and Branko Jal?ić (offprint from) Nat Croat 18 (1) 15-27 pp. Zagreb June 30, 2009. With cave surveys and location maps in colour. SB In English with summary in Croation. ?1.00
MINOSAPHAENOPS CROATICUS A new species of the cave dwelling Trechinae bettle from Croatia, with a description of the male specimen of Derossiella nonveilleri qu?innec (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) by Roman Lohaj & Branko Jal?ić (offprint from) Nat Croat 18 (2) 229 242 pp. Zagreb Dec 31, 2009. With cave surveys and location maps in colour. SB In English with summary in Croation. ?1.00
AMCS REPRINT 11, "MEXICAN FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOKS FROM THE 15TH ICS," ?10. The guides to the three pre- and post-International Congress trips that were to Mexico, consolidated into one volume. Thanks to the authors and the NSS for permission to reprint this material.
See http://www.amcs-pubs.org/rpt/repr11.html for details.
VIDEO DVD-R, "HUAUTLA, THE MEXICAN CAVE," 35-minute film by Jay Arnold released originally in 1995,?5. This has been converted from 16-mm film. Thanks to Bill Steele for arranging permission for the AMCS to sell this and to Mike Pugliese for some improvement in the conversion and for duplicating the disks. Some oldest DVD players may not be able to read a DVD-R, but most can.
See http://www.amcs-pubs.org/other/HuautlaDVD.html
IS THAT SO? A Selection of Tales from Caving's Legendary 'Nutters, Characters, Pissheads and Selfless, Generous, Rough Diamonds' compiled and edited by registrar Rob 'Tav' Taviner, and featuring cartoons by Robin 'Reg' Gray, the MCRA is pleased to present 172 entertaining pages of gentle, sublime, rude, bizarre and occasionally outrageous anecdotes from some of the UK's best-known cavers. All profits from this book will go towards financing subsequent MCRA publications, including a revised History of Mendip caving and the long-awaited update to Mendip Underground. SB ?15.00
CAVE DETECTIVES by David L Harrison 2007 48 pp, lavishly illustrated, colour photos or drawing on every page. Riverbluff Cave, Missouri, discovered whilst building a road. North America?s oldest ice age cave. HB ?15.00
LIVING UNDERGROUND / A History of Cave and Cliff Dwelling by David Kempe 1988 256 pp, numerous photos. This is the first comprehensive survey of troglodytes and other cave dwellers throughout the world from Neanderthal Man to the present day. Mammoth Cave, & Carlsbad Caverns USA, Predjama Cave [named Postojna Cave in this book], Sterkfontein, Kent?s Cavern, Hauta Fteah Cave, Libya [new to me] Shanidar Cave, are just a few of the many caves illustrated. HB DW ?9.00
CAVES OF FERMANAGH AND CAVAN by Gareth Llwyd Jones et al1977 128 pp,colour photos, numerous surveys, details caves of Tullybrack-Belmore and Cuilcagh areas with references, and glossary.description includes map reference, tackle needed etc. A highly sought after guide book. HB ?19.00
BENEATH THE MOUNTAINS / Exploring the deep caves of Asturias by David Rose and Richard Gregson 1987 192 pp, 22 colour photos. An exciting story of cave exploration in Northern Spain. HB DW as new ?9.95
THE CAVE TWINS by Lucy Fitch Perkins 1959 153 pp, illus. Puffin books. A well worn childrens? book about life in stone age times. About and inch missing from the bottom of the spine. Printed on cheap paper, some foxing. Fiction. SB ?1.00
EXPLORING CAVES by C H D Cullingford 1951 148 pp 30 line pen and ink sketches by David Cobb. A classic and timeless introduction to caves and caving in Britain. It describes caving in Gower, the nursery slopes, Somerset and Devon, Derbyshire Dales, Yorkshire, the Potholer's Paradise etc HB ?9.00
CAVES OF COUNTY CLARE AND SOUTH GALWAY compiled and edited by Graham Mullan 2003 259 pp, 92 figs, includes colour photos and surveys. This is the third and latest in a series of caving guide to this area. Re-listed by popular demand. SB ?19.00
ADVENTURE OF CAVING / New Undated Edition / A Beginner's Guide for Exploring Caves Softly and Safely by David McClurg [1997] 251 pp hundreds of photos. This latest edition has a lot of new ideas - like how to get lost in a cave. SB was ?24.50 now ?9.00
PENNINE UNDERGROUND by N. Thornber with maps drawn by Arthur Gemmell 1959 208 pp, 14 maps. This is the rare first edition with the green cover. Expect to pay ?25 or more, but this one is a bit tatty, and well used. Book measures 5 and a half inches by 4 and a half inches. Dalesman Publishing company Clapham. Spine has been repaired with cellotape but bottom 1" missing. Sadly the cellotape has yellowed with age and shows inside front and back covers. It does not spoil any of the text. HB no, not ?25.00, a bargain at only ?5.00
BOOK OF BAWDY BALLARDS by Count Palmiro Vicarion 1956 [reprinted c 2006] 106 pp. Includes such classic?s as Eskimo Nell, Poor Little Angeline, The Good Ship Venus, The Ball of Kerrimiur, She Went for a Ride in Morgan, I Don?t Want to Join the Army; Abdul Abukbuk Emir; The One Eyed-Riley, Father;?s Grave and many more songs and poems. X-rated. Not the sort of thing you would want your wife and servants to see. Sent in a plain brown envelope. Single sided, unbound ?5.00
ENDOGEAN AND CAVERNICOLUSCOLEOPTRA OF THE BALKANS, VIII. Two new cavernicolous Scydmaeninae (Coleptera: Staphylinidae) from the Island of Mljet, Croatia by Peter Hlav?č and Branko Jal?ić (offprint from) Nat Croat 18 (2) 207-219 pp. Zagreb December 31, 2009. With cave surveys and location maps in colour. SB In English with summary in Croation. ?1.00
BLATTOCHAETA MARIANII KUSIJANOVICI New Subspecies (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia by Slavko Polak and Branko Jal?ić (offprint from) Nat Croat 18 (1) 15-27 pp. Zagreb June 30, 2009. With cave surveys and location maps in colour. SB In English with summary in Croation. ?1.00
MINOSAPHAENOPS CROATICUS A new species of the cave dwelling Trechinae bettle from Croatia, with a description of the male specimen of Derossiella nonveilleri qu?innec (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) by Roman Lohaj & Branko Jal?ić (offprint from) Nat Croat 18 (2) 229 242 pp. Zagreb Dec 31, 2009. With cave surveys and location maps in colour. SB In English with summary in Croation. ?1.00
AMCS REPRINT 11, "MEXICAN FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOKS FROM THE 15TH ICS," ?10. The guides to the three pre- and post-International Congress trips that were to Mexico, consolidated into one volume. Thanks to the authors and the NSS for permission to reprint this material.
See http://www.amcs-pubs.org/rpt/repr11.html for details.
VIDEO DVD-R, "HUAUTLA, THE MEXICAN CAVE," 35-minute film by Jay Arnold released originally in 1995,?5. This has been converted from 16-mm film. Thanks to Bill Steele for arranging permission for the AMCS to sell this and to Mike Pugliese for some improvement in the conversion and for duplicating the disks. Some oldest DVD players may not be able to read a DVD-R, but most can.
See http://www.amcs-pubs.org/other/HuautlaDVD.html
IS THAT SO? A Selection of Tales from Caving's Legendary 'Nutters, Characters, Pissheads and Selfless, Generous, Rough Diamonds' compiled and edited by registrar Rob 'Tav' Taviner, and featuring cartoons by Robin 'Reg' Gray, the MCRA is pleased to present 172 entertaining pages of gentle, sublime, rude, bizarre and occasionally outrageous anecdotes from some of the UK's best-known cavers. All profits from this book will go towards financing subsequent MCRA publications, including a revised History of Mendip caving and the long-awaited update to Mendip Underground. SB ?15.00
CAVE DETECTIVES by David L Harrison 2007 48 pp, lavishly illustrated, colour photos or drawing on every page. Riverbluff Cave, Missouri, discovered whilst building a road. North America?s oldest ice age cave. HB ?15.00
LIVING UNDERGROUND / A History of Cave and Cliff Dwelling by David Kempe 1988 256 pp, numerous photos. This is the first comprehensive survey of troglodytes and other cave dwellers throughout the world from Neanderthal Man to the present day. Mammoth Cave, & Carlsbad Caverns USA, Predjama Cave [named Postojna Cave in this book], Sterkfontein, Kent?s Cavern, Hauta Fteah Cave, Libya [new to me] Shanidar Cave, are just a few of the many caves illustrated. HB DW ?9.00
CAVES OF FERMANAGH AND CAVAN by Gareth Llwyd Jones et al1977 128 pp,colour photos, numerous surveys, details caves of Tullybrack-Belmore and Cuilcagh areas with references, and glossary.description includes map reference, tackle needed etc. A highly sought after guide book. HB ?19.00
BENEATH THE MOUNTAINS / Exploring the deep caves of Asturias by David Rose and Richard Gregson 1987 192 pp, 22 colour photos. An exciting story of cave exploration in Northern Spain. HB DW as new ?9.95
THE CAVE TWINS by Lucy Fitch Perkins 1959 153 pp, illus. Puffin books. A well worn childrens? book about life in stone age times. About and inch missing from the bottom of the spine. Printed on cheap paper, some foxing. Fiction. SB ?1.00
EXPLORING CAVES by C H D Cullingford 1951 148 pp 30 line pen and ink sketches by David Cobb. A classic and timeless introduction to caves and caving in Britain. It describes caving in Gower, the nursery slopes, Somerset and Devon, Derbyshire Dales, Yorkshire, the Potholer's Paradise etc HB ?9.00
CAVES OF COUNTY CLARE AND SOUTH GALWAY compiled and edited by Graham Mullan 2003 259 pp, 92 figs, includes colour photos and surveys. This is the third and latest in a series of caving guide to this area. Re-listed by popular demand. SB ?19.00
ADVENTURE OF CAVING / New Undated Edition / A Beginner's Guide for Exploring Caves Softly and Safely by David McClurg [1997] 251 pp hundreds of photos. This latest edition has a lot of new ideas - like how to get lost in a cave. SB was ?24.50 now ?9.00
PENNINE UNDERGROUND by N. Thornber with maps drawn by Arthur Gemmell 1959 208 pp, 14 maps. This is the rare first edition with the green cover. Expect to pay ?25 or more, but this one is a bit tatty, and well used. Book measures 5 and a half inches by 4 and a half inches. Dalesman Publishing company Clapham. Spine has been repaired with cellotape but bottom 1" missing. Sadly the cellotape has yellowed with age and shows inside front and back covers. It does not spoil any of the text. HB no, not ?25.00, a bargain at only ?5.00
BOOK OF BAWDY BALLARDS by Count Palmiro Vicarion 1956 [reprinted c 2006] 106 pp. Includes such classic?s as Eskimo Nell, Poor Little Angeline, The Good Ship Venus, The Ball of Kerrimiur, She Went for a Ride in Morgan, I Don?t Want to Join the Army; Abdul Abukbuk Emir; The One Eyed-Riley, Father;?s Grave and many more songs and poems. X-rated. Not the sort of thing you would want your wife and servants to see. Sent in a plain brown envelope. Single sided, unbound ?5.00
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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
AL HOOTA CAVE by Helmatt Sattmann and Robert Seemann 2009 64 pp, many colour photos. Describes a famous show cave in Oman. SB in English and Arabic 50/50. ?10.00
GROTTE AL HOOTA H?HLE by Helmatt Sattmann and Robert Seemann 2009 64 pp, many colour photos. Describes a famous show cave in Oman. SB in French and German 50/50 ?10.00
VISITOR?S GUIDE TO UNDERGROUND BRITAIN Caves, Caverns, Mines, Tunnels, Grottoes by Richard Fells. 1993 144 pp numerous colour plates and location maps. divided into South East, South West, Channel Islands, South Midlands, North Midlands, The North, Wales and Scotland with bibliography, useful addresses and glossary. HB DW as new ?15.95
GROTTES ET CAVERNES par Adolphe Badin 1886 4th ed 336 pp 55 cave engravings. Includes the usual classics such as Fingal's Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky etc. SB In French. These engraving usually sell for ?15 each and upwards, so this book is a bargain at ?19.00
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 209 Aug/Sept 2009. 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. Complete with 4 indexes the lot for ?599.00
ICE CAVES OF FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND /a narrative of subterranean exploration by the Rev G F Browne 1865 315 pp 13 steel engravings. Ex Cambridge Union Library, rebound in green cloth, nice tight copy. 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. Slight rub to corners and top and bottom of spine HB ?99.00
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
A BURRINGTON CAVE ATLAS Bristol Exploration Club Caving report No 17 by C Howell, D Irwin and D Stuckey Bibliography compiled by R Mansfield. Long out of print 31pp 5 plates surveys of all major caves in Burrington Combe with descriptions NGR Alt, Length depth etc. This appears to be an original and not a forgery. SB ?6.00
CAVES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY / Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas to Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi. Bulletin 1 of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies edited by William H Russell and Terry W Raines 1967 126 pp, numerous surveys, photographs etc. Essential reading for anyone visiting the area. There is an interesting inscription on the front cover: ?To Armin Gerstenhauer with sincere best wishes James F Quinlan January 1968?. The late JFQ was the Mammoth Cave historian. SB In English ?19.00
THE CAVES OF SCOTLAND (except Assynt) by Tony Oldham, rare first edition, 1975 xvi + 174 pp 5 plates 2 pp illus figs in text, numerous surveys maps etc. The first Caves of Scotland appeared over 53 years ago as a list of 7 caves in ?Britain Underground?. Over 400 caves are described, most of which have been visited by the author. For each cave, a description is given, together with National Grid Reference, Altitude, Length, Vertical Range, Location, Access Requirements and a Bibliography. SB ?25.00
CUEVAS Y CARSOS [Caves and Karst] by members of the Sociedad Espeleologia de Cuba [ Antonio Nu?ez Jimenez? et al] 1988 431 pp numerous photos, surveys etc. A comprehensive introduction to the caves and karst of Cuba. HB In Spanish. Spine loose o/w G ?19.00
MINING BOOKS ? The list have now been revised and reprinted as four paged booklet. Metal mines, slate mines, mining lamps from 1704 to date. Price ?1.00 or free with order.
SPELEO DIGEST 2001 [pub 2004] 484 pp, illus. Edited by James Adler, Mark Adler, and Scot Parvin. This is the best of the Grotto [read Caving Club] newsletters that were published in 2001. Many surveys, cave descriptions, humour, technique and equipment, cave science, it is all there. All carefully index by author, title, cave and state. An invaluable reference work. SB ?19.00
NEW ENGLAND?S BURIED TREASURE by Clay Perry 1946 348 pp, photos. This is one of my favourite caving books, sub titled Tall Tales of Small Caves. It is the sort of book, that once you have started reading it, you cannot put it down. Scarce. HB ?49.00
EXPLORING CAVES / A Guide to the Underground Wilderness by David McClurg 1980 287 pp lots of photographs, sketches etc. Describes skills and equipment for beginning and advanced spelunkers. SB ?6.00
CELEBRATED AMERICAN CAVERNS / especially / Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray / together with historical, and descriptive notices of caves and grottoes in other lands by Horace Carter Hovey with a new introduction by William R Halliday Johnson reprint 1970 of 1896 edition. xxxviii + xii + 228 pp plates surveys etc. The classic work on American caves. Even the reprint is long out of print! HB ?49.00
MAMMOTH CAVE and the Cave Region of Kentucky by Helen F Randolph. Profusely Illustrated, with a Bibliography by William Rouse Jillson. First Accurate Underground Survey by H Bruce Huffman. Introduction by Dr H C Nelson, American Museum of Natural History. 1924 153 pp. Good copy of a scarce item. SB ?120.00
THE MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY by Horace Carter Hovey 1912 131 pp photos surveys etc. ?With Historical Notes. Scenic Accounts. Descriptive and Scientific Matters of Interest to Visitors, based upon new and original exploration. G+ (light wear) original green publisher?s cloth. Needless to say, a rare item HB ?70.00
CHAUVET CAVE / The Art of Earliest Times edited by Jean Clottes and translated by Paul G Bahn 2003 225 pp, 207 illus, most are colour photos. The discovery of the Chauvet Cave in France?s Ard?che Valley in December 1994 was a remarkable event. The incredible age of the cave paintings, which date back 35,000 years, and their exceptionally high quality were the source of both astonishment and admiration. The images of mammoths, rhinoceroses, lions, bears, horses, and bison have since been seen around the world. No other major site exists that is close in age to the arrival of modern humans in Europe. All these discoveries are published here for the first time. Graham and Linda are mentioned in the acknowledgements. This is a large 11 x 14 inches coffee table book weighing out at 2?kg. HB DW ?30.00
[KUNGAR ICE CAVE] by T A KLCHAREVA 1990 303 pp numerous photos mainly in colour. A superb picture book with a much better colour quality than is usually found in Russian books. Although this book has been in print for nineteen years we have only been able to locate a few copies! In Russian, summary in English. HB boxed with colour photos back and front. ?30.00
URALSKIE PESHTERY [THE CAVES OF URALS] by Youri Lobanov 1979 172 pp, illus. A useful guide book. Signed copy. In Russian, HB ?15.00
THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF RHODOPE MT by Boyan Petrov& Paves Stoev 2008 86 pp, many colour photos, about one a page. Another super guide book with photos, location map and surveys, in Bulgarian with English summary. SB ?30.00
THE KARST TREASURES OF SMOLIAN MUNICIPALITY by Geogy Raitchev 2008 44 pp, colour photos, surveys. A useful guide book, in English! SB ?6.00
JOURNAL OF THE SPELEOCLUB ?HELICTIT? Vol 11 for 2007 published 2009 80 pp, illus, surveys etc. Mainly caving in Bulgaria, but also describes expedition to Monte Negro, Greece and Albania. In Bulgarian with English summaries. ?8.00
BATS ? methodology for environmental impact assessment and appropriate assessment by Boyan Petrov - Colour, 88 p. ? 2009 88 pp, colour photos ave 3 /page, in Bulgarian together with a CD with full text in English. SB ?18.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPELEOLOGY devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Surnena Gora Tourist Society, Stara Zagora, 11-13 October *2002 192 pp, illus, surveys, maps, photos. Topics include; Earth Sciences, Archaeology including folk lore, speleological exploration etc. In Bulgarian with English summaries with at least one paper in English. SB ?8.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JUBILEE SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 75 years of organised speleology in Bulgaria. Sofia 4-5 April, 2004, published 2006 format A4, BW-161 pp illus. Mainly scientific articles: Cuba ?81, Rhodope Museum of Karst, Calcite-Aragonitetelations in caves; Cave Minerals in Bulgaria etc. In Bulgarian with English summaries. SB ?25.00
ROCK MONASTERIES IN THE SHUMEN PLATEAU by Asen Pejcheb 2001 84 pp, many colour phoros, surveys etc. Situated in beautiful natural sites, cut out in almost inaccessible cliffs, for ages they gave shelter to monks. In Bulgarian with English summary. SB ?8.00
FORTY YEARS OF SPELEOLOGY IN THE TOWN OF SHOUMEN 1961 ? 2001 by Masgasita Mischeva and Zdsavko Iliev 71 pp, colour illus, map and 31 pages of surveys. Mainly a collection of scientific papers. In Bulgarian with English summaries. SB ?9.00
MUSEUM OF CAVE AND KARST CHEPELARE nd [2009?] by Elka Spasova 10 pp all in colour, many photos. Half Bulgarian, half English ?1.00
TROGLODYTES: THE ROCK-CULTURE OF THE THRACIANS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE BLACK SEA by Ivan Hristov 2009 58 pp + 24 plates of colour photos. Half Bulgarian, half English ?5.00
KARSTOVOTO BOGATCTVO NA S IAGODINA by Dumumr Raychev et al ND 60 pp, many colour photos, ave 3 a page. In Bulgarian. SB ?5.00
MONOGRAPH OF THE STALACTITES & STALAGMITES OF THE CLEAVES COVE NEAR DALRY AYRSHIRE by John Smith. Illustrated with 36 super full page plates. Published in 1894. As far as I know this is the first book to be published on this topic. A superb copy that is unread and in fine condition. Bound in original publishers cloth. No wear to the outer binding. Internally in fine condition with tight square text blocks with bright clean pages that are free from foxing, many pages remain uncut. No inscriptions. ?150.00
ZASTICENA GEOBASTINA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE [Nature Reserves in the Croatian Republic] by Gordana Zwicker et al 2008 80 pp, colour photos. Many caves are listed. SB in Croatian. ?4.00
CAVES AND CAVERNS OF THE PEAKLAND by Crichton c 1950 104 pp 8 photos. Peak Cavern; Russett Well; Speedwell Cavern; Blue John Cavern; Bagshawe Cavern. Interesting account of caves in Derbyshire. SB ?5.00 x2
A 15 ANS DEUX RECORDS AU BOUT D?UN FILLE [15 year old girl wins 2 world records] 3pp text 3 colour photos. [in] Paris Match (1003) July 1968. The complete magazine in French ?1.00
THE CAVES OF MENDIP by H E Balch 1926 82 pp illus. This is the rare and highly sought after book published in "The Somerset Folk Series". Fair condition with very slight foxing to end papers and to some page ends. There are tears to cover at spine, one with loss approx :half inch SB ?12.00
another copy, spine very worn, but binding good. SB ?8.00
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] ?49.00
MAĞARABILMI VE MAĞARACILIK [Cave Science and Caving] by Caner Ozansoy and Hamdi Mengi 2006 335 pp, numerous photos in colour.
This is the Turkish equivalent of British Caving. It begins by describing lava tubes which are illustrated with many fine colour photos by David Bunnell. This is followed by a detailed account of karst caves, how they are formed, types of passages and surface features. This neatly transforms into the Caves of the Bahamas and their fauna, mainly anthopods or cave shrimps. From the underwater caves of the Bahamas we travel to the caves of the Yucatan and its underwater fauna, again, all illustrated with either line drawings or photos.
The chapter on speleothems begins with an explanation of the formation of stalactites, and stalagmites. The various forms of speleothems: aragonite, crystal, spar, Baldacchino canopies, rafts, curtains, balloons, moonmilk, bathtubs, soda straws, deflected stalactites, coralloids, popcorn, showerheads, bell canopies, flowstone, blisters, shields, are described and illustrated by more fine colour photographs.
Forty-two cave minerals are described and most are illustrated in colour.
The chapter on Caving begins with a brief history of cave exploration. Even Lloyd?s descent of Eldon Hole in 1770 receives a mention. Caving in Turkey began in 1850 when Abdullah Bei described some caves near Istanbul. In the first half of the twentieth century caves were mainly explored by archaeologists. In 1955 Dr Temucin Aygen explored and published descriptions of many caves. Organised caving began in 1964 when the MAD (Magura Arastirma Dernegi) [caving club] was formed. Since 1973 BŰMAK (Bogazici Universitesi Magura Arrastirma Kulűbű) [Bosphorus University, Cave Research Club] have taken the lead, followed by other university caving clubs.
Surveying, caving gear, ropes, knots, SRT, photography are all covered in the chapter on Caving.
A short chapter on Cave Tourism is followed by descriptions of 45 top Turkish Caves:
The first is, Dupnisa Magarasi [Dupnisa Cave] which is located near the village of Sarpdere, in the Demirkőy district of Kirkareli. Well off the beaten track, a 4WD vehicle is required to get to the cave. The cave has three entrances, one of which is the resurgence for the River Rezve. This river forms the border between Turkey and Bulgaria. One chamber is 150 x 60 m and contains some massive speleothems. Another chamber is the hibernation site of the Greater Horseshoe bat. The total length of the cave is 2720 m.
The book is concluded with, Longest & Deepest Caves of the World, Largest Chamber, Longest and Deepest in Turkey, a Glossary and 96 references. SB In Turkish ?25.00
CAVES OF APPLECROSS AND KISHORN by Richard Simpson, and David Morrison with contributions by Alan L Jeffreys and Mark Tringham. 2007 50 pp, 9 B&W, 10 colour photos, 3 location maps, 20 surveys. Occasional Publication No 8 Grampian Speleological Group. An essential guide book for anyone visiting the area. SB ?8.50
BIBLIOGRAPHIE SP?L?OLOGIQUE ou Les Grottes dans la Litterature Fran?aise de 1547 ? 1987 par Jean Marc Mattlet 1989 347 pp. Re-stocked by popular demand, this is a useful reference work which is in daily use. The books are first listed under author, then cross reference under topic and finally by alphabetical index of names, either cave or country. SB In French ?15.00 .
MINING LIST No 1 NOW AVAILABLE, FREE - ON REQUEST
MYST?RIEUSES CIVILISATIONS DANS LES ENTRAILES DE LA TERRE by Michel Siffre 1979 239 pp 120 photos. These are the result of a seven month expedition to the Peten jungle in Guatemala where Siffre discovered some remarkable caves with unusual carving and paintings. The numerous photos and surveys makes this an easy book for even the non French speaker. SB In French ?9.00
MID ROPE RESCUE by Ralph Johnson 2010 running time 47 minutes. It covers a whole range of rescue techniques that might prove useful should one of your companions get into difficulties whilst suspended on a rope. Time is essential! However the emphasis is always on self-preservation and most important thing is ?Fools rush in where angels fear to tread?, Don?t make a difficult situation worse by adding the number of casualties. DVD ?11.00
THE DARKNESS BECKONS / The History and Development of Cave Diving by Martyn Farr 1991 280 pp 190 B&W and 53 colour photos, and 64 cross sections, simulations and maps. With a forward by Bill Stone this new edition will have an international appeal as it includes cave diving in USA, France, Switzerland, The West Indies, Mexico, South Africa and Australia. HB DW with slight wear. ?25.00
SPAROZNA PECINA/ SPAROZNA CAVE by Dalibor Res, Andrija and Maja Sulic. 2010 11 pp, 7 colour photos, survey and a B&W photo from 1911. With a length of 607 m and a depth of 112 m, Sparuzna Cave is the largest cave in the Kastav region, and it is located between the villages Brajani and Breza. The cave is name a part of the forest known as Sparozna Grove. The cave is located on a karst plateau in the Kastav Region, which divides Cicarija and Gorski Kotar. The entrance into the cave is located about 600 m west-southwest of the Mackov Peak (504 m above sea level). This cave has many names. After over 130 years of research, from literature and from tradition, the cave was known by various names such as: Sparuzna jama, Sparozna, Sparozna, Sparuzina, Sparozna, Vela jama, Jurciceva, Grotta degli asparagi, Grotta fuia, Die Wilde Spargelgrotte, Grotte di Kastua. Since many of the first explorers of this cave were foreigners (Italians, Germans), it is possible that they entered in their reports only the name known to them, and later explorers cited data known from the literature, and so continued to repeat the errors. Beside first foreign explorers, they are also articles by local authors who have, as well as the former mayor of Kastav, Kazimir Jelusic, used the name "Sparozna pecina" (Sparozna Cave) that is now accepted as the true and original name of this cave. Excavation in the cave has produced numerous bones including the complete skull of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus). In 1886 the cave was the first in Croatia to be open to the public. In Croatian and English. SB New ?5.00
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN SOMERSET by Edward Hutton with illustrations by Nelly Erichsen 1919 419 pp over 90 illus Good background information on caves, mines etc. His description of Cheddar ?rabble of touts, the confusion of bristling advertisements and the air of Bank Holiday? is just as relevant today as it was in 1919. HB ?9.00
AL HOOTA CAVE by Helmatt Sattmann and Robert Seemann 2009 64 pp, many colour photos. Describes a famous show cave in Oman. SB in English and Arabic 50/50. ?10.00
GROTTE AL HOOTA H?HLE by Helmatt Sattmann and Robert Seemann 2009 64 pp, many colour photos. Describes a famous show cave in Oman. SB in French and German 50/50 ?10.00
VISITOR?S GUIDE TO UNDERGROUND BRITAIN Caves, Caverns, Mines, Tunnels, Grottoes by Richard Fells. 1993 144 pp numerous colour plates and location maps. divided into South East, South West, Channel Islands, South Midlands, North Midlands, The North, Wales and Scotland with bibliography, useful addresses and glossary. HB DW as new ?15.95
GROTTES ET CAVERNES par Adolphe Badin 1886 4th ed 336 pp 55 cave engravings. Includes the usual classics such as Fingal's Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky etc. SB In French. These engraving usually sell for ?15 each and upwards, so this book is a bargain at ?19.00
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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 209 Aug/Sept 2009. 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. Complete with 4 indexes the lot for ?599.00
ICE CAVES OF FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND /a narrative of subterranean exploration by the Rev G F Browne 1865 315 pp 13 steel engravings. Ex Cambridge Union Library, rebound in green cloth, nice tight copy. 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. Slight rub to corners and top and bottom of spine HB ?99.00
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
A BURRINGTON CAVE ATLAS Bristol Exploration Club Caving report No 17 by C Howell, D Irwin and D Stuckey Bibliography compiled by R Mansfield. Long out of print 31pp 5 plates surveys of all major caves in Burrington Combe with descriptions NGR Alt, Length depth etc. This appears to be an original and not a forgery. SB ?6.00
CAVES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY / Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas to Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi. Bulletin 1 of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies edited by William H Russell and Terry W Raines 1967 126 pp, numerous surveys, photographs etc. Essential reading for anyone visiting the area. There is an interesting inscription on the front cover: ?To Armin Gerstenhauer with sincere best wishes James F Quinlan January 1968?. The late JFQ was the Mammoth Cave historian. SB In English ?19.00
THE CAVES OF SCOTLAND (except Assynt) by Tony Oldham, rare first edition, 1975 xvi + 174 pp 5 plates 2 pp illus figs in text, numerous surveys maps etc. The first Caves of Scotland appeared over 53 years ago as a list of 7 caves in ?Britain Underground?. Over 400 caves are described, most of which have been visited by the author. For each cave, a description is given, together with National Grid Reference, Altitude, Length, Vertical Range, Location, Access Requirements and a Bibliography. SB ?25.00
CUEVAS Y CARSOS [Caves and Karst] by members of the Sociedad Espeleologia de Cuba [ Antonio Nu?ez Jimenez? et al] 1988 431 pp numerous photos, surveys etc. A comprehensive introduction to the caves and karst of Cuba. HB In Spanish. Spine loose o/w G ?19.00
MINING BOOKS ? The list have now been revised and reprinted as four paged booklet. Metal mines, slate mines, mining lamps from 1704 to date. Price ?1.00 or free with order.
SPELEO DIGEST 2001 [pub 2004] 484 pp, illus. Edited by James Adler, Mark Adler, and Scot Parvin. This is the best of the Grotto [read Caving Club] newsletters that were published in 2001. Many surveys, cave descriptions, humour, technique and equipment, cave science, it is all there. All carefully index by author, title, cave and state. An invaluable reference work. SB ?19.00
NEW ENGLAND?S BURIED TREASURE by Clay Perry 1946 348 pp, photos. This is one of my favourite caving books, sub titled Tall Tales of Small Caves. It is the sort of book, that once you have started reading it, you cannot put it down. Scarce. HB ?49.00
EXPLORING CAVES / A Guide to the Underground Wilderness by David McClurg 1980 287 pp lots of photographs, sketches etc. Describes skills and equipment for beginning and advanced spelunkers. SB ?6.00
CELEBRATED AMERICAN CAVERNS / especially / Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray / together with historical, and descriptive notices of caves and grottoes in other lands by Horace Carter Hovey with a new introduction by William R Halliday Johnson reprint 1970 of 1896 edition. xxxviii + xii + 228 pp plates surveys etc. The classic work on American caves. Even the reprint is long out of print! HB ?49.00
MAMMOTH CAVE and the Cave Region of Kentucky by Helen F Randolph. Profusely Illustrated, with a Bibliography by William Rouse Jillson. First Accurate Underground Survey by H Bruce Huffman. Introduction by Dr H C Nelson, American Museum of Natural History. 1924 153 pp. Good copy of a scarce item. SB ?120.00
THE MAMMOTH CAVE OF KENTUCKY by Horace Carter Hovey 1912 131 pp photos surveys etc. ?With Historical Notes. Scenic Accounts. Descriptive and Scientific Matters of Interest to Visitors, based upon new and original exploration. G+ (light wear) original green publisher?s cloth. Needless to say, a rare item HB ?70.00
CHAUVET CAVE / The Art of Earliest Times edited by Jean Clottes and translated by Paul G Bahn 2003 225 pp, 207 illus, most are colour photos. The discovery of the Chauvet Cave in France?s Ard?che Valley in December 1994 was a remarkable event. The incredible age of the cave paintings, which date back 35,000 years, and their exceptionally high quality were the source of both astonishment and admiration. The images of mammoths, rhinoceroses, lions, bears, horses, and bison have since been seen around the world. No other major site exists that is close in age to the arrival of modern humans in Europe. All these discoveries are published here for the first time. Graham and Linda are mentioned in the acknowledgements. This is a large 11 x 14 inches coffee table book weighing out at 2?kg. HB DW ?30.00
[KUNGAR ICE CAVE] by T A KLCHAREVA 1990 303 pp numerous photos mainly in colour. A superb picture book with a much better colour quality than is usually found in Russian books. Although this book has been in print for nineteen years we have only been able to locate a few copies! In Russian, summary in English. HB boxed with colour photos back and front. ?30.00
URALSKIE PESHTERY [THE CAVES OF URALS] by Youri Lobanov 1979 172 pp, illus. A useful guide book. Signed copy. In Russian, HB ?15.00
THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF RHODOPE MT by Boyan Petrov& Paves Stoev 2008 86 pp, many colour photos, about one a page. Another super guide book with photos, location map and surveys, in Bulgarian with English summary. SB ?30.00
THE KARST TREASURES OF SMOLIAN MUNICIPALITY by Geogy Raitchev 2008 44 pp, colour photos, surveys. A useful guide book, in English! SB ?6.00
JOURNAL OF THE SPELEOCLUB ?HELICTIT? Vol 11 for 2007 published 2009 80 pp, illus, surveys etc. Mainly caving in Bulgaria, but also describes expedition to Monte Negro, Greece and Albania. In Bulgarian with English summaries. ?8.00
BATS ? methodology for environmental impact assessment and appropriate assessment by Boyan Petrov - Colour, 88 p. ? 2009 88 pp, colour photos ave 3 /page, in Bulgarian together with a CD with full text in English. SB ?18.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPELEOLOGY devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Surnena Gora Tourist Society, Stara Zagora, 11-13 October *2002 192 pp, illus, surveys, maps, photos. Topics include; Earth Sciences, Archaeology including folk lore, speleological exploration etc. In Bulgarian with English summaries with at least one paper in English. SB ?8.00
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JUBILEE SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 75 years of organised speleology in Bulgaria. Sofia 4-5 April, 2004, published 2006 format A4, BW-161 pp illus. Mainly scientific articles: Cuba ?81, Rhodope Museum of Karst, Calcite-Aragonitetelations in caves; Cave Minerals in Bulgaria etc. In Bulgarian with English summaries. SB ?25.00
ROCK MONASTERIES IN THE SHUMEN PLATEAU by Asen Pejcheb 2001 84 pp, many colour phoros, surveys etc. Situated in beautiful natural sites, cut out in almost inaccessible cliffs, for ages they gave shelter to monks. In Bulgarian with English summary. SB ?8.00
FORTY YEARS OF SPELEOLOGY IN THE TOWN OF SHOUMEN 1961 ? 2001 by Masgasita Mischeva and Zdsavko Iliev 71 pp, colour illus, map and 31 pages of surveys. Mainly a collection of scientific papers. In Bulgarian with English summaries. SB ?9.00
MUSEUM OF CAVE AND KARST CHEPELARE nd [2009?] by Elka Spasova 10 pp all in colour, many photos. Half Bulgarian, half English ?1.00
TROGLODYTES: THE ROCK-CULTURE OF THE THRACIANS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE BLACK SEA by Ivan Hristov 2009 58 pp + 24 plates of colour photos. Half Bulgarian, half English ?5.00
KARSTOVOTO BOGATCTVO NA S IAGODINA by Dumumr Raychev et al ND 60 pp, many colour photos, ave 3 a page. In Bulgarian. SB ?5.00
MONOGRAPH OF THE STALACTITES & STALAGMITES OF THE CLEAVES COVE NEAR DALRY AYRSHIRE by John Smith. Illustrated with 36 super full page plates. Published in 1894. As far as I know this is the first book to be published on this topic. A superb copy that is unread and in fine condition. Bound in original publishers cloth. No wear to the outer binding. Internally in fine condition with tight square text blocks with bright clean pages that are free from foxing, many pages remain uncut. No inscriptions. ?150.00
ZASTICENA GEOBASTINA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE [Nature Reserves in the Croatian Republic] by Gordana Zwicker et al 2008 80 pp, colour photos. Many caves are listed. SB in Croatian. ?4.00
CAVES AND CAVERNS OF THE PEAKLAND by Crichton c 1950 104 pp 8 photos. Peak Cavern; Russett Well; Speedwell Cavern; Blue John Cavern; Bagshawe Cavern. Interesting account of caves in Derbyshire. SB ?5.00 x2
A 15 ANS DEUX RECORDS AU BOUT D?UN FILLE [15 year old girl wins 2 world records] 3pp text 3 colour photos. [in] Paris Match (1003) July 1968. The complete magazine in French ?1.00
THE CAVES OF MENDIP by H E Balch 1926 82 pp illus. This is the rare and highly sought after book published in "The Somerset Folk Series". Fair condition with very slight foxing to end papers and to some page ends. There are tears to cover at spine, one with loss approx :half inch SB ?12.00
another copy, spine very worn, but binding good. SB ?8.00
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] ?49.00
MAĞARABILMI VE MAĞARACILIK [Cave Science and Caving] by Caner Ozansoy and Hamdi Mengi 2006 335 pp, numerous photos in colour.
This is the Turkish equivalent of British Caving. It begins by describing lava tubes which are illustrated with many fine colour photos by David Bunnell. This is followed by a detailed account of karst caves, how they are formed, types of passages and surface features. This neatly transforms into the Caves of the Bahamas and their fauna, mainly anthopods or cave shrimps. From the underwater caves of the Bahamas we travel to the caves of the Yucatan and its underwater fauna, again, all illustrated with either line drawings or photos.
The chapter on speleothems begins with an explanation of the formation of stalactites, and stalagmites. The various forms of speleothems: aragonite, crystal, spar, Baldacchino canopies, rafts, curtains, balloons, moonmilk, bathtubs, soda straws, deflected stalactites, coralloids, popcorn, showerheads, bell canopies, flowstone, blisters, shields, are described and illustrated by more fine colour photographs.
Forty-two cave minerals are described and most are illustrated in colour.
The chapter on Caving begins with a brief history of cave exploration. Even Lloyd?s descent of Eldon Hole in 1770 receives a mention. Caving in Turkey began in 1850 when Abdullah Bei described some caves near Istanbul. In the first half of the twentieth century caves were mainly explored by archaeologists. In 1955 Dr Temucin Aygen explored and published descriptions of many caves. Organised caving began in 1964 when the MAD (Magura Arastirma Dernegi) [caving club] was formed. Since 1973 BŰMAK (Bogazici Universitesi Magura Arrastirma Kulűbű) [Bosphorus University, Cave Research Club] have taken the lead, followed by other university caving clubs.
Surveying, caving gear, ropes, knots, SRT, photography are all covered in the chapter on Caving.
A short chapter on Cave Tourism is followed by descriptions of 45 top Turkish Caves:
The first is, Dupnisa Magarasi [Dupnisa Cave] which is located near the village of Sarpdere, in the Demirkőy district of Kirkareli. Well off the beaten track, a 4WD vehicle is required to get to the cave. The cave has three entrances, one of which is the resurgence for the River Rezve. This river forms the border between Turkey and Bulgaria. One chamber is 150 x 60 m and contains some massive speleothems. Another chamber is the hibernation site of the Greater Horseshoe bat. The total length of the cave is 2720 m.
The book is concluded with, Longest & Deepest Caves of the World, Largest Chamber, Longest and Deepest in Turkey, a Glossary and 96 references. SB In Turkish ?25.00
CAVES OF APPLECROSS AND KISHORN by Richard Simpson, and David Morrison with contributions by Alan L Jeffreys and Mark Tringham. 2007 50 pp, 9 B&W, 10 colour photos, 3 location maps, 20 surveys. Occasional Publication No 8 Grampian Speleological Group. An essential guide book for anyone visiting the area. SB ?8.50
BIBLIOGRAPHIE SP?L?OLOGIQUE ou Les Grottes dans la Litterature Fran?aise de 1547 ? 1987 par Jean Marc Mattlet 1989 347 pp. Re-stocked by popular demand, this is a useful reference work which is in daily use. The books are first listed under author, then cross reference under topic and finally by alphabetical index of names, either cave or country. SB In French ?15.00 .
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MYST?RIEUSES CIVILISATIONS DANS LES ENTRAILES DE LA TERRE by Michel Siffre 1979 239 pp 120 photos. These are the result of a seven month expedition to the Peten jungle in Guatemala where Siffre discovered some remarkable caves with unusual carving and paintings. The numerous photos and surveys makes this an easy book for even the non French speaker. SB In French ?9.00
MID ROPE RESCUE by Ralph Johnson 2010 running time 47 minutes. It covers a whole range of rescue techniques that might prove useful should one of your companions get into difficulties whilst suspended on a rope. Time is essential! However the emphasis is always on self-preservation and most important thing is ?Fools rush in where angels fear to tread?, Don?t make a difficult situation worse by adding the number of casualties. DVD ?11.00
THE DARKNESS BECKONS / The History and Development of Cave Diving by Martyn Farr 1991 280 pp 190 B&W and 53 colour photos, and 64 cross sections, simulations and maps. With a forward by Bill Stone this new edition will have an international appeal as it includes cave diving in USA, France, Switzerland, The West Indies, Mexico, South Africa and Australia. HB DW with slight wear. ?25.00
SPAROZNA PECINA/ SPAROZNA CAVE by Dalibor Res, Andrija and Maja Sulic. 2010 11 pp, 7 colour photos, survey and a B&W photo from 1911. With a length of 607 m and a depth of 112 m, Sparuzna Cave is the largest cave in the Kastav region, and it is located between the villages Brajani and Breza. The cave is name a part of the forest known as Sparozna Grove. The cave is located on a karst plateau in the Kastav Region, which divides Cicarija and Gorski Kotar. The entrance into the cave is located about 600 m west-southwest of the Mackov Peak (504 m above sea level). This cave has many names. After over 130 years of research, from literature and from tradition, the cave was known by various names such as: Sparuzna jama, Sparozna, Sparozna, Sparuzina, Sparozna, Vela jama, Jurciceva, Grotta degli asparagi, Grotta fuia, Die Wilde Spargelgrotte, Grotte di Kastua. Since many of the first explorers of this cave were foreigners (Italians, Germans), it is possible that they entered in their reports only the name known to them, and later explorers cited data known from the literature, and so continued to repeat the errors. Beside first foreign explorers, they are also articles by local authors who have, as well as the former mayor of Kastav, Kazimir Jelusic, used the name "Sparozna pecina" (Sparozna Cave) that is now accepted as the true and original name of this cave. Excavation in the cave has produced numerous bones including the complete skull of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus). In 1886 the cave was the first in Croatia to be open to the public. In Croatian and English. SB New ?5.00
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN SOMERSET by Edward Hutton with illustrations by Nelly Erichsen 1919 419 pp over 90 illus Good background information on caves, mines etc. His description of Cheddar ?rabble of touts, the confusion of bristling advertisements and the air of Bank Holiday? is just as relevant today as it was in 1919. HB ?9.00
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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
TRAPPED! - The Story of the Struggle to Rescue Floyd Collins from a Kentucky Cave in 1925, an ordeal which became one of the most sensational news events of modern times by Robert K Murray and Roger W Brucker revised edition 1999 347 pp 17 photos maps etc. A gripping story, unbelievable but true. Once started, difficult to put down. Now brought up-to-date with some recent information. ?9.00
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
KARST GEOMORPHOLOGY by J N Jennings 1987 293 pp, 91 figs, 45 plates. Highly recommended as the standard reference work for readers at all levels. SB scarce and highly sought after ?45.00
OGOF FFYNNON DDU, Penwyllt, Breconshire by P M O?Rielly, S E O?Reilly, C M Fairbairn and members of the South Wales Caving Club,1969 52pp sb 9 figs, 18 b & w plates, fold out survey in text and two separate large surveys and a survey of the Nyth Bran series. Foreword by Lewis C Railton. An early monograph on this cave. Contents include Historical aspects ? discovery and exploration of OFD, Description of area and the cave, other caves and sites, Geology, Cavern Formation, Geormorphology of OFD, Origin of OFD, a note on access, conservation and safety and bibliography ?19.00
MANAGING ABANDONED MINES FOR BATS by Richard E Shewin, J Scott Alyenbach and David L Waldien 2009 103 pp, illus. Although this book concentrates on mines, most of the information within, applies equally to caves. Like caves, bats use of mines is dependent on humidity and temperature. In arid regions bats will chose a mine with pools of water. In winter mines are used as hibernation sites whilst in summer, some are used as maternity sites. SB ?5.00
NATURA CROACTICA published by the Croatian Natural History Museum. Vol 18 No 1 206 pp, June 30, 2009. Contents
Original scientific papers / Izvorni znanstveni radovi
LAKOTA, J., JAIZIC, B. & MORAVEC, J. Neolovricia ozimeci n, gen. et n. sp., a new genus and new species of subterranean trechine carabid from Central Dalmatia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Anillina) with notes on distribution of Lovricia aenigmatica...............................1
POLAK, S. & JALZIC, B. Blattochaeta marianii kusijanovici, new subspecies
(Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia..........15
PAVLEK, M. & OZIMEC, R. New cave-dwelling species of genus Troglohyphantes
(Araneae, Linyphiidae) for Croatian fauna...............29
BRIGIC, A., ALEGRO, A. & SEGOTA, V. Araneus alsine (Walckenaer, 1802), (Araneidae, Araneae, Arachnida) - a rare and likely threatened spider of the Croatian fauna...............................39
VUCKOVIC, I., BOZAK, I., IVKOVIC, M., JELENCIC, M., KEROVEC, M., POPIJAC, A., PREVISIC, A., SIRAC, S., ZRINSKI I., KUCINIC, M. Composition and structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Mediterranean karst River the Cetina and its tributary the Ruda, Croatia........................49
POPIJAC, A. & SIVEC, I. First records of the alpine stonefly species Protonemura Julia Nicolai, 1983 (Insecta, Plecoptera) in Croatia.............83
STAMOL, V. & KLETECKI, E. New finding sites of some interesting species of Croatian terrestrial malacofauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda terrestria)......91
VERVUSI, B., GRBAC, I., BRECKO, J., TVRTKOVIC, N. & VAN DAMME, R. Distribution of reptiles and amphibians in the nature park Lastovo Archipelago: possible underlying biotic and abiotic causes.....113
MALICKY, H. The Kocher Flies (Insecto, Trichoptera) in the collection of Franjo Koscec in the Varazdin Museum, Croatia........... . 129
MAREKOVIC, S., HRSAK, V., JELASKA, S. D., NIKOLIC, T. & PLAZIBAT, M.
The grasses (Poaceae) of Medvednica Nature Park, Croatia . . 135
STRGULC KRAJSEK, S., SEGEDIN, T. & JOGAN, N.
Revision of Epilobium and Chamerion in the Croatian herbaria ZA and ZAHO. . .155
Review paper / Pregledni rod
KOVACIC, M. Is the scientific value of a biological collection measurable? . . 169
Short communications / Kratka priopcenja
MIHOCI, I. & SASIC, M. Occurrence of the satyrine butterfly Lasiommafa petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787) confirmed in Croatia..................175
STANKOVIC, I. & TERNJEJ, I. New data on Croatian crustacean plankton fauna (Copepoda & Cladocera) in Cingi-Lingi Lake ....
STEVANOVIC, M., HLAVAC, P. & PAVICEVIC, D. Lathrobium joncooteri, new name for Lathrobium cooteri Stevanovic, Hlavac & Pavicevic (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).................................181
Biografije / Biographies
BRITVEC, B. Giuseppe (Josef) M?ller Biologist and Systematic Entomologist. 130 years after his birth and 45 years after his death. An exstensive bibliography............................187
In English and Croation. SB ?10.00
LIFE IN A CAVE by Clare Oliver 2002 32 pages all in full colour. Although described as a children?s book it is a good introduction to cave animals for non-cavers. I noticed that it was published in 2002, but I must have missed it first time around. HB ex-library ?9.00
WESTMINSTER SPELEOLOGICAL GROUP Bulletin Vol8 No 2 Summer Autumn 1973 pp 15-33 surveys. Strans Gill Rescue; Ogof Pont Sychryd; [Caves of] Sychryd Valley; Oxford University Expedition to Northern Spain. SB as new ?1.00
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THE UNKNOWN NORTH OF LAOS. PART 3 ? 2009-2010: KARST AND CAVES OF THE PROVINCES HOUAPHAN AND OUDOMXAY. BHB 38 132 PP., COLOUR PHOTO TABLES, MANY MAPS AND SURVEYS; BERLIN 2010. PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF THE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS TO NORTHERN LAOS. 28.3 KM OF CAVE PASSAGES FROM 39 CAVES. INCLUDES THE NEW LONGEST CAVE OF NORTHERN LAOS (THAM CHOM ONG SYSTEM), WHICH IS ALSO THE 2ND LONGEST CAVE OF LAOS AND THE CURRENTLY 9TH LONGEST CAVE OF SE ASIA. HAS CHAPTERS ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL WATER ANALYSIS, SPELEOTHEM DATING AS WELL AS BIOSPELEOLOGY. IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH A GERMAN AND FRENCH ABSTRACT.
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ABSTRACT
Before the publication of Dreybrodt & Laumanns (2005a), which summarises the exploration done between 2000 and 2005, northern Laos was virtually unknown to speleology. Only a few reconnaissance projects were conducted prior to 2000 in the province of Luang Phrabang. The afore-mentioned publication provided information on 24.3 km of cave passages from 68 caves. In the framework of the ?Northern Lao-European Cave Project? (www.laoscaveproject.de) the investigations were continued in 2006 in Vieng Phouka (Luang Nam Tha province), and in 2007 and 2008 mainly in Vieng Xai (Houaphan province) (Dreybrodt & Laumanns 2008). This publication reports on the findings of the years 2009 and 2010, including a biospeleological chapter, a chapter on physico-chemical water analysis and the speleogenesis of the Tham Chom Ong System as well as a chapter on palaeoclimatic research. It comprises descriptions of 39 caves with 28.3 km of new passages. Overall, 80 km of cave passage from 176 caves has been surveyed and published to date in northern Laos (excluding Vang Vieng and Kasi).
MAMMOTHS by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn foreword by Jean M Auel 1994 168 pp, numerous colour photos. From the mammoth painted on the ceiling of Rouffignac Cave in France to the mammoths of Siberia found perfectly preserved in ice. HB DW cost $30 new from us only ?20.00
SOUTH WALES CAVING CLUB NEWSLETTER. This is a high quality A4 publication, printed on art paper, with colour covers. SB All at ?1.00 each, discount for quantity.
No 122 2001 48 pp, many B&W photos, surveys. Vale: Robert Saunders 1950-2001; 101 Great Cavung Trips ? Christmas Pot; La V?z?re [France]; The caves of the Sychryd Gorge (With notes on Ogof Coed y Ffrynau made by the Taylors in 1949); What is this life so full of care if we have no time to stand and stare?; Cantabria ?99 Expedition Report [Spain]; Cantabria 200 The SWCC Expedition to Northern Spain; Cantabria 2000 - An Antipodeans Visit; Red Del Silenicio ? A Quick 4 hour trip [Spain]; New Age caving; 101 Great Caving Trips: Dent de Crolles ? P40 to Trou de Glaz ? The Bob Hall Memorial Through Trip; A Week Beneath Lanzarote; Some notes on French Show caves.
No 121 2000 48 pp, many photos. Norman Lloyd, a Gentleman Caver; Cantabria 1998 ? The Exploration of SVA16; SVA30 ? so near and yet so far; SVA34; Cantabria 1998- Site List; Equipment Review ? a reliable electric backup lighting for expedition caving on carbide; Cribarth Sink; Four and a half tons of water is ridiculous; SWCC Entrance Exam; Slow Fuse; Bill Weaver; Whats in a name.
SWCC No 83 June 1976, No 87 June 1977, Nos 92 to 103, No 104 Two Expeditions to the Picos de Europe Northern Spain [in photocopy] Nos 105 1989 to No 117 1996. Index to newsletters Nos 1 to 100 All original, unbound. ?1.00 each, discount for quantity or 12 for ?10.00
IM BANNE DER GROSSEN H?HLE / Abenteuer in der gr?ssten H?hle Europas by Alfred B?gli 1972 second edition. 174 pp, 46 B&W, maps, surveys etc. Sub-titled ?Adventure in the largest cave in Europe?, this is the exciting story of the exploration of the H?lloch [=Hell Hole], one time longest cave in the world. In 1952 Prof B?gli and 3 other cavers were trapped in the cave for 9 days by flood water. By the time the waters went down, the rescuers had given them up for dead and locked the cave, so they had to break their way out! A good read. HB colour cover in German an unusual copy 15 cm x 23 cm ?19.00
ZAUBER DER H?HLEN Im Reich und der unterirdischen Wasser] [The Magic of the Caves / In the realm of water under the earth] by Alfred B?gli 1976 158 pp. One of the first coffee table books, large A4 format, colour photo on nearly every page. This is the story of the exploration of the H?ll Loch or Hell Hole, one time longest cave in the world, in Switzerland. A thrilling story of exploration. HB DW In German. ?19.00
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 a rare item, Hollett has a copy for ?61.00. 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
CD-ROM
SA/BBS CD-ROM No 6 Speleological Abtracts No 39 (2000). The catalog of the Swiss Speleological Society Library, October 2002. Works on MS and Mac. CD-ROM ?5.00
SA/BBS CD-ROM No 10 Speleological Abtracts No 44 (2005). Works on MS and Mac CD-ROM ?5.00
SA/BBS CD-ROM No 9 Speleological Abtracts No 42-43 (2003-2004). The catalog of the Swiss Speleological Society Library, October 2004. Works on MS and Mac. CD-ROM ?5.00
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GROTTE CASTERET (GRUTA HELADA CASTERET) / An Annotated and Illustrated Bibliography. Compiler / Editor David St Pierre. BCRA Cave Studies Series 17. 52 pp, A4, 36 photos, 12 maps/drawings. It is illustrated with surveys, sketches, drawings and photographs drawn widely from the many and often well-travelled visitors to the Grotte Casteret since its first known exploration by Norbert Casteret, way back in 1926 - some 80 years ago. It is annotated by the editor and others to create a comprehensive and coherent story of the cave's known exploration. Grotte Casteret is situated high in the Ordesa National Park and Monte Perdido, Huesca, in the Spanish Pyrenees at an altitude of about 2665 m, close to the border with France. It is very remote, high above Cirque of Gavarnie, to the south-east of Breche de Roland. SB ?6.00
CAVES OF SCOTLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHY by Tony Oldham January 2009 about 176 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 ?3.00 [including post and packing] or as an attachment for free!!!
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
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 ?99.00
CAVE HUNTING as above but ex libris ?89.00
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 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. ?49.00
TRAPPED! - The Story of the Struggle to Rescue Floyd Collins from a Kentucky Cave in 1925, an ordeal which became one of the most sensational news events of modern times by Robert K Murray and Roger W Brucker revised edition 1999 347 pp 17 photos maps etc. A gripping story, unbelievable but true. Once started, difficult to put down. Now brought up-to-date with some recent information. ?9.00
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
KARST GEOMORPHOLOGY by J N Jennings 1987 293 pp, 91 figs, 45 plates. Highly recommended as the standard reference work for readers at all levels. SB scarce and highly sought after ?45.00
OGOF FFYNNON DDU, Penwyllt, Breconshire by P M O?Rielly, S E O?Reilly, C M Fairbairn and members of the South Wales Caving Club,1969 52pp sb 9 figs, 18 b & w plates, fold out survey in text and two separate large surveys and a survey of the Nyth Bran series. Foreword by Lewis C Railton. An early monograph on this cave. Contents include Historical aspects ? discovery and exploration of OFD, Description of area and the cave, other caves and sites, Geology, Cavern Formation, Geormorphology of OFD, Origin of OFD, a note on access, conservation and safety and bibliography ?19.00
MANAGING ABANDONED MINES FOR BATS by Richard E Shewin, J Scott Alyenbach and David L Waldien 2009 103 pp, illus. Although this book concentrates on mines, most of the information within, applies equally to caves. Like caves, bats use of mines is dependent on humidity and temperature. In arid regions bats will chose a mine with pools of water. In winter mines are used as hibernation sites whilst in summer, some are used as maternity sites. SB ?5.00
NATURA CROACTICA published by the Croatian Natural History Museum. Vol 18 No 1 206 pp, June 30, 2009. Contents
Original scientific papers / Izvorni znanstveni radovi
LAKOTA, J., JAIZIC, B. & MORAVEC, J. Neolovricia ozimeci n, gen. et n. sp., a new genus and new species of subterranean trechine carabid from Central Dalmatia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Anillina) with notes on distribution of Lovricia aenigmatica...............................1
POLAK, S. & JALZIC, B. Blattochaeta marianii kusijanovici, new subspecies
(Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia..........15
PAVLEK, M. & OZIMEC, R. New cave-dwelling species of genus Troglohyphantes
(Araneae, Linyphiidae) for Croatian fauna...............29
BRIGIC, A., ALEGRO, A. & SEGOTA, V. Araneus alsine (Walckenaer, 1802), (Araneidae, Araneae, Arachnida) - a rare and likely threatened spider of the Croatian fauna...............................39
VUCKOVIC, I., BOZAK, I., IVKOVIC, M., JELENCIC, M., KEROVEC, M., POPIJAC, A., PREVISIC, A., SIRAC, S., ZRINSKI I., KUCINIC, M. Composition and structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Mediterranean karst River the Cetina and its tributary the Ruda, Croatia........................49
POPIJAC, A. & SIVEC, I. First records of the alpine stonefly species Protonemura Julia Nicolai, 1983 (Insecta, Plecoptera) in Croatia.............83
STAMOL, V. & KLETECKI, E. New finding sites of some interesting species of Croatian terrestrial malacofauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda terrestria)......91
VERVUSI, B., GRBAC, I., BRECKO, J., TVRTKOVIC, N. & VAN DAMME, R. Distribution of reptiles and amphibians in the nature park Lastovo Archipelago: possible underlying biotic and abiotic causes.....113
MALICKY, H. The Kocher Flies (Insecto, Trichoptera) in the collection of Franjo Koscec in the Varazdin Museum, Croatia........... . 129
MAREKOVIC, S., HRSAK, V., JELASKA, S. D., NIKOLIC, T. & PLAZIBAT, M.
The grasses (Poaceae) of Medvednica Nature Park, Croatia . . 135
STRGULC KRAJSEK, S., SEGEDIN, T. & JOGAN, N.
Revision of Epilobium and Chamerion in the Croatian herbaria ZA and ZAHO. . .155
Review paper / Pregledni rod
KOVACIC, M. Is the scientific value of a biological collection measurable? . . 169
Short communications / Kratka priopcenja
MIHOCI, I. & SASIC, M. Occurrence of the satyrine butterfly Lasiommafa petropolitana (Fabricius, 1787) confirmed in Croatia..................175
STANKOVIC, I. & TERNJEJ, I. New data on Croatian crustacean plankton fauna (Copepoda & Cladocera) in Cingi-Lingi Lake ....
STEVANOVIC, M., HLAVAC, P. & PAVICEVIC, D. Lathrobium joncooteri, new name for Lathrobium cooteri Stevanovic, Hlavac & Pavicevic (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae).................................181
Biografije / Biographies
BRITVEC, B. Giuseppe (Josef) M?ller Biologist and Systematic Entomologist. 130 years after his birth and 45 years after his death. An exstensive bibliography............................187
In English and Croation. SB ?10.00
LIFE IN A CAVE by Clare Oliver 2002 32 pages all in full colour. Although described as a children?s book it is a good introduction to cave animals for non-cavers. I noticed that it was published in 2002, but I must have missed it first time around. HB ex-library ?9.00
WESTMINSTER SPELEOLOGICAL GROUP Bulletin Vol8 No 2 Summer Autumn 1973 pp 15-33 surveys. Strans Gill Rescue; Ogof Pont Sychryd; [Caves of] Sychryd Valley; Oxford University Expedition to Northern Spain. SB as new ?1.00
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THE UNKNOWN NORTH OF LAOS. PART 3 ? 2009-2010: KARST AND CAVES OF THE PROVINCES HOUAPHAN AND OUDOMXAY. BHB 38 132 PP., COLOUR PHOTO TABLES, MANY MAPS AND SURVEYS; BERLIN 2010. PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF THE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS TO NORTHERN LAOS. 28.3 KM OF CAVE PASSAGES FROM 39 CAVES. INCLUDES THE NEW LONGEST CAVE OF NORTHERN LAOS (THAM CHOM ONG SYSTEM), WHICH IS ALSO THE 2ND LONGEST CAVE OF LAOS AND THE CURRENTLY 9TH LONGEST CAVE OF SE ASIA. HAS CHAPTERS ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL WATER ANALYSIS, SPELEOTHEM DATING AS WELL AS BIOSPELEOLOGY. IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH A GERMAN AND FRENCH ABSTRACT.
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ABSTRACT
Before the publication of Dreybrodt & Laumanns (2005a), which summarises the exploration done between 2000 and 2005, northern Laos was virtually unknown to speleology. Only a few reconnaissance projects were conducted prior to 2000 in the province of Luang Phrabang. The afore-mentioned publication provided information on 24.3 km of cave passages from 68 caves. In the framework of the ?Northern Lao-European Cave Project? (www.laoscaveproject.de) the investigations were continued in 2006 in Vieng Phouka (Luang Nam Tha province), and in 2007 and 2008 mainly in Vieng Xai (Houaphan province) (Dreybrodt & Laumanns 2008). This publication reports on the findings of the years 2009 and 2010, including a biospeleological chapter, a chapter on physico-chemical water analysis and the speleogenesis of the Tham Chom Ong System as well as a chapter on palaeoclimatic research. It comprises descriptions of 39 caves with 28.3 km of new passages. Overall, 80 km of cave passage from 176 caves has been surveyed and published to date in northern Laos (excluding Vang Vieng and Kasi).
MAMMOTHS by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn foreword by Jean M Auel 1994 168 pp, numerous colour photos. From the mammoth painted on the ceiling of Rouffignac Cave in France to the mammoths of Siberia found perfectly preserved in ice. HB DW cost $30 new from us only ?20.00
SOUTH WALES CAVING CLUB NEWSLETTER. This is a high quality A4 publication, printed on art paper, with colour covers. SB All at ?1.00 each, discount for quantity.
No 122 2001 48 pp, many B&W photos, surveys. Vale: Robert Saunders 1950-2001; 101 Great Cavung Trips ? Christmas Pot; La V?z?re [France]; The caves of the Sychryd Gorge (With notes on Ogof Coed y Ffrynau made by the Taylors in 1949); What is this life so full of care if we have no time to stand and stare?; Cantabria ?99 Expedition Report [Spain]; Cantabria 200 The SWCC Expedition to Northern Spain; Cantabria 2000 - An Antipodeans Visit; Red Del Silenicio ? A Quick 4 hour trip [Spain]; New Age caving; 101 Great Caving Trips: Dent de Crolles ? P40 to Trou de Glaz ? The Bob Hall Memorial Through Trip; A Week Beneath Lanzarote; Some notes on French Show caves.
No 121 2000 48 pp, many photos. Norman Lloyd, a Gentleman Caver; Cantabria 1998 ? The Exploration of SVA16; SVA30 ? so near and yet so far; SVA34; Cantabria 1998- Site List; Equipment Review ? a reliable electric backup lighting for expedition caving on carbide; Cribarth Sink; Four and a half tons of water is ridiculous; SWCC Entrance Exam; Slow Fuse; Bill Weaver; Whats in a name.
SWCC No 83 June 1976, No 87 June 1977, Nos 92 to 103, No 104 Two Expeditions to the Picos de Europe Northern Spain [in photocopy] Nos 105 1989 to No 117 1996. Index to newsletters Nos 1 to 100 All original, unbound. ?1.00 each, discount for quantity or 12 for ?10.00
IM BANNE DER GROSSEN H?HLE / Abenteuer in der gr?ssten H?hle Europas by Alfred B?gli 1972 second edition. 174 pp, 46 B&W, maps, surveys etc. Sub-titled ?Adventure in the largest cave in Europe?, this is the exciting story of the exploration of the H?lloch [=Hell Hole], one time longest cave in the world. In 1952 Prof B?gli and 3 other cavers were trapped in the cave for 9 days by flood water. By the time the waters went down, the rescuers had given them up for dead and locked the cave, so they had to break their way out! A good read. HB colour cover in German an unusual copy 15 cm x 23 cm ?19.00
ZAUBER DER H?HLEN Im Reich und der unterirdischen Wasser] [The Magic of the Caves / In the realm of water under the earth] by Alfred B?gli 1976 158 pp. One of the first coffee table books, large A4 format, colour photo on nearly every page. This is the story of the exploration of the H?ll Loch or Hell Hole, one time longest cave in the world, in Switzerland. A thrilling story of exploration. HB DW In German. ?19.00
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 a rare item, Hollett has a copy for ?61.00. 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
CD-ROM
SA/BBS CD-ROM No 6 Speleological Abtracts No 39 (2000). The catalog of the Swiss Speleological Society Library, October 2002. Works on MS and Mac. CD-ROM ?5.00
SA/BBS CD-ROM No 10 Speleological Abtracts No 44 (2005). Works on MS and Mac CD-ROM ?5.00
SA/BBS CD-ROM No 9 Speleological Abtracts No 42-43 (2003-2004). The catalog of the Swiss Speleological Society Library, October 2004. Works on MS and Mac. CD-ROM ?5.00
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GROTTE CASTERET (GRUTA HELADA CASTERET) / An Annotated and Illustrated Bibliography. Compiler / Editor David St Pierre. BCRA Cave Studies Series 17. 52 pp, A4, 36 photos, 12 maps/drawings. It is illustrated with surveys, sketches, drawings and photographs drawn widely from the many and often well-travelled visitors to the Grotte Casteret since its first known exploration by Norbert Casteret, way back in 1926 - some 80 years ago. It is annotated by the editor and others to create a comprehensive and coherent story of the cave's known exploration. Grotte Casteret is situated high in the Ordesa National Park and Monte Perdido, Huesca, in the Spanish Pyrenees at an altitude of about 2665 m, close to the border with France. It is very remote, high above Cirque of Gavarnie, to the south-east of Breche de Roland. SB ?6.00
CAVES OF SCOTLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHY by Tony Oldham January 2009 about 176 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 ?3.00 [including post and packing] or as an attachment for free!!!
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
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 ?99.00
CAVE HUNTING as above but ex libris ?89.00
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 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. ?49.00
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DIVING by Terry Norman 2006 32 pp of colour photos. Cliff Jumping, Scuba Diving, Blue Holes, Ice Diving. SB ?1.00
A VISITOR'S GUIDE TO POOLE'S CAVERN near Buxton written by David G Allsop and published in 1992. It is in good order with a crease to the bottom right corner of the cover. The caves here have been owned by the Civic Association of Buxton since 1976 and have enjoyed a rich history including a reputed visit by Mary Queen of Scots, there is information in this book on the history of them as well as details of how they were formed as well as some of the details that can be seen including the flitch of bacon and the poached eggs chamber so called because of the iron staining of the stalagmites. An interesting guide to these fascinating caves. SB ?3.00
WOOKEY HOLE CAVE .... a legend of the past by G W Hodgkinson [c1947] [16 pp] map illus. printed by Clare, Wells. [Shaw No 924] With green front cover and a drawing of the witch. A rare item SB ?5.00
WOOKEY HOLE / The Great Cave and the Legend of the Witch / The Caverns of the Cave Divers etc. by E V Gatacre and Diana Windsor March 1977 32 pp many colour photos. Brown glossy cover. A5 SB ?3.00
WALKS AROUND CHEDDAR by Peter McNab ND [1970?] 36 pp, maps, photos etc. Needless to say, many caves are mentioned. SB ?3.00
KAPCTOBOTO Б OГATCTBO HA C. ЯГOДИHA [THE KARST TREASURE OF YAGODINA VILLAGE]. By Dumumr Pauchee 2009 60 pp, colour photos, usually 3 to a page. ?Yagodina is a small, modern village, nestling in the hills beneath the St Iliya peak to the north and the Durdaga peak to the south. The main attraction in the village is the famous Yagodinska cave, also known as the Imam?s Hole (Imamova Dupka). The cave has been formed by the Buynova river which flows into the Vucha river. The river eroded the marble rock for millions of years in order to produce a true masterpiece that spreads over 5 levels and has a total length of 10.5km. Here archeologists have discovered traces of an Neolithic cave settlement (4th millennium BC) while visitors can enjoy the view of popular and rare rock formations such as stalagmites, stalactites, cave pearls, elephant ears, leopard fur, and many more.? SB In Bulgarian ?9.00
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 ?9.00
CAVE ENGRAVINGS LIST CE1/2010 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 ?19.00
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
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 ?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 ?7.00
AVENTURES SOUS LA TERRE Norbert Casteret [1961 ] this is 1975 reprint. 188pp numerous b & w plates includes Gouffre de la Pierre Saint Martin, La colossale Cigalere, Silence, solitude et tenebres hb with colour plate on dust wrapper. In French ?9.00
TAXONOMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE GENUS SCOTOPANETES ABSOLON WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW SPECIES FROM MONTENEGRO (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE:TRECHINI) TWO NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF APHAENOPSOID CAVE-DWELLING TRECHIN BEETLES FROM CROATIA AND MONTENEGRO by Jan Lakota et al Nat Coat Vol 19 No 1 99-110 June 30, 2010. Eighteen figs, some in colour, survey In English with a short summary in Croatian. SB ?1.00
TWO NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF APHAENOPSOID CAVE-DWELLING TRECHINI BEETLES FROM CROATIA AND MONTENEGRO (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE:TRECHINAE) by Roman Lohaj and Jan Lakota Nat Coat Vol 19 No 1 77-97 June 30, 2010. Sixteen figs, some in colour, survey. In English with a short summary in Croatian. SB ?1.00
ENDOGEAN AND CAVERNICOLOUS COLEOPTERA OF THE BALKANS. X. TWO NEW SPECIES OF MACHAERITES (COLEOPTERA STAPHYLINIDAESELAPHINAE) FROM CROATIA by Peter Hlavac and Branko Jalzic. Nat Coat Vol 19 No 1 111-119 June 30, 2010. Eight figs, some in colour, survey. In English with a short summary in Croatian. SB ?1.00
CASTLETON CAVE by Trevor D Ford 2008 96 pp, many photos both in colour and B&W. The first full account of all Castleton?s Caves featuring the recently discoveries of Titan, Leviathan- the deepest known cave system in the country and the White River Series. Includes images supplied by Paul Deakin ? arguably the best underground photographer in the country. SB ?9.99
THE MEN OF JENOLAN CAVES (1838-1964) by Basil Ralston 84 pp, 3 maps, 172 photos, index. Available from: www.sss.org.au for Aust $ 27.50 + Aust $16.00 post = Aust $ 43.50. Or I can supply.
A VISITOR'S GUIDE TO POOLE'S CAVERN near Buxton written by David G Allsop and published in 1992. It is in good order with a crease to the bottom right corner of the cover. The caves here have been owned by the Civic Association of Buxton since 1976 and have enjoyed a rich history including a reputed visit by Mary Queen of Scots, there is information in this book on the history of them as well as details of how they were formed as well as some of the details that can be seen including the flitch of bacon and the poached eggs chamber so called because of the iron staining of the stalagmites. An interesting guide to these fascinating caves. SB ?3.00
WOOKEY HOLE CAVE .... a legend of the past by G W Hodgkinson [c1947] [16 pp] map illus. printed by Clare, Wells. [Shaw No 924] With green front cover and a drawing of the witch. A rare item SB ?5.00
WOOKEY HOLE / The Great Cave and the Legend of the Witch / The Caverns of the Cave Divers etc. by E V Gatacre and Diana Windsor March 1977 32 pp many colour photos. Brown glossy cover. A5 SB ?3.00
WALKS AROUND CHEDDAR by Peter McNab ND [1970?] 36 pp, maps, photos etc. Needless to say, many caves are mentioned. SB ?3.00
KAPCTOBOTO Б OГATCTBO HA C. ЯГOДИHA [THE KARST TREASURE OF YAGODINA VILLAGE]. By Dumumr Pauchee 2009 60 pp, colour photos, usually 3 to a page. ?Yagodina is a small, modern village, nestling in the hills beneath the St Iliya peak to the north and the Durdaga peak to the south. The main attraction in the village is the famous Yagodinska cave, also known as the Imam?s Hole (Imamova Dupka). The cave has been formed by the Buynova river which flows into the Vucha river. The river eroded the marble rock for millions of years in order to produce a true masterpiece that spreads over 5 levels and has a total length of 10.5km. Here archeologists have discovered traces of an Neolithic cave settlement (4th millennium BC) while visitors can enjoy the view of popular and rare rock formations such as stalagmites, stalactites, cave pearls, elephant ears, leopard fur, and many more.? SB In Bulgarian ?9.00
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 ?9.00
CAVE ENGRAVINGS LIST CE1/2010 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 ?19.00
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
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 ?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 ?7.00
AVENTURES SOUS LA TERRE Norbert Casteret [1961 ] this is 1975 reprint. 188pp numerous b & w plates includes Gouffre de la Pierre Saint Martin, La colossale Cigalere, Silence, solitude et tenebres hb with colour plate on dust wrapper. In French ?9.00
TAXONOMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE GENUS SCOTOPANETES ABSOLON WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW SPECIES FROM MONTENEGRO (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE:TRECHINI) TWO NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF APHAENOPSOID CAVE-DWELLING TRECHIN BEETLES FROM CROATIA AND MONTENEGRO by Jan Lakota et al Nat Coat Vol 19 No 1 99-110 June 30, 2010. Eighteen figs, some in colour, survey In English with a short summary in Croatian. SB ?1.00
TWO NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF APHAENOPSOID CAVE-DWELLING TRECHINI BEETLES FROM CROATIA AND MONTENEGRO (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE:TRECHINAE) by Roman Lohaj and Jan Lakota Nat Coat Vol 19 No 1 77-97 June 30, 2010. Sixteen figs, some in colour, survey. In English with a short summary in Croatian. SB ?1.00
ENDOGEAN AND CAVERNICOLOUS COLEOPTERA OF THE BALKANS. X. TWO NEW SPECIES OF MACHAERITES (COLEOPTERA STAPHYLINIDAE
SELAPHINAE) FROM CROATIA by Peter Hlavac and Branko Jalzic. Nat Coat Vol 19 No 1 111-119 June 30, 2010. Eight figs, some in colour, survey. In English with a short summary in Croatian. SB ?1.00CASTLETON CAVE by Trevor D Ford 2008 96 pp, many photos both in colour and B&W. The first full account of all Castleton?s Caves featuring the recently discoveries of Titan, Leviathan- the deepest known cave system in the country and the White River Series. Includes images supplied by Paul Deakin ? arguably the best underground photographer in the country. SB ?9.99
THE MEN OF JENOLAN CAVES (1838-1964) by Basil Ralston 84 pp, 3 maps, 172 photos, index. Available from: www.sss.org.au for Aust $ 27.50 + Aust $16.00 post = Aust $ 43.50. Or I can supply.
