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List May 2011

• LEDNO DOBA? [ICE AGE?] by Lana Bede et al 2010 36 pp, many colour illus. This is a mueum catalog for an exhibition on the Ice Ages. It depicts the flora and fauna of the time. Most of which were found in caves. There is a cave location map. SB In Croatian £5.00
  
  
• KENTS CAVERN Celebrating over 130 years of history by John Powe ND [2000] 14 pp not numbered. Nice archaeological touch with lots of color photos including: George Smerdon 1865, Francis Powe 1900s, Topsy [the donkey] 1980 . SB £10.00
  
  
• THE RED BOOK OF CAVE FAUNA CROATIAN / CRVENA KINGA SPILJSKE FAUNE HRVATSKE by Roman Ozimec et al 2010 371 pp, many photos, maps etc. This is a detailed catalogue of cave in Croatia. Many cave animals are only found in the Dinard Mountain Range. Many species are only found in one cave, making them very scarce. In Croation and English. HB £35.00
  
  

BRITISH REGONAL GEOLOGY - all have caving interest

• THE WELSH BORDERLAND / British Regional Geology by R W Pocock and T H Whitehead 2nd edition 1948, 9th impression 1964 80 pp, 39 figs, 10 plates, large map. Includes the Newent Coalfields, Coal Measures of Abberley Hills; Shrewsbury Coalfields. SB £3.00
  
  
• SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND British Regional Geology by Henry Dewey 1948, 2nd edition, 11th impression 1967 74 pp, 20 illus, 12 plates, most with two photos a page, SB. With a chapter on mines and mining. £3.00
  
  
• NORTH WALES British Regional Geology by Bernard Smith and T Neville George 3rd edition 1961, 2nd impression 1966 97 pp, 36 illus, 12 plates, SB. Minerals in Cambrian rocks; Pisolithic Iron ores and Slates etc. SB £3.00
  
  
• COLLECTIONS No 65 Avril 2011, 40 pp, this is a full colour caving magazine in French for collectors of caving stamps, cave postcards, caving phone cards, caving beer bottle labels, in fact anything to do with caving that is collectable. SB £3.00
  
  
• 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 Croatian and English, 50/50. SB £9.00
  
  
• 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 £19.00
  
  
• THE STRUCTURAL PREQUISITES 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 £19.00
  
  
• 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 £19.00
  
  

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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 £9.00
  
  
• THE CAVES OF SVENNINGAL by Geoff Newton and Trevor Faulkner The Chelsea Speleological Society Records Vol 21. 1992 37 pp, many surveys. 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 £65.00
  
  
• 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 only 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, from us only £25.00 x2
  
  
• 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 £19.00
  
  
• 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 ex-librbary with stamps £9.00
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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 £9.00
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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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