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The Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association 1948-1968
by Cansell, Anthony
The Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, 1968. 1st ed VG pb. 44 page booklet celebrating the first 20 years of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association,
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£5.00
![American Caves and Caving: Techniques, Pleasures, and Safeguards of Modern Cave Exploration [By] William R. Halliday](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/735/112735741.0.b.jpg)
American Caves and Caving: Techniques, Pleasures, and Safeguards of Modern Cave Exploration [By] William R. Halliday
by Halliday, William R. (1926-)
New York, Harper & Row, 1974. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 348 pages; Description: xvii, 348 p. Illus. 24 cm. Subjects: Caves--United States. Speleology.
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£8.73
Quest for Adventure
by Bonington, Christian
Cassell & Co, 2000. 1st ed thus (revised) VG in VG dw. a collection of adventures including: Oceans, Deserts, Rivers, Mountains, The Poles, Air & Caves. Please note that this is a large heavy item and thus postage may be a little more than that quoted as default.
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£8.00
Caves of Adventure
by Tazieff, Haroun
Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 1st Eng ed G++ as ex library with usual stamps no dw. accounts of underground expeditions in 1951 and 1952 exploring the caves of Pierre St-Martin in the French Pyrenees
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£8.00
The Complete Hillwalker, Rock Climber & Cave Explorer
by Palmer, William T
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1934. 1st ed VG no dw. an early 'how to' book that covers: equipment, navigation, camping in the hills, walking, caving & climbing, and even 'Women in the Hills'! [Neate P08]
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£20.00
Mendip, its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters
by Balch, H. E
Wells: Clare & Son. Very Good. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good green cloth with gilt titles, slight wear to top of spine, Illustrated with black & white photographs, maps and foldout chart. No inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white plates; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 211 pages .
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£15.00
Life Of The Cave
by Mohr, Charles E. and Thomas L. Poulson
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. Pictorial Board Covers; corners are square but very lightly rubbed; Covers are clean and bright; Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica; small 4to; 232 pages; book interior is clean and tight; illustrated in black-and-white and color; indexed 1.69#; P3; A; MS7.95; ACQ7/95; OD-070215; C-98; 10/18/077;
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£6.87
Ten Years Under the Earth
by Casteret, Norbert
JM Dent & Sons, 1939 2nd reprint. 1st Eng ed 2nd reprint VG no dw. account of his caving adventures in France
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£10.00
Jordan: Walks, Treks, Caves, Climbs, Canyons
by Taylor, Di & Howard, Tony
Cicerone Press, 1999. 1st ed VG pb. a guide to the Walks, Treks, Caves, Climbs & Canyons of Jordan
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£10.00
A Guide To Mountaineering Ropes -- 1979 Third Edition
by Benk, C. & G. Bram
Isny im Allgäu: Edelrid, 1979. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. E. Weiss. 1979 THIRD Edition revised and expanded. Original small paperback with image of a rope on front cover. Very good condition with light soiling rear cover, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, solid binding. The book measures 106mm tall x 150mm and has 98 + [1] pages, many illustrations. Basicallly a technique book on use of ropes in climbing, knots, some history of...
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£16.26
Cave exploring
by Anderson, Jennifer
New York: Association Press, 1974. Reprint. Softcover. Good+. Unmarked. Some wear and soiling of back cover. Mild wear on some corners. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.50 X 5.30 X 0.40 inches; 126 pages DO4.
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£15.45£12.36
The Life of the Cave
by Mohr, Charles E. and Poulson, Thomas L
U.S.A: Mc-Graw Hill Book Co and The World Book Encyclopedia, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Mc-Graw Hill Book Co and The World Book Encyclopedia,1966. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Without jacket. Read about and see the very unusual living things that inhabit caves. Fully illustrated. Decorative cloth binding clean, unmarked, tight and solid, with slight edgewear. Interior clean and unmarked. 232 pages. 9.9 x 7.4 inches.McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1966.
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£7.65
Cavers, Caves, and Caving
by Sloane, Bruce Editor
First Edition/First Printing. This book has no internal or external markings, no rem-mark, and is clean and tight. DJ is not price-clipped, and has no tears, chips or folds, and is bright and clean...light wear at the extremities and previous price-tag to inside flap. 409 pgs. w/index and B&W photos.
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£9.75
The Darkness Under the Earth
by Casteret, Norbert
JM Dent & Sons, 1954. 1st Eng ed G++ as red cover stained/faded no dw. account of his further caving adventures in France & the Pyrenees
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£10.00
The North Pole And Bradley Land -- 1913 FIRS EDITION
by Balch, Edwin Swift
Philadelphia: Campion And Company, 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1913 FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Original red buckram with gilt lettering front and spine, TEG. The book is likely ex-library but has been clean-up so that there are no library marks, but there is faint evidence of sticker removal lower front cover near spine corner (see photos). The EPs are clean and there is a slip tipped-in to the front EP that has "With the compliments of the...
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£77.23
SNOW CAVES FOR FUN AND SURVIVAL
by Wilkinson, Ernest
Johnson Books. Very Good. 1992. Second Printing. Softcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 98 pages .
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£11.38
Wilderness Under the Earth
by Franke, Herbert W
London: The Scientific Book Club. 1958. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Black & white maps. Translated by Mervyn Savill. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 204 pages. Dr Herbert Franke tells of his adventures under the Earth, exploring caves in Europe that have not been fully explored. Robust, professional packaging and tracking...
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£7.31
Quest for Adventure
by Bonington, Christian
Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a collection of adventures including: Oceans, Deserts, Rivers, Mountains, The Poles, Air, Space & Caves [Neate B135] Please note that this is a large, heavy item and thus postage may be a little more than that quoted as default.
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£8.00
Scotland Underground
by Jeffreys, Alan
Anne Oldham, Crymych, 1984. 1st ed VG pb. A4 sized pb 54 pages, a caver's guide to the limestone caves of Scotland
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£25.00
A Life on the Edge
by Jones, Eric
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2015. 1st ed VG+ pb. autobiography of Jones, "surviving the Eiger, Everest, Patagonia and many adventures in between", he was the first Brit to solo the north face of the Eiger, ballooned with Leo Dickinson over Everest and sky-dived into the 1,400ft deep Cave of Swallows in Mexico. Plus a lot more!
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£10.00
Climbing Blind
by Richard, Colette
Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. 1st Eng ed VG in VG dw. the climbing and caving adventures of a young French girl, who was blind from the age of two [Neate R29]
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£12.00
