Antiquarian Books

Mammoth Cave of Kentucky with an Account of Colossal Cavern; Revised edition, By Horace Carter Hovey, 1912, HB, 131 pp, very clean, tight copy with map.  Some damage on spine.  Page 68, chipped corner. By Helen Randolph, 1924. "Profusely Illustrated".

Stamped "For Sale By Hopkins Drug Store Cave City, Kentucky".  Tear on map page, rough condition.

Original Ortho-scope glasses included in sleeve. 1935.

Frederick Schwatka. New edition, 1895. 

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky,( Blue binding, copy #1) Panton Hoyes,  Published and copyrighted 1890 by C. G. Darnall, The Albertype co. NY. Some edge rub on binding and wear on cover. Inside tight and clean.

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky,( Blue binding, copy #1) Panton Hoyes,  Published and copyrighted 1890 by C. G. Darnall, The Albertype co. NY. Some edge rub on binding, inside very clean and tight. $80.00

Mammoth Cave of Kentucky with an Account of Colossal Cavern; Revised edition, By Horace Carter Hovey, 1912, HB, 131 pp, very clean, tight copy with map.   $45.00

Subterranean Wonders: Mammoth Cave and Colossal Cavern, Louisville and Nashville R.R., 46 pp, Thirteenth Edition-New Series.  Folded in half, but clean and tight.  $18.00

Subterranean Wonders: Mammoth Cave and Colossal Cavern, Louisville and Nashville R.R., 46 pp, tenth Edition-New Series, very clean tight copy with map, some slight discoloration on title page.  $30.00

Mammoth Cave and the Cave Region of Kentucky by Helen Fl Randolph,1924, 153 pp, HB.  Clean and tight with slight rubbing on binding.  $38.00

An Historical and Descriptive Narrative of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky including Explanations of the Causes Concerned antis formation, its atmospheric conditions, its chemistry, geology, Zoology, Etc. with Full Scientific Details of the Eyeless Fishes by W. Stump Forwood, 1870, 225 pp, A very clean tight copy with minor wear.  Illustrated with some of the best lithographs of the time.  $175.00

Letters from New York,second series by L. Maria Child, 1845, HB, 287 pp, water stain on lower half, binding worn and damaged on lower edge.  Include3s description of Mammoth cave. $25.00

The Story of Wookey Hole, by L. B. Thornycroft,First Edition, 1948,  PB, 147 pp plus folded map.  $15.00

The Subterranean World by Dr. George Hartwig, third ed. 1875, 522 pp, beautiful copy with leather presentation cover, marble end papers and fore edge.  Clean tainted tight.  $90.00

Moors Crags & Caves of the High Peak and Neighborhood by Ernest A. Baker, Circa 1903, 207 pp, , HB, very good.  $90.00

Cave Hunting, Researches on the Evidence of Caves respecting the Early Inhabitance of Europe,  by Dawkins, 1874, HB, 431 pp, well used copy, fair, some foxing.  

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky An Illustrated Manual by Hovey and Call, 1899, Second Edition,  111 pp plus map.  A very clean tight copy.  bottom of spine chipped.  $45.00

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky An Illustrated Manual by Hovey and Call, 1897, 111 pp plus map.  cover and spine chipped, ex lib. $35.00

Famous Caves and Catacombs, W.H. Davenport Adams, 1886, HB 204 pp, includes Blue Grotto. Corners banged, a little loose.  $40.00

Famous Caverns and Grottoes by W.H.Davenport Adams, 1886, HB, 185 pp. Clean and tight.  40 illustrations.  $55.00

At Home and Abroad by Bayard Taylor 1860, HB, 500 pp.  Binding poor, well worn copy with foxing at beginning and end.  Great section on Mammoth.  $30.00

Notes on the Barrows and Bone-caves of Derbyshire, 1877, HB, 124 pp. ex Lib from Yale University, “Presented to Dr. Beadle from Joh Tym with Kindest regards, July 18th 1878, “ Tym was mentioned in the book.  $75.00

Letters from the United States, Cuba and Canada by the Hon. Amelia M. Murray, 1856, Hb, 402 pp, ex lib, front board loose, back cracked at spine.  Internal very clean except for a few library stamps. Includes Mammoth. $35.00

Travels in the United States Etc. During 1849 and 1850 by the Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, 1851, HB, 463pp, foxing throughout.  Includes a visit to Mammoth.  $38.00

Wonders of the World Described by Great Writers, 1912, HB with gilt binding, 359 pp, Includes cave archaeological sites. $20.00

Underground or Life Below the Surface by Thomas W. Knox, 1874, HB, 942 pp.  Lots of cave and mine references.  A classic.  $45.00

What to See in America by Clifton Johnson, 1919, HB, 541 pp, includes the expected caves.  $20.00 

Mémoires de la Societe de Spéléologie, Tome 8 NO 59,1910,  L’Hydorlogie Souterraine aux Etates-Unis,  In French, 34pp. $25.00

Mémoires de la Societe de Spéléologie, Tome 1 #3,1896,  La Kacna-Jama by Marinitsch. 20 pp plus maps.   In French, $35.00

A description of Howe’s Cave with a popular Treatise on the Formation of Caves in Lime Rock, 1865, modern binding, some small repairs, fold out map in very good condition.  A number of small prints originally came with this booklet.  They are not included.  28pp.  $150.00

Celebrated American Caverns by Horace C. Hovey, 1882, Green binding rubbed at corners, ex Lib, 228 pp, flyleaf joint cracked, tight binding with maps in very good condition.  $150.00

Newgate of Connecticut; Origin and Early History being a full description of the famous and wonderful simsbury mines and caverns…., by Richard H. Phelps, 1876, HB, binding fair, internal good but some foxing.  $30.00

Guide Book to the Mammoth Cave by Horace C. Hovey fifth edition, 1887, modern binding, 70 pp, $45.00

The Netherworld of Mendip by E.A. Baker and H.E. Batch,  1907, 172 pp, HB cloth, some minor foxing, spine edges dented.  $40.00

Gazetteer of the United States of America by John Haward, 1853, HB leather rubbed, minor foxing, includes; Madison’s Cave Va. Mammoth Cave KY, Nicojack Cave GA, Weir’s Cave Va.  861 pp. $35.00

Wookey Hole: Its Caves and Cave Dwellers by  Herbert E. Balch, 1914, HB with Dj, edges rubbed but otherwise a very good copy.  268 pp. $125.00

Romantic America by Robert Haven Schauffler, 1913, HB illustrated cloth binding, 339 pp, pages 99-134 on Mammoth Cave. $25.00

An Illustrated manual, Hovey and Call, second ed, 1901, water stained, binding taped, fair.

The Child’s Friend, periodical includes last chapter of “Wanderings among the Pyrenees; or the Robber’ Cave, 1849, cover torn, poor but very rare.  $100.00

1878, 369pp, illustrated, Leather binding separated.  This copy was an academic prize from Schorne College.  $50.00

Fahrt zu Den Hohlen der Schwäbischen Alb, Helmut Frank, 1966, in German, 29 photos many illustrations, HB.  Excellent.

With a popular treatise on the formation of caves in lime rock, 1865, fold out map, worm eaten on top corner, stains on lover corner.  Very rare, $250.00