Private Collection - Adult Fiction - pg. 2 including The Treasure Cave of the Blue Mountains
Our second listing from Emiy's collection. Mostly adult fiction. Be sure to check other collction categories to see the full list of books being offered in stages throughout the year.
The Treasure Cave of the Blue Mountains by Elephant Seaton, Circa 1898, HB illustrated binding, 312 pp, Fly leaves stained, book plate on front inside cover. Binding a little loose in back. Autographed by author the owner of the bookplate. The extremely scarce gold theft novel set in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales on the outskirts of Sydney Australia.
Dick Boldhero or A Tale of Adventures in South America, by the author of Peter parley’s Tales, 1845, HB, binding rough, stains and foxing internal, Story starts in Middletown CT, Bats in story.
Shibumi, by Trevanian, PB oversized advanced readers copy with business card in cover, 1979, 373 pp, Modern sex and outdated caving techniques but a classic cave fiction.
Niagara, by Richard Watson, HB with DJ, 1993, 178 pp, Not a cave book but wonderful historical fiction about a tight rope worker and a woman who wants to gov over the falls in a barrel. $30.00
Amid a Place of Stone, by Frank Butler, HB with Dj, 1967, first printing, 369pp, “In the vast depths of Wintergreen Cave…..Steve Whiting slips and falls to the floor” $22.00
The Robbers’ Cave; A tale of Italy by A.L.O.E. 1882, HB brown cloth with gilt, 200 pp. several illus. Presentation label for Senior Bobs’ Sunday School.
The Caves of Capistano by Charles Alma Byers1938, HB blue cloth, 240 pp. illustrations in cave. 4 Boys & A Dog Discover a Tide-Closed Cave in S. California & Organize the Capistrano Expeditions, fly leaf missing an inch or so. Lib stamp in cover.
All the Dark Places by J. Allan Bosworth, HB with DJ, 1968, 166 pp, juvenile, “But the cave was an irresistible challenge to Peter….enter its dark, silent depths alone.”
, by Howell Styles, 1961, children’s book club edition, HB with DJ, 136 pp. “Young Anthony Carter didn’t expect to become involved in a dangerous pot-holing rescue…on the rain-sodden Yorkshire Dales.”
Blue Crystal, Philip Lee Williams, 1993, First Ed, HB with DJ, 277 pp, “Meet Sam Preston, the owner of Blue Crystal Cave….seventeen children were buried alive with the walls of the cave collapsed”
Davedweller, Dorothy Allison, 1998, HB with DJ, 434 pp, “And, beneath this surface, caves:lost caves, known cave;caves called “Little Mouth” and Paula’s Lost:caves where color explodes in the dark and where people have died”.
Dive Deep and Deadly, 2000, pb, 236 pp, First in a series of cave dive mysteries. Autographed to Mike and Emily. $10.00 Also Pre publication galley, spiral bound, $6.00
Labyrinth, Mark Tl Sullivan, 2002 HB with DJ, 359 pp, “Whitney Burke is a renowned cave researcher……though Whitney vows never to enter Labyrinth Cave again, her husband and daughter join a NASA-sponsored caving expedition.” Includes publicity letter from publisher.
Down to a Sunless Sea by David Poyer, 1996, HB with DJ, 306 pp, “Tiller is intrigued by these Mysterious caves..and their link to Florida’s vanishing aquifers, he begins to suspect that his friend’s death was no ac accident”. $22.00
The Cave; A novel of suspense, Anne McLean Mattthews, HB with DJ, 1997, 277 pp, “She spots him waiting for her….into a cave beneath the earth… Helen fights for her life”
The Road to Agoa Santa by Henrik Stbngerup, 1984, PB, 284 pp, Brazilian rain forest, “I admired the mysterious magnificence of the stalactite can illuminated by the light of torches.”
