Private Collection - Adult Fiction

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. 

Song of the Cave, A Tale of Ruth and Noemi, by Edward F. Murphy, HB, 1950, 214 pp, piece torn off of fly leaf.

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Shibumi, by Trevanian,  PB oversized advanced readers copy with business card in cover, 1979, 373 pp, Modern sex and outdated caving techniques but a classic cave fiction.  

The Killings in Carter Cave, by Kenneth Whipple,  Hb, binding rough and added, flyleaves going, ex lib, 1934, 290 pp. 

Arsareth: A Tale of the Luray Caverns by B.C. Warren, 1893, HB lavender cloth, 273 pp, clean copy with rubs on corners.  owners name on title page. 

Cave Birds; An Alchemical Cave Drama, Poems by Ted Hughes and Drawings by Leonard Baskin, 1978, HB with DJ,  62 pp, 

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

Cavern of Silver by Jordan Allen, 1982, HB with DJ, 192 pp,  (really mines not caves).  

The Caves of Claro by John Palmer, 1964, HB with DJ, ex lib, 222 pp, “holidaying in Slavia….a tortuous escape through a cave system into Italy.” 

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. 

A London Family 1870-1900 by M. V. Hughes, 1946, HB with DJ, Includes visit to Niagara falls and a certificate of a visit to cave of the winds. 

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.” 

The Plains of Passage, Jean M. Auel, 1990, first ed, first printing, HB with DJ, 760 pp.  $4.00

, 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.” 

The Smuggler’s Cave, By Mrs. S. Bl. C. Samuels, 1870, Red cloth binding, 176 pp.  Cute story, little said about cave.  Presentation copy from a teacher. 

Caveman;  by C. Laila Ragab, 2005, PB, 167 pp. A fictionalized account of Amos Wilson who lived for 19 years in a Pennsylvania cave. Self published.

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.  

Aphrodite’s Cave by N. Richard Nash, 1980, HB with DJ, 465.00 “a novel of dark grottoes and brilliant illuminations that will linger”. 

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” 

Wind Cave by John Eric Ellison, 2003., PB, 21 pp.  Self Published, Murderer buried her body at the Oregon Wind Cave. 

Underworld, by Catherine MacPhail, 2004, HB with DJ, 284 pp.  A rock slide trapped them, the teacher is nearly dead and something is watching them.

Free Fall, by Joyce Sweeney, 1996, HB with DJ, 229 pp, 4 teenage boys in a Florida cave, trapped. Young adult. 

Jacob’s Well, by Stephen Harrigan, 1984, HB with DJ, 286 pp, Cave diving and body recovery is the core of the story. 

Beneath Their Feet by Patricia H. Quinlan, A novel about Mammoth Cave and its people, 2004, HB with DJ, 373 pp, $25.00 Another copy PB, $15.00

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.”