Private Collection - Youth Fiction

Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo by Alex Raymond, HB, 1936, 219pp, spine weak, edges worn.  $30.00

The Secret of Thunder Mountain by Fran Striker, HB, 1950, 186 pp. $2.00

The Indian Mummy Mystery by Troy Nesbit, 1954, 280 pp. $3.00

The Secret of Rumbling Churn, John Sweet, HB, No Date, no pagination, edges worn.  $10.00

Pim and the Caves of Coscorron by Jeanne Loisy, Hb, 1963, 181 pp, Cave paintings near a Spanish Village.  $4.00

The Little Cave Dwellers by Ella Farman Pratt, HB with DJ, presentation by author’s husband after her death, 1901, 96 pp. $15.00

The Young Treasure Hunter or Fred Stanley’s Trip to Alaska,  by Frank V. Webster, HB, 1937, 204 pp, Chapter 15 “ In the Cave”.  $3.00

The Boy Scouts to the Rescue, charles Henry Lerrigo, HB, owners name on flyleaf, 1920, 231pp.  Tight but rubbed.  $12.00

Sunny Boy and His Cave, by Ramy Allison White, 1930, Hb some rubbing, $4.00

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

The Mellops’ go Spelunking by Tomi Ungerer, HB, owners book plate, 28 pp, 1963.  One of my favorites.  $40.00

The Cave of Spears by Lester Del Rey, HB with DJ, ex lib, 1957, 206 pp, poor.  $2.00

Five Thousand Miles underground or the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth, HB, spine weak, 1943 edition, 242 pp.  $15.00

Two Boys of the Ohio Valley, by Margaret Sutton, HB with DJ chipped and torn,  1943, 169 pp. Includes Mammoth Cave, $5.00

Bomba the Jungle Boy on the Underground River, HB, Owners name on flyleaf, 1930, 204 pp.  Famous boy’s series.  $25.00

The Dreadful River Cave: chief Black Elk’s story by James Willared Schultz 1920, 243 pp, ex lib. Fair. Schultz  pioneered in the Northwest in the 1870s, lived for a time with the Blackfeet and later wrote both fiction and nonfiction books about his experiences and the lives of his Blackfeet friends. His son Hart Merriam Schultz (Lone Wolf), born of a Blackfoot woman, became an artist and illustrated some of J.W. Schultz's books. $20.00

A Hole in the Hill by Dewin A. Peeples, HB with DJ, 1969, name on flyleaf, 189 pp, $5.00

The Cave Hunters, by William E. Scheele, 1959 1st ed, 64 pp, $4.00

The Cave Twins, HB with chipped and torn DJ, 1916, presentation on title page, 165 pp.  $3.00

Olaf and the Echoing Cave by Bjorn Rongen, HB with DJ ,1968 ed, 128 pp, stains for table, $3.00

Dave Porter on Cave Island or A Schoolboy’s Mysterious Mission, Edward Stratemeyer, HB, 1912, 300.pp. $5.00

Brainy Berries; A night in Crystal Cave by T. Benjamin Faucett, HB, 1924, 67 pp, some damage to binding.  $90.00

The Girl Scouts at Singing Sands, by Mildred A. Wirt, Hb with DJ, 1955, presentation on fly leaf, 222 pp. $10.00

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Ladybird Children’s Classics, HB, 1980, simplified Verne story.  $3.00

Cave Boy, Preschool reading book.  1988, pb, $1.00

Looking for Lola, HB, 2002, ND, lost goat in a cave.  Speleo Projects publication.  

The Singing Cave, Margaret Leighton, HB with DJ, 1945. 169 pp. 

Treasure Cave Trail: An adventure of the young Billings by Marion Merrill, HB with DJ, several tears, 1943, 159 pp.  Takes place in Ontario.  “Surveyors seemed much more interested in the whereabouts of a long-lost Indian treasure cave” $25.00

Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face, Mildred A. Wirt, HB with DJ, A cub Scout Story, 1952, 210 pp. $10.00

Jerry Todd Cave Man by Leo Edwards, HB edges and corners banged, 1932,1st ed.  258 pp. $5.00

Jerry Todd in the Whispering Cave by Leo Edwards, Hb with DJ chipped, 1927, 237 pp, $5.00

Mysteries of the Cavern by Roger T. Finlay, HB, 1914, 234 pp, binding rubbed and cracked.  $5.00

Peril in the Pinnines, by Winifred Finlay, HB, 1953 Great frontice of book dealer, 191pp. $38.00

The Golden Magnet or the Treasure Cave of the Incas by G. M. Fenn, HB, ND (Circa 1890), 223 pp. $20.00

The Diamond Cave Mystery, by Troy Nesbit, HB, capped, 1956, 282 PP.

La Cueva de Los pitusos, pb, 1982, in Spanish.  Smurfs go caving.  $3.00