Caverns Measureless to Man by Sheck Exley, Hardcover and boxed. 1994. Sheck Exley. 1994. 16 color, 55 b/w photos, 16 maps. Caverns Measureless to Man is the story of the passion of an extraordinary individual who spent his life exploring underwater caves. For nearly thirty years, Sheck Exley was the leader. He set records, he developed the techniques, and he maintained the highest standards of excellence. Sheck lived a life of adventure, danger, and excitement of a degree that few people can ever dream of; or, if they do, those dreams are nightmares. If you participate on the highest level, you know that some of your best friends are going to die. If you continue to push yourself and your equipment to the limits. If you persist in being a world class diver as Sheck was the chances are very high that you, too, will die. This book may terrify you, but it will unquestionably fascinate you, and in the end, Sheck Exley will convince you that his death came to him in the midst of the incredibly intense joy he took in diving into the depths of the earth.
Year Book of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 1924, Published October 9, 1926. 5 pages on The Sea Caves of Devil's Island by Ira Edwards. No binding but sewn spine. $30.00
Arthur's Home Magazine, ed by T.S Arthur and Miss Virginia F. Townsend. 1868, 1.5 page article on being left alone in the dark by the guide in Mammoth. Very rubbed. $42.00
Scribner's Monthly Volume XIX November 1879 to April 1880. 952 pp. HB, Green cloth, Includes Eighty Miles in Indiana Caverns by H.C. Honey with 14 illustrations 13pp. $25.00
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine May 1882 to October 1882, HB leather with marble paper, 960pp, A Colorado Cavern, by Ernes Ingersoll, 3pp. $10.00
Fifth Annual Reports of the Geological Survey of Indiana made During the Year 1873 by E. T. Cox State Geologist 1874, 492 pp, green cloth with rubbed corners and edges, Includes map of New Albany, Warren County, Knox and Gibson Counties. "To Georg Jackson from an Admirer, William R. Halliday MD, April 1974" in Bill Halliday's hand. Then "Bill this book is 100 years old. Are you implying that one of us is 100 years old? or----??. George F. Jackson. $60.00
Scriber's Monthly Volume XX May 1880 to October 1880. 952 pp. HB, leather with marble paper, Includes Mammoth Cave, One Hundred Miles in by H.C. Honey with 6 illustrations 11pp. $15.00
By Walt Disney, 1944 edition. Better Little Books by Whitman Publishing Company. 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch story with drawings. (347)pp. Covers worn. Spine peeling, contents toned. War bonds advertisement in back. SOLD
Cave Exploring by Robert J. Traister, PB, 1983. Often considered the worst caving book ever written. Great for picking any page and reading aloud at parties. Discusses the fact that woman could be strangle by their bras while caving and the best rope is at least 1" so you can grab it better. $25.00
New York State Museum Bulletin 92, Paleontology 13, Guide to the Geology and Paleontology of the Schoharie Valley in Eastern New York by Amadeus W. Grabau, 1906. 386pp. $45.00
Grottes et Paysages de L'Atlas au Taurus by Pierre Strinati with preface by Norbert Casteret, pb,1956, inscribed "For Emily Davis Mobley sincertly P. Strinati". $32.00
Speleological Yearbook and Diary 1965, hb, this copy has been used. Not sure of owners but Cornell and State College mentioned. Owner was a professor or student as semester information is in the book. $15.00
I Don't Play Golf! Recollections of a Rescue Volunteer by Don F. Black, 1993, includes a letter to Speleobooks from Don included with a review copy. $28.00
