Published by Funk & Wagnalls, 1955
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lg. 8vo., green cl., black lettering, lines, design, corner and top, bottom of backstr. rubbed, hinge sl. rubbed, binding solid. Frontis. Illus. w/ b/w photos. Xii, 283pp. incl. appendices. Sl. spotting to some outer edges, does not affect contents.
Published by Cave Books, 1975
ISBN 10: 0914264184 ISBN 13: 9780914264187
Seller: nbmbks, Berea, KY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST PRINTING 1975: SLIGHT DISCLORATION ON OUT SIDE BOTTOM PAGES Synopsis: In February, 1954, under the direction of Joe Lawrence, Jr., the National Speleological Society sent the largest, most highly organized, and best-equipped expedition in the history of American cave exploration into Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave, Kentucky. The Caves Beyond is the official account of that expedition and a classic American caving story. There is no other caving book like it. First published in 1955 in an edition of 10,000 copies, the book was out of print soon afterwards. Good copies of the rare first edition are a sought after prize to book collectors. This quality reprint reproduces every word and picture of the original edition. Brucker's new introduction to the long-awaited reprint edition reveals a number of "untold stories" about the expedition, including stories of the politics behind the C-3 expedition and of how the book came to be written in an attic in Brooklyn in two weeks' time. There is also a detailed index, which the first edition lacked. From the Inside Flap: "And so we leave the cave in darkness, as we found it. We have unlocked many of nature's secrets, and still others are yet unsolved. Men will be back, probably to the end of time, but history will record the monumental effort of The National Speleological Society in the Year of Our Lord 1954."--Final words written in the log book by Roger Brucker.
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Published by E. V. Publishing House, Zephyrus Press Inc, 1975
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This copy is in good condition. The covers have light rubbing and edgewear. A blue ink markings is present on the upper text edge. The text is free of markings and tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1955
Seller: AFTER WORDS OF ANN ARBOR, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clean, tight, and square copy bound in green cloth with black titles. Rubbed at extremities, and PO's name stamped on front and rear pastedowns, otherwise unmarked. No jacket. Details the exploration of an extensive cave system from viewpoints by two people, and includes official reports in the appendices on biology, meteorology, and organization of the expedition. The cave lies under an island of private property surrounded by Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. 283 pages includes B&W photos, maps.
Published by Zephyrus Press, Inc., 1975
Seller: Mossback Books, Hartland, MI, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus; First Printing. Octovo in wraps, faint shelfwear, else NFINE, pages fresh and unworn. First thus of a book known among enthusiasts ".as the most stolen book there ever was." The largest most well-equipped exploration of a cave up to its time; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1955
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Nice clean unmarked copy, solid binding.
Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1955
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. "Under the direction of Joe Lawrence, Jr., the National Speleological Society sent the largest, most highly organized, and best-equipped expedition in the history of American cave exploration into Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave, Kentucky. The Caves Beyond is the official account of that expedition and a classic American caving story." Dust jacket has chips near the edges and some creasing. Protected in removable Brodart. Pages are clean. First Edition. 6½" - 9½". Book.
Published by Funk & Wagnalls, 1955
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Illustrated green cloth boards bright and sharp, shelf wear and mild age toning to edges. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket, clean and bright, nicks and chips to edges and spine, not affecting cover. Book is firm in binding, b&w photographs, 283 pages. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 283 pages.
Published by Longman Trade/Caroline House, 1975
ISBN 10: 0914264176 ISBN 13: 9780914264170
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. First Printing. Hardcover in blue cloth boards in VG slight cock in VG jacket with Protective cover. Ex-Libris; Speleologia; Ex-Libris; 290 pp pages.
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Published by Funk & Wagnalls Co. New York 1955, 1955
Seller: Antiquariat AndereWelt, Landsberg, Germany
Ln. 283 S. Abb. mit Umschlag in englisch guter Zustand.
Published by New York; Funk & Wagnalls Company for the National Speleological Society, 1955., 1955
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp. xii, 283. Frontispiece; numerous plans and illustrations throughout text. Publishers' green cloth with black titles and decoration in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Cover cloth clean and bright. Small pink mark to ffep with "E1" inscribed next to it otherwise contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket nicked and creased with small loss at spine tips; rear white panel lightly toned. A Near Fine copy in Good jacket. The story of the best-equipped expedition in the history of American cavern exploration in to the depths near Crystal Cave, Kentucky, where Floyd Collins met his death. Scarce, particularly in dust-jacket.