Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray Together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882.
First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp xii, 228 + ads, with illustrations, folding maps of Mammoth and Wyandot. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. Corners bumped and rubbed, fraying to spine ends, paper over front hinge cracked and with some abrasion, but hinge sound. Closed tear to map of Mammoth Cave and one text page, but no loss. Contents otherwsise clean and sound. Although this book focuses on the cave systems listed in the title (with more content on Mammoth Cave than any other), there are also chapters on the structure, varieties, and contents of American cave systems in general, a history of the uses of caves as dwelling and places of worship and burial, and shorter descriptions of Howe's Cave (NY), Judge's Cave (CT), Simsbury Caverns (CT), Pickett's Cave (CO), and others.
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Price: $125.00