Lingua Terrae Books catalogue: Speleology

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Adam, K.D. - Die Höhlenruine von Hunas in der Fränkischen Alb – Reflexionen zum Forschungsstand. - 1986. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Ser. B, Nr. 121; 24 pp. 4 fig. Orig. reprint, libr. stamp on title page. € 4

 

Andreo, B. & J.J. Durán - Investigaciones en sistemas kársticos españoles. - 2004. Publ. Inst. Geol. Min. Esp., Ser. Hydrogeol. y Aguas subterr. No. 12 ; 504 pp. with extended English abstracts, numerous fig./phot., many col. Paperback, very good. € 30

 

Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 102-1, 1979. Colloque de karstologie. pp. 1-180, many fig./phot., 2 col. plts. Orig. wrps., complete issue (387 pp.) very good, 4to. € 20

 

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Anonymous - Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. - not dated, ca. 1970 ? The Cavern Supply Comp., Carlsbad. Orig. illustr. covers, 24 col. phot. plts., text on back of covers. Orig. illustr. covers, very good, 4to. € 5

 

Anonymous - Half hours underground. Volcanoes, mines and caves. - 1905. Nisbet, London. 369 pp., many figs./plts. Orig. cloth, covers slightly faded and minor traces of use, contents very good. € 10

 

Berichte der staatlichen Höhlenkommission. I. Jg. Hft 1/2 & 3/4, II. Jg., Hft. 1/2 & 3. [4 issues]. - 1920-21. Wien. 96+142 pp. many figs. 10+10 plts. Only 2 annual volumes have been published; this set lacks only Jg. II Heft 4. Orig. wrps. front cover of first issue soiled, contents very good. € 35

 

Campbell, N.P. - Caves of Montana. - 1978. Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bull. 105; 169 pp. 84 fig. Orig. illustr. cover with some silverfish traces in blanc areas, otherwise very good, 4to. € 15

 

 

Chappius, P.A. 1927. Die Tierwelt der unterirdischen Gewässer. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart. 175 pp., 62 fig./phot., 4 plts. Orig. cloth, very good. € 30

 

Deflandre, Guy - Han Sur Lesse en zijn Grotten. - 1989. Didier Hatier: Brussel, 155 pp. many phot. Paperback, very good, 4to. € 12

 

Dubois, J. 1982. Cavités karstiques de la Province de Liège. [in 2 vols.]. Geol. Surv. Belg. Prof. Pap. 187 & 188; 224 pp., 4 fig., 184 plts. w. plans and sections. Orig. wrps., 4to. € 28

 

Durán Velsero, J.J. (ed.) - Guía de las cuevas turísticas de España. - 2006. Inst. Geol. Min. España, Madrid. 104 pp. 172 fig./col. phot. Paperback. € 20

 

Dusar, M. et al. - Belgian-Vietnamese speleological expedition Son La 1993. - 1994. Geol. Surv. Belg. Prof. Pap. 271; 60 pp., 43 fig./phot. (some col.). Orig. wrps., 4to. € 13

 

Ek, C. & J. Grimberieux (intro) - Colloque de karstologie appliquée. - 1985. Ann. Soc. Géol. Belg. 108; pp. 1-309, many figs./phot. Orig. wrps., complete issue, libr. stamp on front cover, contents very good, 4to. € 15

 

sold Feinberg, J.M. et al. (eds.) - Caves and karst across time. - 2016. Geological Society of America Special Paper 516; 300 pp. many fig./phot. some col. Paperback, very good, as new, 4to. € 32

 

Fraipont, J. & F. Tihon - Explorations scientifiques des cavernes de la vallée de la Mehaigne. - 1889.  Bruxelles. Extracted from: Mémoires couronnés et autre mémoires publiés par l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique Vol. XLIII; 72 pp., 12 plts, some folded, of which 10 with artefacts. Extract without covers, excellent condition, uncut. € 20

 

Gavazzi, A. - Die Seen des Karstes. Ertser Teil: Morphologisches Material. [all publ. ?]. - 1904. Abh. K.K. Geogr. Ges. Wien V-2; 136 pp., 7 photoplts. h.t., 15 tinted plts. h.t. with maps (some folding-out). Orig. extract, plain new wrps., libr. stamp on title page and in blanc margin of some of the plates, contents very good, sm4to. € 12

 

Hilden, H.D. & V. Wrede (eds.) 1992. Der Malachitdom. Ein Beispiel interdiziplinärer Höhlenforschung im Sauerland. Geol. l.-A. Nordrh.-Westf., Krefeld. 304 pp., many fig./phot. (some col.), 1 folded & tinted map in pocket. Orig. wrps., very good. € 25

 

Inskeep, Ray (ed.) - Caves. - 1979. World Archaeology 10-3; pp. 241-372, many figs./phot. Collection of 9 papers. Orig. illustr. wrps., complete issue, very good. € 10

 

Kempe, S. (ed.) - Höhlen in Deutschland. - 1982. Bildatlas Spezial 4; 114 pp. numerous fig./phot. most col. Orig. illustr. wrps. 4to. € 6

 

Klein, W.C. - Beschrijving van twee kalkgrotten bij Bodjonegoro (eiland Java). I. De grot van Nglirip, II. de grot van Rengel. - 1922. Verh. Geol.-Mijnb. Gen. Ned. & Kol. Geol. Ser. V; pp. 305-327, 4 fig., 8 foto's. Orig. extract met omslag tijdschrift, in goede staat, 4to. € 6

 

Li, Z.-H. et al. - A multiple cave deposit assessment of suitability of speleothem isotopes for reconstructing palaeo-vegetation and palaeo-temperature. - 2014. Sedimentology 61; pp; 749-766, 13 fig./col. phot. Orig. extract, very good, 4to. € 4

 

Llopis Llado, N. & J.M.T. Casajuana - Las cuevas de Collbato, Montserrat-Barcelona. - 1954. Univ. Oviedo, Inst. Geol. Monogr. Geol. I; 73 pp. 17 fig. incl. 2 fold-out plts. h.t. 6 photoplts. h.t. Orig. wrps. with libr. stamp, very good. € 8

 

Lübke, A. - Geheimen van het onderaardse. - geen datum, ca. 1955 ? Uitg. Holland, Amsterdam. 267 pp., fign., veel platen met foto's over grotten en hun bewoners door de tijd. Orig. linnen, in zeer goede staat. € 10

 

Ödön, Rádai - .[ Aerophotographic interpretation and hydrological mapping of karstic areas. ] - 1969. Budapest. 82 pp. in Hungarian with English captions and summary pp. 700-82, 62 pp. atlas with figs. & phot. plus 2 fold-out plts. in pocket. Orig. half cloth, 4to. € 20

 

Peabody, F.E. - Travertines and cave deposits of the Kaap escarpment of South Africa, and the type locality of Australopithecus africanus Dart. - 1954. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 65-7; pp. 671-706, 12 fig., 5 plts. h.t. Orig. wrps. with libr. stamp, stapled extract, as such very good. € 7

 

Pfeffer, Karl-Heinz - Karst Entstehung-Phänomene-Nutzung. - 2010. Borntraeger, Stuttgart. 338 pp. numerous fig./phot. Paperback, orig. printed covers, as new. € 30

 

Rádai, Ö. - [ Aerophotographic interpretation and hydrological mapping of karstic areas. ] - 1969. Budapest. 82 pp. in Hungarian with English captions and summary pp. 70-82, 62 pp. atlas with figs. & phot., plus 2 fold-out plts. in pocket. Orig. half cloth, 4to. € 20

 

Serko, A. & M. Ivan - Die Grotte von Postojna und sonstige sehenswürdigkeiten des Karstes. 1st ed. - 1953. Turist Untern., Ljubljana. 197 pp., many fig./phot., 6 fold. plts. in pocket. Orig. cloth, unobtrusive faint moist stain along blanc right-hand margin, otherwise very good, sm8vo. € 10

 

Serko, A. & M. Ivan - Die Grotte von Postojna und sonstige sehenswürdigkeiten des Karstes. 2nd ed. - 1958. Untern. Postojna jama, Ljubljana. 196 pp., many fig./phot., 6 fold. plts. in pocket. Orig. cloth, very good, sm8vo. € 10

 

Tásler, R. (ed.) - Owen 90 ** New Zealand. - 1991. Czech Speleol. Soc., Trutnov. 60 pp. text in Czech and English, many fig./phot. Orig. illustr. wrps., very good, 4to. € 6,50

 

Verheyden, S. & C. Bernard (eds.) - Actes des journées de spéléologie scientifique, Han-sur-Lesse 1997 à 2000. - 2001. Geol. Surv. Belg. Prof. Pap. 295; 144 pp., many fig./phot. Orig. wrps., very good, 4to. € 10

 

 

Vogelsang, D. et al. 1987. Karst- und Flusssysteme am Südrand der Schwäbischen Alb. Geol. Jb. C-49; 103 pp., 28 fig., 7 col. phot. plts., 1 fold. pl. in pocket. Orig. wrps., dj., libr. stamp on title page. € 15

 

Voûte, A.M., C. Smeenk et al. - Vleermuizen. - 1991. Waanders, Zwolle. 160 pp., veel fign. & foto's, een aantal ook in kleur. Orig. geïllustr. omslag, in zeer goede staat. € 12

 

Yuan Daoxian (ed.) - Karst hydrogeology and karst environment protection. [2 vols.]. - 1988. Proc. IAH 21st Congress. Geol. Publ. House, Beijing. 1261 pp., figs. Orig. wrps., libr. stickers/stamp. € 35

 

 

 

Cave & rock paintings

 

Biedermann, Hans - Bildekunst der Eiszeit. Wege zur Sinndeutung der ältesten Kunst Europas. - 1984. Dumont, Köln. 173 pp., 52 fig., 16 col. plts. Mainly on cave art. Paperback, very good, sm8vo. € 6

 

Breuil, Abbé H. - Four hundred centuries of cave art. - 1952. Centre D'Etudes et de Documentation Prehistoriques, Montignac. 417 pp., 531 fig./phot., incl. some col. plts. This is No. 159 of 500 copies printed on Alfa cellunaf. Boards with fold-over paper jacket, margins of jacket just a little worn, otherwise and contents very good, lg4to. € 135

 

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Chippindale, C. & G. Nash - The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art. - 2004. Cambridge Univ. Press. 420 pp. 192 fig./phot. 18 maps. Paperback, new. € 30

 

Leroi-Gourhan, André - Préhistoire de l’art occidental. - 1965. Mazenod, Paris, Collection: L’art et les grandes civilizations I. 482 pp. numerous figs. 804 fig./phot. incl. 121 col. plts. plus 20 pp. supplement 1970 Orig. cloth, dustjacket, very good, lg4to. € 80

 

Bandi, H.-G. & J. Maringer - L’art préhistorique. Les cavernes. Le Levant espagnol. Les régions arctique. - 1955. Holbein, Bâle / Massin, Paris. 172 pp. 216 fig./phot. (incl. col. plts.), maps on endpapers. Orig. cloth, dustjacket with minor repairs, very good, lg4to. € 35

 

 

 

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