Library - books

Books are catalogued by category and then arranged alphabetically by author.

First Aid

Author	Title	Date of Publication
Flint, T. and Cain, H. D.	Emergency treatment and management	1985
Glanvill, P.	First Aid for Cavers	1989
Kirby, N. G.	Baillieres Handbook of First Aid	1985
Wilson, D. H.	Accident and Emergency Handbook	1985
Woolf, N. and Laverack, G.	A course in ambulance aid	1987

Guidebooks

Note: Guidebooks are not usually borrowable by individuals as they are needed for club meets.

Author	Title	Date of Publication	Region
Adam, W.	Gem of the Peak- Guide to Matlock Bath andd its vicinity	1851	Peak District
Ballard, J.	Caves, Potholes and Mines of Derbyshire	1974	Peak District
Derbyshire-Caving-Association	Derbyshire caving - Handbook of the D.C.A.	1987	Peak District
Flindall, R. and Hayes, A.	The Caverns and Mines of Matlock Bath: 1 The Nestus Mines: Rutland and Masson Caverns	1976	Peak District
Ford, T. D. and Gill, D. W.	Caves of Derbyshire	1984	Peak District
Chinese-Academy-of-Geologial-Sciences	Karst in China	1976	Foreign
Courbon, P.	Atlas des Gouffres de Provence et des Alpes de lumiere	1975	Foreign
Courbon, P.	Atlas des Grands Gouffres du monde	1979	Foreign
Gebauer, D.	Caves of India and Nepal	1982	Foreign
Geyer, E.	Verein fur Hohlenkunde in Obersterier	2003	Foreign
Harlen Bretz, J.	Caves of Missouri	1956	Foreign
Klappacher, K.	Salzburger Hohlenbuch Band 1	1975	Foreign
Kopper,A. and Kuruc, J.	Spišská Nová Ves: brána do Slovenského raja	1984	Foreign
Marshall, D.	Vercours Caves	1996	Foreign
Petrrochilou, A.	The Perama Caves of Ioannina	1972	Foreign
Pfarr, T. and Stummer, G.	Die Langsten und Tiefsten Hohlen Osterreichs	1988	Foreign
Robinson, D. and Barnett, J.	Carlsbad Caverns National Park	1967	Foreign
Sullivan, M.	The Cave Temples of Maichishan	1969	Foreign
Sydney-Speleological-Society	Bungonia Caves, Sydney Speleological Society Occiasional Paper No. 4	1972	Foreign
Talis, J. and Novotny, L.	Stratenskej Jaskyne	1989	Foreign
Tchou, C.	Guide de la Fance Souterraine	1970	Foreign
Vourlitis, J. S.	Caverns of Mani		Foreign
Klappacher, K.	Salzburger Hohlenbuch Band 2	1975	Foreign
VHO	Speleo Austria	2001	Foreign
Jones, G. L.	The caves of Fermanagh and Cavan	1997	Ireland
Self, C. A.	Caves of County Clare	1980	Ireland
Tratman, E. K.	The Caves of North West Clare	1969	Ireland
Barrington, N. and Stanton, W.	Mendip, the complete caves and a view of the hills *	1977	South-West
Irwin, D. J. and Knibbs, A. J.	Mendip Underground	1987	South-West
Jenkins, D. W. and Mason Williams, A.	Caves in Wales and the Marches	1967	Wales
	Official Guide to Ingleton 'Land of Waterfalls and Newly-discovered caverns',	1936	Yorkshire
Brook, D. et al.	Northern Caves Vol. 3, The three counties system and the North West	1994	Yorkshire
Brook, D. et al.	Northern caves Vol 2 - The three peaks	1991	Yorkshire
Brook, D. et al.	Northern Caves Vol 1 Wharfedale and the North East	1988	Yorkshire
Brook, D. et al.	Northern caves Vol 4B Leck and Casterton fells *	1983	Yorkshire
Brook, D. et al.	Northern caves Vol 4A Scales moor and Kingsdale	1983	Yorkshire
Brook, D. et al.	Northern caves Vol 5. The Northern Dales.	1977	Yorkshire
Holland, E. G.	Underground in Furness	1967	Yorkshire
Thornber, N.	Pennine underground	1947	Yorkshire

Narratives

Author	Title	Date	Notes
Anderson, J.	Cave Exploring	1974	Caving Techniques from US perpective.
Attout, J.	Men of Pierre Saint-Martin	1956	(original in French 'Les Hommes de la Pierre Saint-Martin). 1950 to 1954 PSM exploration.
Baker, E. A.	Caving-Episodes of Underground Exploration	1970	The autobiography of a famous speleologist. A caving classi of early explorationin England. Ireland. and the Continent with the original plates.
Beck, H. M.	Gaping Gill. 150 years of exploration	1984
Bedford, B. L.	Challenge Underground	1975	12 plates and 12 line drawings. Experienced cavers will appreciate the anecdotes about themselves, though the importance of approaching the caves with respect and common sense is emphasized.
Bernard, G.	La geste de Robert Joly	1974	Collected Stories of the life of Pierre Fanlac
Bersia	La Radiesthesie a Votre Portee	1966	In french.
Bill, L.	Sink-Hole	1977	Adventure story about non-cavers trapped undergound.
Bogli and Franke	Radiant Darkness, the Wonderful World of Caves	1967
Boon, J. M.	Down to a Sunless Sea	1977
Burgess, R. F.	The Cave Divers	1976	Cave diving from early UK work to US work in Yucatan and Florida.
Cadoux, J. et al.	One thousand metres down. A journey to the Starless River	1957	First descent of the Gouffre Berger - the first 1km deep cave
Casell, A.	Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association 1948-1968	1968	History, background and notable rescues
Casteret, N.	Ten years under the Earth	1975
Casteret, N.	My Caves	1947
Casteret, N.	The Descent of the Pierre Saint-Martin	1954
Casteret, N.	The Darkness under the earth	1954
Casteret, N.	Ma vie Souterraine: Memoires d'un Speleologue	1961	In french.
Casteret, N.	More Years Under the Earth	1962	10th in a series. Account of exploration of the Cigalere and a discussion of cave diving.
Casteret, N.	Mission Underground	1964	Journey to the Center of the Earth style cave fiction.
Casteret, N.	Ma Speleologie de A a Z	1968	Essays on caving
Casteret, N. and Mussey, B.	Ten Years under the Earth	1939	(orig published as 'Dix ans sous Terre' 1933 and 'Au fond des gouffres' 1936)
Chabert, C. and de Couval, M.	E A Martel - Bioliographie	1971
Chevalier, P.	Subterranean Climbers. Twelve years in the world's deepest chasm	1951	Exploration of the Trou du Glaz near Grenoble
Chevalier, P.	Subterranean Climbers. 12 years in the world's deepest hasm	1975
Christopher, J.	The Caves of Night	1962	Adventure yarn involving members of a love triangle trapped behind a rockfall.
Clay, P.	Underground Empire: Wonders and Tales of New York Caves	1966	A collection of interesting stories by the Amerian 'Casteret'.
Corentin, Q.	Jusqu'au Fond du Gouffre: Record du Monde a la Pierre Saint-Martin	1968	In french
Corentin, Q.	Jusqu'au Fond du Gouffre: tome 2	1978	In french.
Cowper Powys, J.	Morwyn	1977	Horror fiction of journey to hell
Cullingford, C.	Exploring Caves	1951
de Lavaur, G.	Caves and Cave Diving	1956
England, A. W.	Caves, an anthology	1973	A fascinating collection of cave writings from Lovelock to Hardy
Eyre, J. and Frankland, J.	Race Against Time	1988	Account of CRO rescues over 50 years, humorous touches but serious message
Farr, M.	The Great Caving Adventure	1984	Autobiography of a leading cave diver
Fidler, K.	The Lost cave	1978	adventure yarn set in the Dales.
Franke, H. E.	Wilderness under the Earth	1958	Includes a desription of an expedition to the Totes Gebirge.
Furness, A.	The forbidden cave	1964
Gill, D. W. and Deakin, P. R.	British Caves and Potholes	1975	Superb monochrome photographs of the best known British Caves
Gillet, J.	Of caves and caving - A way and a life	2002
Griosel, Y.	Pyrenees Souterraines	1959	Discovering and exploration of Cigalere and Gouffre Pierre, then a record at -540m. In French.
Halliday, W.	American Caves and Caving	1974	A book by the author of 'Adventure is Underground' and 'Depths of the Earth'. A number of themes are interwoven thoughout the book; productivity of scientifically based exploration, breakthroughs in vertical caving, non limestone caving, and a conservation message perhaps stronger than in Bill's previous books. Bill writes that "It's going to be delightfully controversial. I have stuck my neck out on all sorts of debatable points, and I've got a pretty good idea who is going to be infuriated".
Heap, D.	Potholing: Beneath the Northern Pennines	1964
Hogg, G.	Deep Down	1961	Selected remarkable tales of speleology. Death of Neil Moss in Peak Cavern, Casteret's free diving discovery of Montespan, discovery of Carlsbad caverns, Early explorations in the PSM, The skier who fell down a shaft on Tauplitz, Totes Gebirge, discovery of Lascaux by schoolboys, Early exploration of Eisreisenwelt.
Hutton, J.	A Tour to the Caves in the Environs of Ingleborough and Settle	1970	One of the earliest comprehensive works on the caves of Yorkshire accessible in the 1780's.
Hyde, C.	Styx	1982	Very Silly fiction!
Johnson, P.	The History of Mendip Caving	1967
Judson, D.	Ghar Parau	1973	Expedition to the Pindus Mountains of Iran
Lambert, F.	Le Monde Souterrain	1970	Illustrated children's book about caving. In french.
Lawrence, J. O. E. and Brucker, R. W.	The Cave Beyond. The story of the Floyd Collin's Crystal. Cave exploration	1955	A classic American caving book
Longsworth, P.	Exploring Caves	1959
Lovelock, J.	Life and Death Underground	1963	16 plates. The author describes his caving experiences in England, Ireland and the Gouffre Berger. But his accounts of cave accidents from Floyd Collins to Neil Moss and the Alderley Edge make thoughtful, if not sobering, reading.
Mason, E. J.	Caves and Caving in Britain	1977
Mitchell, W. R.	Yorkshire's Hollow Mountains	1989
Oldham, T. and Oldham, A.	Discovering Caves - A guide to the show caves of Britain	1972
Orr, J.	Reflections, 'Alfie'	1971	'A look at the 'spelaeodes' and other caving sagas. Poetic caving tales with cartoons.
Owen, L. A.	Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills	1970	The Authoress weaves a fascinating fabric of exploration and discovery lacde with scientific theory and comments on the contemporary scene. She often becomes irritated at the limitations imposed on her sex. With a new intro by Jerry Vineyard.
Palmer, R. O. B.	Deep into Blue Holes	1989	The story of the Andras project
Pennick, N.	The Subterranean Kingdom - A Survey of Man-made Structures Beneath the Earth	1981
Richard, C.	Climbing Blind	1966	Autobiography of a blind climber and caver
Savory, J.	A Man Deep in Mendip. The caving diaries of Harry Savory 1910-1921	1989	includes black and white photos
Showell, S.	How underground Britain is Explored	1959
Showell, S.	The Lost Pothole	1961	Children's caving yarn with lots of pics, surveys, and diagrams. Set in yorkshire.
Sieveking, A.	The Cave Artists	1979	144 illustrations, 14 in colour. An introduction to european cave art with a concentration on stylistic analysis.
Siffre, M.	Beyond Time	1965	A first hand account of two months spent living underground.
Siffre, M.	Dans les Abimes de la Terre	1975	In french
Sloane, B.	Cavers, Caves, and Caving	1977	A collection o articls about American caving.
Tazieff, H.	La Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin	1964	In french.
Tazieff, H.	Caves of Adventure	1953	Story of the two epic Pierre Saint Martin Expeditions 1951 and 1952, with a new world depth record and the death of Marcel Loubens.
Trombe, F.	Que Sais-Je? (series) La Speleologie	1956	In french
Waltham, A. C.	Caves	1974	Photographic introduction to the wide variety of cave types. A coffee-table style book intended for the general public.
Waltham, A. C.	The World of Caves	1976	A4, over 150 plates in colour, diagrams; describes caves all over the world with crisp text and superb colour plates. Waltham's third and best book.
	Cuevas Prehistoricas Altamira	1961	description and Analysis of the Altamira caves' exceptional prehistoric art. In spanish