Auction #86 is for a like-new copy of "Celebrated American Caves" by Horace Carter Hovey (1896). Now, this is the 1970 Reprint by Classics In Speleology. It is beautifully done, Hardbound, 5.85 X 8.75, with a beautiful red cover. It is 228 pages long, has fold-out maps, and Black-and-White Illustrations. There is a New Introduction by William R. Halliday. My name and NSS number are written inside the Front Cover.
This is a wonderful book, with chapters on Mammoth Cave, Wyandot Cave, Luray Caverns, and Howe Caverns, among others. This Reprint is by the Cave Research Foundation, Richard A. Watson, Editor. This is THE CLASSIC BOOK in nineteenth century American Speleology. Don't let it get away.
I'll start this auction at $10. All subsequent bids must be in $5 increments. Postage in a padded mailer will be an additional $3. This auction starts today, Wednesday, March 12, and ends in two weeks on Wednesday, March 26 at 8:00 CDT. No International Shipping. Don't ask.
Larry E. Matthews
NSS #6792-F