Carlsbad Cavern the Early Years: A Photographic History of the Cave and Its People by Nymeyer, Robert; Halliday, William R - 1991

Carlsbad, New Mexico : Carlsbad Caverns Guadalupe Mountains Association , 1991. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and white lettering. 155 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "The magnetic pull of Carlsbad Cavern first attracted me in 1963. I was reading a skin diving manual, in which a photograph of cave divers was captioned: 'A pig hunter first found Carlsbad Cavern; famous wet caves have been swum by divers.' Having begun scuba diving in 1959 in water-filled gypsum sinkholes near Roswell, New Mexico, I found this too good to believe! Not only was the cavern close to my home at that time, but portions of it were filled with water.........." ------- from the Foreword.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.