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The Caves of North-West Clare, Ireland by University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Editor, Tratman, E.K., OBE, MD, MDS, FSA - 1969

by University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Editor, Tratman, E.K., OBE, MD, MDS, FSA

The Caves of North-West Clare, Ireland by University of Bristol Spelaeological Society,  Editor, Tratman, E.K., OBE, MD, MDS, FSA - 1969

The Caves of North-West Clare, Ireland

by University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, Editor, Tratman, E.K., OBE, MD, MDS, FSA

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969 Hardback, 160mm x 258mm tall (6.5" x 10" approx.). 256pp + 28 plates with 51 b/w photographs + a multi-folding area map, + 7 multi-folding charts which, together with other illustrations in the text, give a total of 55 charts, surveys maps and diagrams. Contents include a chapter on the place names and their meanings of County Clare, by J.C. Coleman; an Appendix on cave surveying; another on tracing underground water routes, a third with a list of members of the Society; and a fourth with an extensive list of the map references for the caves dealt with, these being followed by a most usefull 16pp bibliography. Very good, in the original green boards/gilt spine title, and with the unclipped but very edge-rubbed b/w photo-illustrated dust-wrapper.. First & Only Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Rubbed D/w. Lge 8vo..
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Rubbed D/w
  • Edition First & Only Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher David & Charles
  • Place of Publication Newton Abbot
  • Date Published 1969
  • Keywords Topology Local History Spelunking Cave Caves Caving Spelaeology Spelaeological Photography Geology Pothole Potholes Potholing Assisted Breathing Diving Divers Cave-diving Cave-Divers Breathing Apparatus Swallet Hole Holes Stalagmite Stalagmites Stalactite
  • Size Lge 8vo.