The Underground Atlas: A Gazetteer of the World's Cave Regions
by Middleton, John & Waltham, Tony
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0709027982
- ISBN 13
- 9780709027980
- Seller
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About This Item
London, England: Robert Hale Limited, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Jacket photograph by Tony Waltham, front, caves in Grenoble France; and back is Quashies River cave, Jamaica. Very striking photography. 100 maps and line surveys complement the text and outstanding caves are illustrated by photographs. Forest green cloth binding gilt lettered on spine. Very clean, tight, solid, square. Upper rear corner gently bumped, light rubbing to lower edges. Internals very clean and free from any markings. By leading writers of the world underground, this is a comprehensive study of all cave regions of the world, from caves deep in the Alps to the long caves of Kentucky to the extraordinary caves of China. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Robert Hale Limited, London, England, 1986.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022193
- Title
- The Underground Atlas: A Gazetteer of the World's Cave Regions
- Author
- Middleton, John & Waltham, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0709027982
- ISBN 13
- 9780709027980
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CAVES NATURE SCIENCE EARTH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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