SUBTERRANEAN CLIMBERS. TWELVE YEARS IN THE WORLD'S DEEPEST CHASM
London, England: Faber and Faber, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 223. Illustrated with phtographs, sketches, and charts. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear. Front board a touch bowed.Offset tanning to endpapers. Unmarked interior. Rubbing to dustjackwet edges with serveral short closed tear along the edges. Chipping to bottom corners and top of dustjacket spine end. Front flap clipped at bottom, but price ("21s net") still evident. Good Plus / Good Plus. Item #100674
Pierre Chevalier (1905 – 2001) was a well-known caver and mountaineer from France, with many alpine ascents and cave explorations to his credit. Chevalier is principally known for the exploration of the Dent de Crolles cave system over a twelve-year period (1936 – 1947), which became the deepest cave in the world. Chevalier recorded this exploration in this book.
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