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Memoirs of a Speleologist

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Memoirs of a Speleologist: The Adventurous Life of a Famous French Cave Explorer by Robert de Joly, translated from the French.

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Memoirs of a Speleologist

Memoirs of a Speleologist: The Adventurous Life of a Famous French Cave Explorer by Robert de Joly is a hardback published as an attractive translation from the French by Peter Kurz; the printing was in the USA, but this edition has been overprinted with a sticker showing that it was sold in the UK under The Mendip Press imprint.

De Joly was French and the creator of the Speleo-Club de France, among many other things during his illustrious life. In essence, this is a collection of stories that include how he always carried a pistol while caving as he did not know what he might meet down there, and once had to shoot a mad dog at the bottom of a pitch. In any event, his text is 'entertainment' in its best sense, tales told with a sense of humour often involving some serious explorations. Well worth a read.

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Binding:: Hardback
Size:: 14cm x 21cm
New or used:: Book: new
Pages:: xxiii+162
Illustrations:: 14 plates in b&w
Publication date:: 1975
ISBN:: 0-914264-08-7
Author:: Robert de Joly
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ISBN: 0914264087

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