Speleo Bookstores


Online bookstore like Amazon.com are always a good place to start, when you look for a certain book. But for caving and mining related books the results are rather poor. Unfortunately most caving books are out of print, which is a result of the low number of prints. Publishers do not want thousands of book on stock over years. And bookstores like Amazon have a small stock too, they sell books for the publishers, they do not stock them.

If you are looking for a special book, you may try to find it at a special speleo bookstore. These are bookstores which specialize on a topic, and when books of this topic are published they stock them and sell them over years. This costs money, and so the books are often more expensive. However, you will not be able to buy the book anywhere else because it’s out of print.

United States

WorldSpeleobooks
That is definitely the address, if you live in USA! Many rare items and reasonable prices, very good online catalogue. Deliver worldwide! Have a new domain name, which is much easier to remember ;-) and a secure connenction for the transfer of your personal data and your credit card number!
Address: Speleobooks, Emily Davis Mobley, PO Box 10, Scholharie, NY 12157, +1-518-295-7978


WorldCave Books call themselves "the largest publisher of books on caves, karst, and speleology in the world". They are a publishing affiliate of the WorldCave Research Foundation

I never shopped there until now. Their website looks like a (very) first generation site and there is no online shopping. There is only a form to print and send by snail mail.
Address: Cave Books, 4700 Amberwood Drive, Dayton, OH 45424

United Kingdom

As far as we know there is currently no bookstore specialized on caves, mines or geology in the UK.

Germany

As far as we know there is currently no bookstore specialized on caves, mines or geology in Germany. The Mangold'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung in Blaubeuren not only sold such literature, they also published books for caving organizations. When they were closed Aegis bookstore in Laichingen took over. And when they finally closed a few years ago there was no one to take over.

Publications of Speleological Organizations

You will rarely find these publications in a normal bookstore or even in a speleo bookstore. The only way to get them is, to order directly at the organization.