Publications List

This page lists the BCRA publications, grouped into categories, that we have available on paper. This includes books and back issues of our periodicals. Many of these items are also downloadable, as indicated by the  (members only) and (free downloads) icons. Please note ...

• Most of our periodicals – including current issues – are now priced as free, plus postage and optional donation but this is, of course, "whilst stock is available", and it is no longer our policy to keep more than a handful of spare copies as back-issues.
• All books (but not periodicals) are, where available, subject to a discount of 20% at our meetings and events.

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Ordering Information

• If you wish to purchase a book, please use the Order Form for Books
• If you wish to order a subscription to one of our periodicals, please use the Subscription Form
• For single issues of our periodicals, including back-issues, there is no order form so you must request them by email Please contact the secretary. Many of these items are free, but our standard postage charges still apply. We invite you to consider making a donation of perhaps £2.00 per item.
• In all cases, please first check the lists below to see if the item is available; and perhaps also check with the secretary or the librarian.

Books and Current Periodicals

• Please use our Order Form for Books or Subscription Form for these items.
• There is a 20% discount on books (but not periodicals or subscriptions) for BCRA members. That discount is applied to all purchasers at meetings and events
• The order form will add shipping charges, which are also tabulated at Shipping Charges / Discounts / Methods of Payment.
• Downloadable items are indicated by the  (members only) and (free downloads) icons. Click on the item titles to go to the contents lists.

Item	ISSN/ISBN	Price	Shipping charges
Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales (volume 1), edited by Tony Waltham and David Lowe.	978-0-900265-46-4 (softback)	£15	Large Books rate
Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales (volume 2), edited by Tony Waltham and David Lowe.	978-0-900265-48-8 (softback) 978-0-900265-51-8 (hardback)	£15 / £70	Large Books rate
Cave Studies Series.	A range of booklets	Older volumes £2.50; More recent print-on-demand volumes (16–18 & 20) are £5.00	Small Books rate
General Series.	A range of books	various prices	Small Books rate
Wookey Hole — 75 Years of Cave Diving & Exploration, By Jim Hanwell, Duncan Price and Richard Witcombe. (Published by the Cave Diving Group).	978-0-901031-07-5	£15	Large Books rate
Cave & Karst Science — a periodical issued every four months. Annual subscriptions are available to members and non-members.	1356-191X	free but we invite a donation	Periodicals rate
CREG journal — a periodical issued every three months. Annual subscriptions are available.	1361-4800	free but we invite a donation	Periodicals rate
BCRA Review — a periodical produced annually. Currently, pre-paid subscriptions are not available.	2516-1423	Current issue £5.00; back-issues free but we invite a donation	Periodicals rate

 

Back-issues of Periodicals

• Back-issues of our periodicals are available online; just follow the links below. We do hold paper stock of our back-issues but, because the older stock is not as readily accessible, we cannot offer a swift ordering service. If there is an item that you would like please contact the secretary or the librarian and we will try to locate it for you.
• Most of these items are free, but our standard shipping charges charges still apply. We invite you to consider making a donation of perhaps £2.00 per item.
• Downloadable items are indicated by the  (members only) and (free downloads) icons. Click on the item titles to go to the contents lists.

Item	ISSN	Notes
Cave & Karst Science Vol 21 (1994) to present.	1356-191X	Free, plus postage and optional donation, as noted above.
CREG journal Issue 26 (1996) to present.	1361-4800	Free, plus postage and optional donation, as noted above. Most back-issues from #26 are in stock. Issues 1-25 are available online, and print editions are available in two archive volumes from Lulu.com. (CREG Journal Archive: 15-25, ISBN 978-0-900265-45-7, and. CREG Journal Archive: 1 to 14, ISBN 978-0-900265-44-0). Please note that they are not available directly from BCRA.
BCRA Review 2016 to present.	2516-1423	The present issue is priced as above. Back-issues are free, plus postage and optional donation, as noted above.
Speleology, 2003 - 2013.	1478-999X	This periodical is no longer published but most back-issues are available (please enquire). These items are Free, plus postage and optional donation, as noted above.

 

Material from our archive

• These items are in storage and might not be readily accessible to us, so we cannot offer a swift ordering service. If there is an item that you would like, please contact the librarian, who will try to locate it for you.
• These items are free, but our standard shipping charges charges still apply. We invite you to consider making a donation of perhaps £2.00 per item.
•  Where the items are available online, they are free downloads.

Item	Availability on Paper	Notes
Speleo-Abstracts
Speleo-Abstracts on paper, including free CD-ROM	Issue 44 (2005) & CD-ROM #10
Speleo-Abstracts on paper	Issues 32 (for 1993) to 41 (2002) and 42/43 (for 2003/4
Speleo-Abstracts on CD-ROM:	Various issues available
Predecessors to Speleology
Caves and Caving (1979-2002) ISSN 0142-1832	Most issues from #29 to the final #92	Some contents lists are available. #27-92 [except 28, 39, 49] have been scanned but are not yet online. Please enquire.
BCRA Bulletin (1974-1979)	Various issues available	These items have been scanned but are not yet online. Please enquire.
Predecessors to Cave & Karst Science
Cave Science, (1982-1993) ISSN 0263-760X	Most issues available	- see catalogue.
Cave Science Index, volume 1 (1996), volume 2 (1999)	Both issues available
Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, (1974-1982) ISSN 0305-859X	Most issues available	- see catalogue.

 

Collectors' Items

• We have available limited stocks of some of the publications issued by the BSA and CRG predecessor organisations. The stock variously consists of new, second-hand or photocopies of each issue. BCRA also has a long-term plan to digitise all issues of these Collectors' Items, as listed below. Please contact us to check availability before placing a firm order.
• These items are free, but our standard shipping charges charges still apply. We invite you to consider making a donation of perhaps £2.00 per item.
•  Where the items are available online, they are free downloads.

Item	Availability on Paper	Notes
CRG Transactions (Quarto 1950-1974)	Vol. 1 (1) to 5 (4): a few are available Vol. 6 (1) to 15 (4): most are available
CRG Numbered Publications (Quarto 1957-1965)	No.1 to No. 14: a few are available
CRG Occasional Publications	No. 1 to No. 8: only No.4 and No. 6 are available.
CRG Biological Supplement (Quarto 1955-1963)	Part 1 to Part 9: all are available	These items have been scanned but are not yet online. Please enquire.
CRG Newsletters (Quarto to No. 127; A4 Nos. 128-134)	No. 1 to No. 20: none are available No. 21 to No. 35: a few are available No. 40 to No. 134: most are available	CRG Newsletters 3, 21, 24, 26, 30-1, 40-98 have been scanned but are not yet online. Please enquire.
CRG Indexes to Newsletters (A4)	Nos. 1 - 127 (1947-1971): available Nos. 128 - 134 (1972-1973): available
BSA Speleological Abstracts (Quarto 1962-1968)	No. 1 to No. 7: all are available
BSA Proceedings (Quarto 1963-1969)	No. 1 to No. 7: all are available
BSA Caves and Caving (Quarto 1937-1938)	1 (1) to 1 (5): most are available
BSA Bulletin (1946-1970)	No. 1 to No. 68: none are available No. 69 to No. 85: most are available
BSA Bulletin New Series (1970-1973)	No. 1 to No. 9: most are available
BSA Settle Group (Quarto)	Journal 1968: available
BSA Cave Science / Journal of BSA (1967-1973)	1 (1) to 5 (36): none are available 5 (37) to 6 (52): some are available