Modern Cycles: A Practical Handbook On Their Construction and Repair
Published by London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used




Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
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Condition: Used
US$ 250.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Bound in dark red cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front with a drawing of a bicycle and gilt lettering on the spine. Front hinge cracked; rear hinge reglued.Some tearing at the top left-hand corner of the spine; wrinkling and wear across the top. And wear to the bottom edge of the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. With over 60 pages of ads in the rear. Presumed First Edition with title page date of 1897 but preface dated 1896.
Seller Inventory # 2014
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Modern Cycles: A Practical Handbook On Their Construction and Repair
- Author
- Wallis-Tayler, Alexander James
- Publisher
- London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- With over 300 illustrations
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
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