Early Bicycles
by Sumner, Phillip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Excellent/Excellent
- Seller
-
Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hugh Evelyn Limited, 1966. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Uncommon & delightful record of this most urbane form of transport. First Edition [Hugh Evelyn Limited, London, 1966]; landscape quarto [39cm wide by 26cm high]; black boards, white printed titling to front & spine, 8 pages of text [on grey card stock], 12 plates [black on white paper, block printed to-scale diagrams]; fine condition; in illustrated, unclipped [45 shillings net] dustjacket, rubbed & a little scuffed at edges with scattered light marks to front & back; overall a very good copy of an uncommon book. Published as part of early transport series by Hugh Evelyn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10864
- Title
- Early Bicycles
- Author
- Sumner, Phillip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Excellent
- Jacket Condition
- Excellent
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Hugh Evelyn Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Adelaide, Adelaide Arcade, bikes, classic, cycling, dursley-pedersen, first edition, history, lawson, mccammon, nostalgia, old books, orchard bookshop, penny farthing, rare, rudge, science
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