The Story of the Bicycle

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1980]. Paperback reprint. Paperback. 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches; 216 by 138 mm. xvi, 175 pages. Softcover, in very good condition. Mild wear to covers; contents are clean, and binding is sound. Item #412
ISBN: 071008644X

First published in 1970; this copy is from the second printing, in 1980, of the 1977 paperback edition. The rear cover describes the book as "the story of rider-propelled vehicles from the sprain-inducing eighteenth-century hobby-horse to the small-wheeler of today," but in fact the book's focus is almost entirely on the second half of the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on social aspects of bicycles. The (London) Times said, "With more than 90 illustrations, including many contemporary prints, cartoons and advertisements, the book is a fascinating and often funny record of cycling machines and manners."

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