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1887 The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Cycling
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated
The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.
From 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes', a sporting and publishing project created by the publishers and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort and Alfred E. T. Watson.
Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates, as well as in-text illustrations, by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell. Collated, complete.
An informative work on cycling by Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier, with information on the history of the sport, construction of the bicycle, racing, touring and various cycling clubs.
Condition
In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Starting to the head of the front hinge but remaining firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages.
Very Good Indeed
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