Pemberton, A.C. / Harcourt Williamson, Mrs. / Sisley, C.P. / Floyd, Gilbert.

The Complete Cyclist. Illustrated. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson.

London A.D. Innes & Co. 1897. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages with numerous photographic plates and text-illustrations / humorous woodcuts (the photographs show for example Victorian cyclists in Hyde Park / Photograph of a group of Cyclysts after a “Gymkana” / Professional Cycling Race past the Grand Stand by the Wall Brothers, St.Kilda / Military Cyclist tilting at the Ring, etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and design on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional minor foxing. Very rare, early publication on cycling in the victorian society ! [The Isthmian Library – No.2]

Includes, for example, the following chapters: The Cycle in Society by Mrs. F. Harcourt Williamson / The Humours of Cycling by Gilbert Floyd / Rides round London by C.P. Sisley / On Tandems,Multicycles, Machines of Peculiar Design, and Motor Cycles etc.

• Keywords: 19th Century · 19th Century – Rare · British · British Sports · Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Cycling · Cycling – Rare · Exercise · Handbooks, manuals, etc · Health and Fitness · Sport · Travel Rare · Victorian Era · Women · Women and Bicyles in Victorian Times · Women Authors · Women Cyclist · Women in History – Rare · Women in Society · Women in sport · Women social reformers
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120044AB

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