Bury, Viscount / Hillier G. Lacy.
Cycling. With Numerous Illustrations by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell.
Second Edition, Revised. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 452 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and ornament on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Illustrated pastedowns and enpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear at valley between rear endpage and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong with the original, decorative endpapers in excellent condition. Tissue guard and throughout the book with occasional foxing. Some untrimmed pages at front. Armorial Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur John Thornhill Esq. with his Motto: “Be Fast” on pastedown. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes was edited by the Duke of Beaufort K.G., assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson.
The volume is dedicated to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales by Beaufort. [The Prince of Wales was the future King Edward VII]
Includes, for example, the following chapters: Riding / Racing / Touring / Training / Dress / Clubs / Tricycling for Ladies / The Press and Cycling Literature etc.
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, was a sporting and publishing project conceived and founded by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-1899). Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. (wikipedia)
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