186pp. Rebound in plain, brown, cloth covered boards, with gilt titles to top board and spine. New eps. Illustrated in b/w with many plates, diagrams and in-text illustrations.
Inscribed: "To E. Clayton, South Africa's Olympic rider, with cordial greetings" Signed by the author and dated 1936.
Ted Clayton competed for South Africa in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin - the Olympic games officiated over by Adolf Hitler. Clayton participated in 3 events, the 1,000 metres, Individual Road Race and Sprint but did not place.
Horace Wilton ‘Sammy’ Bartleet was a cycling journalist, author, amateur racer, cycle designer and collector. His collection of cycles formed the basis for the Coventry Transport Museum and he published a cycling classic, ‘Bartleet’s Bicycle Book’ in 1931, which covered the history of cycling as well as details of his bike collection.
A very good, rebound copy.
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
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