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Transport lighting was originally a sideline for Joseph Lucas’ manufacturing company in 1878, but dominated production in their Birmingham factory by the end of the 19th century. Peter W Card traces the development of their cycle lamps over the course of 80 years in this well-illustrated volume, offering a history of the subject and the business while detailing the many types of lamp they produced, from those burning oil or candles to battery and dynamo models.
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Lucas Cycle Lighting 1878 - 1962
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King of the Road Publications, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, 2024
ISBN 10: 1738405303
ISBN 13: 9781738405305
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Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Originally published at 95.00 pounds, and now on special offer from the publisher. Very well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 399, red cloth, a very good NEW copy in dustwrapper, but with a very faint dimple in the dustwrapper cover. . Limited numbered edition of 400 copies, this copy signed by the author. {Overseas orders will need extra postage}. { The invention and popularizing of the bicycle was one of the many revolutions that affected the way people lived in the nineteenth century. After dark it was quite foolhardy to ride on unlit roads with stones and potholes ready to upend the unsuspecting cyclist, so the bicycle and tricycle lamp had to be invented. This book concentrates on just one company, Joseph Lucas of Birmingham. Peter Card's book describes and illustrates many of Lucas's wide varieties of lamps, as well as relating fascinating stories of business ethics and design blind alleys; it also includes many examples of the litiginous venom with which competitors often treated each other. An amazingly detailed work - the result of fourteen years research.]. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 022647
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Lucas Cycle Lighting 1878-1962
Seller: Postscript Books, Newton Abbot, DEVON, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Transport lighting was originally a sideline for Joseph Lucas' manufacturing company in 1878, but dominated production in their Birmingham factory by the end of the 19th century. Peter W Card traces the development of their cycle lamps over the course of 80 years in this well-illustrated volume, offering a history of the subject and the business while detailing the many types of lamp they produced, from those burning oil or candles to battery and dynamo models. Seller Inventory # 541671
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Lucas Cycle Lighting 1878 - 1962
Published by
King of the Road Publications, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, 2024
ISBN 10: 1738405303
ISBN 13: 9781738405305
New
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Originally published at 95.00 pounds, and now on special offer from the publisher. Very well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 399, red cloth, a very good NEW copy in dustwrapper. Limited numbered edition of 400 copies, this copy signed by the author. {Overseas orders will need extra postage}. { The invention and popularizing of the bicycle was one of the many revolutions that affected the way people lived in the nineteenth century. After dark it was quite foolhardy to ride on unlit roads with stones and potholes ready to upend the unsuspecting cyclist, so the bicycle and tricycle lamp had to be invented. This book concentrates on just one company, Joseph Lucas of Birmingham. Peter Card's book describes and illustrates many of Lucas's wide varieties of lamps, as well as relating fascinating stories of business ethics and design blind alleys; it also includes many examples of the litiginous venom with which competitors often treated each other. An amazingly detailed work - the result of fourteen years research.]. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 020953