Chas Messenger (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. No Dustjacket. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- Ex- Library Copy --- Messenger and Peter Itter, chairman of the rival National Cycling Union, forged the links which merged the organisations to form the British Cycling Federation in 1959. He negotiated with the police to hold races on open roads.[6] He became vice-chairman of the BCF's racing committee, which picked teams, for seven years. He managed the British road team four times between 1962 and 1967, culminating in the world championships in which Graham Webb won the men's amateur road race and Beryl Burton the women's event. . .See photos for additional content. . .…

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. 173pp, 16pp b/w plates, 6 b/w maps, dustjacket price clipped & a little yellowed, corners a little bumped, otherwise a near fine copy. An account of the Tour of Britain, covering the Tours of 1958 - 1964. 400 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very nice clean & straight copy. Unclipped dust-jacket has a rough tear at top of front edge. Overall a very respectable copy. 182 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. London: Pelham Books, 1972. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (£2.25). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with 23 photos and 7 maps. Bicycle Racing. From the Dust Jacket: "The book starts with a potted history of the British League of Racing Cyclists and the author goes on to describe every 'Tour of Britain' from 1958 to 1964. He shows that some men, like Bradley, Drulacher, Holmes, Pokorny, Chrisman and Metcalfe leave a distinct mark on their sport." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 215 pages.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. 215pp, 12pp b/w plates, 7 b/w maps, index, dustjacket price clipped & a little yellowed, corners a little bumped, otherwise a near fine copy. An account of the teams, riders & events which the author met & experienced during the 1950s & 1960s. Messenger was race director of the Tour of Britain, known as the Milk Race, from 1958 to 1965. 450 grams. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. H/B copy in very good condition. The book is clean & Tightly bound throughout. D/J is in good condition but shows signs of being read, There Maybe some rubbing along the edges but there are No Rips or Tears Evident. Free Postage Within the UK.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 173pp with b/w photos - red cloth - content edges lightly foxed - dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and soiled - slight wear and chipping to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. H/B copy in very good condition. The book is clean & Tightly bound throughout. D/J is in good condition but shows signs of being read, There Maybe some rubbing along the edges but there are No Rips or Tears Evident. Free Postage Within the UK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some light wear and light edge water mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked, except for stamp in back from US distributor. Very light wear to dust jacket. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Author was the British World Championship Road Team Manager from 1964-1967. Third Impression of book originally published in 1968.…

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's blue boards. Not Price Clipped (£2.25 net). First Edition. London: Pelham Books, 1972. Fine condition in bright, shiny Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. Well illustrated with 23 photos and 7 maps. Includes a "potted history" of the British League of Racing Cyclists, and a description of every 'Tour of Britain' from 1958 to 1964. Keywords: Bicycle racing. . First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's blue boards/Not Price Clipped (£2.25 net). 8vo. 215pp. . …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 173 pages including index. 26 B&W photographs illustrating the pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 182 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear, but still a presentable copy.

Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar). 173 pps.

HARDCOVER. 1968, First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine d/w.

Condition: Good. 1971. First Published in G. 182 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Flat signed by author to half-title page. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing overall.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 173pp., b/w pls., index.

Pelham Books. London. 1971. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustratred with black and white photographs. Gift inscription to front endpaper. Pages slightly browned otherwise a clean and sound copy in a price-clipped and slightly worn wrapper.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Harpendon, 1998. 150 pp. Ills. Hardcover. - Exlibris.