Sisley C P (3 results)

Condition: Wie neu. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth which has some fading but the Gilt lettering still visible. Light foxing and c lightly cocked.Tight binding. 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.…

1st edition. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson. The Isthmian Library No.2. Contents: I. Of Cycles and Cyclists; II.The Cycle in Society, by Mrs F.Harcourt Williamson; III.On the Choice of a Machine; IV.On the Choice of a Machine (continued); V.How to Keep a Machine in Good Order; VI.The Humours of Cycling by Gilbert Floyd; VII.On Pneumatic Tyres and the Methods of Repairing Them; VIII.How to Ride; IX.On Touring and the Tourist's Outfit; X.Rides Round London by C.P.Sisley; XI.on Racing and Training; XII.On Clubs, Cycling Institutions, and Literature Devoted to the Sport; XIII.On Tandems, Multicycles, Machines of Peculiar Design, and Motor Cycles; XIV.How to Build a Bicycle. Pp.400/9(publisher's catalogue), black & white frontispiece +15 further black & white plates, occasional silhouette style vignette illustrations, gift message to inner front endpaper "To William Windsor with Lady Morgan's best wishes for a very happy New Year, Xmas 1899", owner's initials to front free endpaper, slight cracking to inner front hinge but holding firm, staining to closed top edge of pages (not affecting pages internally. Dark green pebbled cloth, gilt title and Isthmian Library motif (two naked wrestlers) to front board, gilt title to spine, minor wear to top and tail of spine and small bumps to corner tips. A lovely copy of a scarce book. G+.…