THE VINTAGE

BICYCLE & CYCLING

COLLECTION

 

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A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF OVER 50 VINTAGE BOOKS ON DVD DATA DISC, INCLUDING SOME REALLY RARE TITLES TEACHING YOU ALL YOU COULD EVER WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CYCLING & THE HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE - THE FULL LIST OF TITLES SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!

 

 

AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANY CYCLING ENTHUSIAST AND HISTORIAN. THESE CLASSIC BOOKS & MAGAZINES HELP TO SHOW THE ORIGINS OF WHAT IS TODAY ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR PASTIMES.....

 

 

 

This superb compilation of 51 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. 

 

 

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

 

 

A bicycle ergometer, with an electric brake by F. Benedict (1912)

 

A bicycle tour in England and Wales by A. D. Chandler (1881)

 

A Blind Man's Experiences and Adventures in Crossing the Country 3000 Miles on a Bicycle by J. Lockett (1912)

 

A pedaller abroad; being an illustrated narrative of the adventures and experiences of a cycling twain during a 1,000 kilomètre ride in and around Switzerland by C. Simonin (1897)

 

A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of Wight in six sections  with excursions, and cycling and pedestrian routes from each centre ; upwards of seventy illustrations, map of the Island (1900)

 

A road book for cycling and carriage driving in Maine by B. Torrey (1895)

 

A wheel within a wheel. How I learned to ride the bicycle, with some reflections by the way by F. Willard (1895)

 

Across Asia On a Bicycle by T. G. Allen (1894)

 

Around the United States by Bicycle by C. Murphey (1906)

 

Around the world on a bicycle (Volume 1) by T. Stevens (1887-88)

 

Around the world on a bicycle (Volume 2) by T. Stevens (1887-88)

 

Around the world on wheels for the Inter ocean  the travels and adventures in foreign lands of Mr. and Mrs. H. Darwin McIlrath (1898)

 

Bicycle Accessories by Rice Lewis & Son (1900)

 

Bicycle Repairing by S. Burr (1896)

 

Bicycles and bicycle sundries 1918-1919 by T. W. Boyd & Son (1919)

 

Common sense of bicycling. Bicycling for ladies by M. Ward (1896)

 

Cycle rides round London by C. Harper (1902)

 

Cycling art, energy and locomotion a series of remarks on the development of bicycles, tricycles, and man-motor carriages by R. Scott (1889)

 

Cycling by W. Albemarle (1896)

 

Cycling for health and pleasure by L. Porter (1890)

 

Cycling in Europe by F. A. Elwell (1899)

 

Cyclist's dictionary by Stokes Manufacturing Co. (1893)

 

Dr. Neesen's book on wheeling by V. Neesen (1899)

 

Exhibition of Columbia bicycle art poster designs (1896)

 

Health upon wheels; or, Cycling as a means of maintaining the health and conducing to longevity by G. Stables (1889)

 

Hyslop bicycles and accessories - catalogue no. 34, 1922 (1922)

 

Illustrated Bicycle Primer (1881)

 

Manual of instruction in hard soldering, with an appendix on the repair of bicycle frames by H. Rowell (1898)

 

Our cycling tour in England, from Canterbury to Dartmoor Forest, and back by way of Bath, Oxford and the Thames Valley by R. Thwaites (1892)

 

Over the wheel (1881)

 

Pedal and path across the continent awheel and afoot by G. Thayer (1887)

 

Pleasure-cycling by H. Clyde (1895)

 

Points for cyclists with training by A. Zimmerman (1894)

 

Prominent wheelmen, and Bicycle Club directory of Massachusetts by D. Dwyer (1894)

 

Rota vitae - the cyclist's guide to health & rational enjoyment by G. Stables (1889)

 

Round the world on a wheel - The narrative of a bicycle ride through seventeen countries and across three continents by J. Fraser (1907)

 

Spalding's Official Bicycle Guide (1896)

 

Spalding's Official Bicycle Guide (1897)

 

Spalding's Official Bicycle Guide (1898)

 

Spalding's Official Bicycle Guide (1899)

 

Springfield bicycle directory and raiders' hand-book (1891)

 

The best American and English path & road cycle records by F. Prial (1885)

 

The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker by A. Schwalbach (1898)

 

The pleasures, objects, and advantages of cycling with numerous illustrations by A. J. Wilson (1887)

 

The Referee & cycle trade journal vol. 13 May-Oct. 1894

 

The roads of England and Wales - an itinerary for cyclists, tourists, and travellers by C. Howard (1889)

 

The Springfield wheelmen's gazette - vol. 3 May 1885 - March 1886 (1886)

 

The star-rider's manual by E. Corson (1884)

 

The steel horse; or, The rambles of a bicycle by C. A. Fosdick (1888)

 

The world's bicycle record and schedule. League of American Wheelmen compendium by J. M. Erwin (1896)

 

Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations by L. Porter (1892)

 

Why not cycle abroad yourself - What a bicylce trip in Europe costs, how to take it, how to enjoy it, with a narrative of personal tours, illustrations and maps by C. Stetson (1898)

 

 

 

AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANY CYCLING ENTHUSIAST OF BIKE FANATIC - A TREASURE TROVE OF VALUABLE RESEARCH MATERIAL FOR A VERY SMALL PRICE!

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All of the files are presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices. 

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.

 

Please note that this is a data DVD that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer but will not work on a DVD player or audio CD player.

 * Main photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the books included on the disc *

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