FORESTER, JohnABAA
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1996réf. 32627Cambridge:: MIT Press. Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0262560704 . Third printing of the sixth edition paperback. Fine in pictorial wraps. . MIT Press, paperback books
1891réf. List3031Lynn Massachusetts: Arthur W. Robinson 1891. Nine of a ten-map series mostly measuring 14 ½ x 19 inches. Folded with slight marginal folding and wrinkling; Near Fine. Nine of a set of ten maps of the entire state of Massachusetts produced in 1891 for the League of American Wheelmen. The League was founded in Rhode Island in 1880 as a membership organization for cyclists. Besides presiding over racing and producing cycling guidebooks it advocated for increased government spending on road improvements especially for rural roads; these maps indicate roads of superior and inferior quality. In the 1890s there was a boom in cycling’s popularity mainly because of several inventions that allowed a safer and more pleasant ride compared to that of a penny-farthing. This group is near complete; we find two complete editions on OCLC. Arthur W. Robinson unknown books
1906réf. 6718Detroit: Press of Raynor & Taylor 1906. First edition. 8vo 362pp. Frontis maps photographs illustrations. Original navy cloth upper board and spine stamped in gilt. Skillfully rebacked with original spine laid down. Few stray marks to cloth some marginal staining internally else clean and very good. Wonderfully illustrated privately printed account of a 44-state bicycle trip taken as a wager the purse of which was $5000. Published the year after the trip concluded the book recounts their journey starting in Jackson Michigan on May 2 1904 covering some 13000 miles through numerous cities lasting roughly 18 months and the funds for which raised by the sale of an aluminum ashtray which they sold along the way. OCLC cites 11 holdings for this title and it is also quite scarce in the trade. Press of Raynor & Taylor unknown books
