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In-24 oblungo (mm.120x169), brossura orig., pp. 16, con ill. fotografiche e disegni umoristici. In questo piccolo catalogo, che fa anche una dettagliata descrizione del “Velocino” (inventato da un italiano alcuni anni prima), vengono illustrate le parti occorrenti alla sua costruzione e al suo montaggio fra cui: serie completa di congiunzioni in ghisa malleabile. Telai, Manubri. Accessori. Velocini finiti”. Unito: - 1 foglio (mm. 250x170) di 4 pp. in cui vengono riportati i vantaggi del “Velocino”: rendimento - praticità - comodità - igiene. Uniti: - 2 fogli pubblicitari (mm. 320x220): “Per la rinascita della bicicletta - Vantaggi del velocino”. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione.
In 4, cm 24 x 31, pp. 396 con migliaia di illustrazioni nel testo e riquadratura di gusto liberty alle pagine e al frontespizio. Brossura editoriale con impressioni in oro e secco. Catalogo che presenta migliaia di componenti per la costruzione di biciclette e motociclette: telai, forcelle, mozzi BSA, BRAMPTON, movimenti, elementi per tandem, bici da trasporto, carrozzelle a rimorchio, tiracatene, mozzi TORPEDO, pedali BRAMPTON, ingranaggi con pedivelle WOLSIT, manubri PHILLIP, freni BOWDEN, paracatene, pneumatici DUNLOP, trapani e macchine per officine. Accessori per bici e moto: fanali a acetilene, campanelli, sirene, cornette, selle BROOKS, STEPHAN, LOHMANN, MERKUR, valigie e borse, gambali, portabagagli, occhiali, vestiti, manopole ecc. telai finiti, carburatori, motori, motocicletta B.S.A.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Policing the Great White North - A photo-illustrated account of the manifold perils and hardships that are the daily portion of the gallant handful of men who represent law and order in the Vast Canadian Arctic; Pathetic fate of two missing WWI Sheffield soldiers revealed - William Thompson and George Walter Howard; Bill's Bear-Cub - An American trapper adopts a bear cub and his partner foretells disaster; Three Months on an Island Inferno - J.K. Wilson explains his 'holiday' on White Island, near Tauranga, New Zealand - with photos; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part I - What happened after H.P. Musson, a transplanted London paper-pusher, lost his job as a hired hand in Western Canada and began looking for his own homestead; Trapping Wild Animals in Northern Siam - The ingenious methods by which the jungle folk trap fierce whild beasts, with great photos; Cycling Round the World - Part III of III of Kai Thorenfeldt's amazing 20,000 mile journey which took over two years - with map and nice photos; Forgotten Fortunes - Frances Dickie describes the remarkable circumstances in which two of the most amazing 'finds' in the history of European art have lately come to light in France - with photo of Mrs. M.L. Westmoreland, who discovered a valuable Goya in a Paris second-hand shop; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part II - Seeking the prehistoric Komodo dragon on a remote Dutch East Indies (Indonesian) island; A Terrible Journey - Joseph Metcalf fell into an underground conduit conveying water from a dam to Port Elizabeth - forty-five miles away!; The Greatest of All Thrills - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article on the new sport of parachuting from aircraft; "Heir Number Six" - A Winnipeg real estate agent goes to the North-West territory in search of an obscure half-breed regarding a dispute over land ownership. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
Features "The Hatfield-McCoy Feud", an 11-page illustrated article [part 1]. 84, [40 ads] pages. Additional Features: Canadian Indian Witchcraft; Smugglers of the Baltic; The Death-Shell; A Chinese Mutiny; Cycling to Eldorado; On a Ceylon Tea Estate; Twenty-Three Days Adrift; A Thousand Miles Through African Bush; Three Men on a Raft; Slippery Wiley's Clients. Heavily worn. Tape repairs to spine. A worthy reference copy of this special issue. Book
Bellissimo manifesto caricaturale: “Pas d’obstacles!!!”, di cm. 148 x 66, montato su tela, in litografia a colori, realizzato da Léon Dardenne (1865-1912) per pubblicizzare le biciclette della Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Monrocher-Marechal di Lille. Con lievi abrasioni ai margini e pesante alone lungo tutta la parte inferiore, ma certamente buon esemplare.
In-16 gr. (mm. 182x,118), tela edit., pp. XVIII,536,32 (di catalogo editoriale), con un ricco apparato iconografico di 565 figure inc. su legno nel t. Questo trattato è considerato il primo serio e scientifico studio della bicicletta. “It begins with a general exposition of mechanical principles: dynamic, static, and straining forces. It then covers successive experiments at bicycle and tricycle design, including several ‘mechanical monstrosities’. With the aid of elegant, sometimes humorous drawings, the book examines various designs for their relative stability, steering advantages, gearing and resistance properties. The final selection discusses the design of individual components in detail . This fascinating treatise will attract a wide audience of readers interested in technology and invention as well as serious and competitive cyclists, bicycle designers, and collectors”. "Prima edizione", molto rara. Esemplare ben conservato.
188 pages. "To Torchy Peden with Best Wishes, Ray Smythe, July 1 1935" written boldly upon front free endpaper. A newspaperman's close-up of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) - subtitle. "Offers the first constructive close-up of the people who are administering the National Housing Act, and the banking, industrial and employment problems with which this group is dealing so effectively." - from dust jacket. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Bellissimo manifesto, in litografia a colori, dedicato alle biciclette “Aiglon”, di cm. 59 x 40. L’immagine rappresenta una donna bendata che monta una bicicletta trainata da un’aquila, stile Art Deco. Sapientemente restaurato per strappo lungo tutto il manifesto.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
In-4 (mm. 317x230), tela edit., pp. 364 (incluso l’Indice), con numerose figure inc. su legno nel t. Di questo importante periodico mensile offriamo quasi "tutto il pubblicato" dal luglio 1896 (Anno I, n. 1) al giugno 1897 (n. 12). Manca solo l’ultimo numero: il n. 1 - luglio 1897 - Anno II. “La rivista intende tenere i suoi lettori continuamente al corrente di tutte le novità che in fatto di ciclismo la scienza e la meccanica moderna sapranno escogitare”. E’ strutturata in sezioni: “Parte tecnica” (suddivisa in rubriche: Tecnologia meccanica. Le novità. Tribuna del pubblico. Varietà tecniche. Ciclismo militare. L’igiene e la medicina del ciclismo. Diritto ciclistico) - “Parte commerciale” (Corriere d’Inghilterra. Il commercio ciclistico internazionale. Piccola cronaca del commercio) - “Parte sportiva” e “Automobilismo” (articoli scientifici, tecnici, di varietà, di sport, elenco di brevetti di privative rilasciati in Italia, relazioni delle principali esposizioni automobilistiche, descrizione di vetture, motocicli e motori). Cfr. Catalogo Periodici Biblioteche Lombarde,V, p. 115. Esemplare molto ben conservato. Rarissimo trovarlo completo. .
Magnifico manifesto in litografia a colori, di cm. 159,5 x 119,5, dedicato ai pneumatici “A Soly” : circondate da bandiere di parecchi stati del mondo, un gruppo di donne di varie etnie volge le braccia verso l’alto dove, a mo’ di corona, è sospeso un pneumatico “Condor. A. Soly” con la scritta “C’est toujours le meilleur du monde”. Il manifesto (stampato su carta sottile) è stato sapientemente restaurato per due piccole mancanze al centro e al margine bianco, altrimenti ben conservato.
