Wednesday update - only two books left - final price reductions: King of the Road by Andrew Ritchie (SB / binding in rough shape) Illustrated History of cycling. Lots of emphasis on the early days. - $4 SHIPPED
Bicycle by David Herlihy - HB / DJ / good condition other than minor water mark on just jacket Another glossy, gorgeous "history of bicycling" book. $8 SHIPPED Shipping via USPS Media Mail. Book photos have been aggregated into a new album with some of the other stuff I found - https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZPSjyZ6QvmMyaqbj6 On Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 6:13:58 PM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > Hey there - > > Moving some things around and realized that I'd set these aside to give > the RBW group first dips. Then promptly forgot about them. So... a few > months later, I'm finally getting around to posting these here. > > Kind of a mishmash of cycling/bike geek/bike racing books which I hadn't > opened in a while. Would love to put them into a library where they'll be a > bit more appreciated. Mostly decent quality printings. > > Shipping would be via USPS Media Mail or Priority (your choice - so > somewhere between $4 and $20, depending upon the size of the package) > unless you are in the SF Bay Area and want to connect somewhere north of > the GG Bridge. > > No discounts for multiple items, but I'll combine and quote shipping for > the package. > > I've posted photos here: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/kXxaXyQRHjKGnJw26 > There are some descriptions on each image. > > Here's the text listing: > > Lot #1 - Set of three classic racing books - $10 + shipping > Tour de France - the Historic 1978 Event by Robin Magowan (hb/dustjacket) > Uphill Battle - Cycling's Great Climbers by Owen Mulholland (hb/dj) > Off to the Races - 25 Years of Cycling Journalism by Samuel Abt (hb/dj) > > Lot #2 - Three odd books Cycling Books - $9 + shipping > The Rider by Tim Krabbe - (softbound/no dust jacket) > The Bicycle in Wartime - An Illustrated History by Jim Fitzpatrick (SB / > NDJ - some sun bleaching on cover/spine) > Bicycling 1871 - A Textbook for Eearly Riders - (hb / dj) > > All the others are singly priced: > > Bikes & Riders by James Wagenvoord - (HB dust jacket torn - see photos) > I think I found this in a used bookstore at some point - it's sort of > culture and bikes and lifestyle. Very period-influenced. Also attempts to > cover history of cycling. Interesting for photos of pre-hype racing, etc. > - $5 plus shipping > > King of the Road by Andrew Ritchie (SB / binding in rough shape) > Illustrated History of cycling. Lots of emphasis on the early days. - $3 > plus shipping > > The Custom Road Bike by Guy Andrews (HB / DJ / great condition throughout) > Glossy, beautifully photographed high end road bikes. Some nice steel, > but a lot of carbon snuck past the editors... Interview with builders. - $15 > > Stumpjumper - 25 years of Mountain Biking (HB - no DJ as published) very > good condition > Kinda cool look at how the Specialized Stumpjumper evolved in its first 25 > years. Definitely a self-congratulatory puff-piece in places, but some cool > early days o' mountain biking images. - $10 > > Bicycle by David Herlihy - HB / DJ / good condition other than minor water > mark on just jacket > Another glossy, gorgeous "history of bicycling" book. $10 > > The Six-Day Bicycle Races - America's Jazz-age Sport by Peter Nye - > Hardbound. Dust Jacket in good condition. > Lots of nice photos from the heydey of indoor cycling in the US. $20. > > The Official Tour de France Centennial 1903 - 2003. Forward by 5-times > winner Lance Armstrong. There ya go. (FYI - This book is heavy, so > shipping will be a tad more. ) Hardbound with dust jacket. > Big, oversized coffee table book with some really great photos from the > early days, as well as some enthusiastic press for cyclists who may have > hence fallen from grace. Still and amazing document. $15 > > Paris-Roubaix - A Journey Through Hell - hard back w/ dust jacket > If you are going to race bikes, you might as well do it over cobbles from > the time of the Roman Legions... - amazing images and history of this > brutal spring classic. $15 > > > OK - here's the deal - You gotta email me directly - cyclofiend over > yonder at gmail. > > Thanks for looking! > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7230a059-5454-4f91-867d-2087bd90f958%40googlegroups.com.
