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Collection of British Cycling and Touring Books and Maps. 1: J.G. Bartholomew The Handy Touring Atlas of the British Isles / 2: Alexander Gross and F. Waite-Browne The Premier Road Book of Great Britain / 3: 'Cycles and Mopeds Cycling Books of Maintenance / 4: Cycling Touring Club's 'Cycling' Know the Game Series / 5: Cyclists' Touring Club 'C.T.C. Handbook and Guide' / 6: The Kuklos Annual and Handbook for Cyclists and other Roadfarers 1925 / 7: Harold Briercliffe Northern England / 8: Harold Briercliffe Southern England / 9: Philips New Series of County Maps - Surrey / 10: Bartholomew's Reduced Survey Map of Dorset / 11: Bartholomew's Reduced Survey Map of South Devon / 12: Bartholomew's Reduced Survey Map of York and Scarborough / 13: 'Cycling Map of the Midlands' published by E.J. Larby / 14: Wincarins Motor & Cyclist Map of England in Sixteen Sections
1923120271AB1923. 14 volumes - 8 books 4 Leporellos and 2 large fold-out maps. London East Ardsley Wakefield Yorkshire Cheltenham George Newnes / Educational Productions Limited / Temple Press Limited / Daily News Ltd 1923 - 1952. 10.5 cm x 15.2 cm - 12.7 cm x 18.5 cm - 20 cm x 13.7 cm - 10.3 cm x 19.5 cm. Circa. 1100 pages. Numerous colour fold-out maps and in-text maps and tables. Hardcover and softcover. All items in very good condition with a mixture of minor and some stronger signs of wear. Includes for example the following: Bartholomew's "Half-Inch to Mile" Survey Maps folded: 10.3 cm x 19.5 cm - unfolded: 74.5 cm x 62.7 cm on 32 fold-out panels coloured and illustrated with topographical information from the Ordinance Survey. scale 1:126720. Philip's County Map folded: 10 cm x 15.4 cm - unfolded: 46 cm x 37.5 cm on 15 fold-out panels coloured and illustrated with parliamentary electoral boundary information. 'Cycling Map of the Midlands' folded: 58.8 cm x 44.6 cm - unfolded: 18 fold-out panels coloured and illustrated. Scale 1 inch to 5 miles. Map divided into 10 miles square. Linen-backed. 16 sections of Wincarnis Motor & Cyclist Map of England folded:12 cm x 17.8 cm - unfolded: 24 cm x 17.8 cm on 2 fold-out maps coloured and illustrated. Scale to 10 miles to an Inch. Each individual section represents a geographic regions London Surrey Sussex & Kent / Hampshire Mid Southern Counties / Devonshire West Somerset & c / Cornwall & West Devonshire / London Herts. Essex S. Suffolk & c / London & East Midland Counties / Gloucester & West Mid. Counties / South Wales / Norfolk N. Suffolk Cambridge & c / Manchester & N.W. Midland Counties / Mid Wales Shropshire & c / Lincolnshire E. Notts. S.E. Yorkshire / North Wales Cheshire & c / Lancashire & West Yorkshire / N.E. Yorkshire & Northumberland / Cumberland Westmoreland & c etc. Briercliffe's Cycling Touring Guides - Northern England includes for example: The Lake District / The Yorkshire Dales / The North-East Coast / Shorter Tours and Connecting Routes / Day and Weekedn Tours / Appendix etc. Also included 8 plates and 12 line illustrations taken from drawings by Frank Patterson. Briercliffe's Cycling Touring Guides - Southern England includes for example: The Thames Valley and the Cotswolds / The Isle of Wight / The New Forest / Between London and the South Coast / The South Coast / Appendix etc. Also included 8 plates and 12 line illustrations taken from drawings by Frank Patterson. Premier Road Book of Great Britain contains route descriptions with gradiated diagrams. Routes include for example the following routes: LOndon to Croydon and Brighton / Chelmsford to Great Dunmow and Saffron Walden / Wolverhampton to Kidderminster / Machester to Southport / Carnarvon to Barmouth / Oban to Ardrishaig / Index to Routes etc. Also included is map at rear pastedown of "Great Britain by Alexander Gross". 4 discreet St Dunstan's label stamps on reverse. Know the Game Series Cycling volume has for example information on the following: cycling efficiency / frame design / gear table / general maintenance / road safety etc. Kuklos Annual contains for example the following: The Reformed Bicycle / The Woman Cycylist / Tadems / Luggage / Medical Matters / Potted Tours in Great Britain Ireland France Holland / Resthouse Directory with 4000 addresses in Britain Ireland and Northern France etc. The Handy Touring Atlas of the British Isles volume contains for example the following: Diagram of Road Altitudes / General Maps / Contoured District Maps - Scale 10 Miles to an Inch / Index to Principal Cycling Centres etc. Cyclists' Touring Club Handbook & Guide 1923 contains for example the following: List of Officers / Honorary Life Members / Touring in the British Isles / Moon's Phases / Legal Defence for Members / Railway and Cloak Room Charges for Cycles / Hotel and Farmhouse List Arrangements / Index to Places / Camp Sites / Continental Section etc. Cycling Book of Maintenance includes for example the following: frame and steering / the bottom bracket / transmission / hubs / wheels /general maintenace and care of equipment / gera calculation etc. Also fold-out "blueprint showing the componets of a modern bicycle" at front. paperback
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