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19066718Detroit: 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites 11 holdings for this title and it is also quite scarce in the trade. Press of Raynor & Taylor unknown
19607475London: Stanley Paul and Co 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Original red boards with rules titling and publisher's device on the spine. The book itself is bright crisp and flawless. The price-clipped dustwrapper which is lightly worn and chipped at extremities is without the usual sunning of the red spine. Rare. NOTE: The entire lower panel rear cover of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Stanley Paul and Co Hardcover
19608039London: Stanley Paul and Co 1960. 235 pages. B/w frontispiece and many b/w photo plates. Slight tanning on endpapers. Original red boards with rules titling and publisher's device on the spine. The dustwrapper is worn chipped and marked; the dustwrapper spine is sunned as usual. Rare. Signed and inscribed by Mockridge's widow Irene Mockridge and dated August 2 1961. NOTE: The entire lower panel rear cover of the dustwrapper is an advertisement for Percy Cerutty's book Athletics: How To Become a Champion. The words "2nd impression" which appear at the bottom of that advertisement refer to Cerutty's book not to My World on Wheels!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Stanley Paul and Co Hardcover
