shaw reginald c (5 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. All First Editions. Ten issues as follows: Volume 75: Feb to Dec 1956, lacking Issue for May only. Sold as one collection. All Fine in protective sleeves.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. There is much more in cycling than merely throwing your leg across the saddles and thrusting at each pedal in turn. It is true that many riders of bicycles are content to do just that, imagining that cycling has yielded complete satisfaction by giving them cheap, rapid and convenient transport on their business and social occasions. For them there is no poetry of the bicycle a means to an end, whereas the enthusiast regards cycling as an end in itself, a recreation of perpetual delight to be practiced at all seasons of the year. There is some wear to the cloth cover, at the edges and at the top and bottom of the spine. There is some minor f.

Revised by Leslie C. Warner. Illustrated. London 1973. 160 pages. Pocket.*Teach Yourself Books.[#216635].

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Sehr gut. Gebraucht - Sehr gut Sg - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt - Zurück zum großen Fahrradglück - von Kunst und Können auf zwei Rädern Wer die Welt vom Fahrrad aus betrachtet, dem eröffnen sich ungeahnte Perspektiven. Die Kunst des Radfahrens begleitet uns schon über Jahrhunderte. In seiner feinsinnigen Anleitung zum Radfahren aus dem Jahr 1953 führt uns Reginald C. Shaw direkt zurück in die Anfänge des freizeitgemäßen Fahrradfahrens, als ein Picknick am Straßenrand noch als Ereignis galt und die Manieren im Straßenverkehr noch hochgehalten wurden. Damals wie heute steht sein Buch nicht nur Bastlern mit Rad und Tat zur Seite: Mit seinen vielen Hinweisen zum Aufbau und zur Reparatur, zu Fahrradreisen und gemeinschaftlichem Radeln ist es ein wertvoller Schatz für alle, die das gute alte Fahrrad in Ehren halten - oder gerade erst für sich entdecken.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Wightman, W.E.; Woodville, R.Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Nicolson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Gillett, Frank; Burns, Inder (illustrator). First Edition. Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy.