As the world speeds up, as technology takes over, it is worth
remembering how we used to live. This three-book series is a nostalgic
hymn to an era when life was slower: a meandering ramble through the
British countryside by bicycle, automobile and train.
Squeeze the brakes, sit back and coast downhill with this irreverent collection of cycling memorabilia.
The Bicycle
is packed with pictures, fun facts, and light-hearted commentary,
gathering photographs of vintage bikes, John Bull puncture repair kits,
and misspelled signs rejecting the rights of 'Bycicles' to be locked to
railings. Crossing the country from Cumbria to Cambridge, this quaint,
pocket-sized manual is a compendium of all things two-wheeled.
Reviews / Votes
"...fascinating new book The Bicycle - A Miscellany on Two Wheels (ACC Art Books), which explores the cultural impact of over 200 years of cycling. In the tome, you'll discover 'how this remarkable machine has been cycled for pleasure, put to work, sent to war and ridden very fast to set records'." -- Ted Thornhill, Daily Mail;
Series
Language
Place of publication
Illustrations
15
102 farbige Abbildungen, 15 s/w Abbildungen
15 Illustrations, black and white; 102 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-1-78884-094-1 (9781788840941)
Schweitzer Classification
Peter Ashley
is an aficionado of British culture, responsible for the
Unmitigated England
trilogy,
Preposterous Erections
(his book on folly towers) and
London Peculiars
(one of the first books in ACC Art Books' bestselling
London series
).
Peter is renowned for his passion for the oddities that make this
country unique, as Jonathan Meades has said, "He is the gatekeeper to
several generations' memories."
