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=SCARCE! 1895 CYCLING/For Health And Pleasure/BOOK From SCHWINN FACTORY LIBRARY!

$ 224.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: OVERALL FINE+++
  • Brand: Schwinn

    Description

    Greetings...
    Here is a 100% original SUPER-RARE book of CYCLING from the library of the Schwinn Bicycle Company, Chicago, Illinois. Library stamp/impression on first page. This book dates from 1895, and is by Luther H. Porter.
    Front cover graphic in silver and black is incredible.
    ==CONDISH==
    complete, mostly intact. Loose spine and broken front 9 pages have separated from spine, all the rest are together as a unit.  Broken endpaper in back also. Cloth covers are bumped at corners, stained, toned, and scuffed in places. Outside spine is toned darker. Inside front cover has a manila pocket, never used. Also, is a small sticker from W.B. Clarke and Co. Booksellers and Stationers, Boston. The book may have been purchased here for the Schwinn library, or ? Please scrutinize all photos for condition and size... (1907 nickel for scale) 4.5" x 7". 195 pages, paginated. most of the photos here show condition issues, and a few more illustrations can be sent, via request.
    ==SUMMARY==
    Here's your chance to own a very unique period book that happens to be part of the inventory of the Schwinn Company Library!
    Bicycle history!
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