Log book of Boston bicyclist, 1889
Heading: (Bicycling)
Author:
Title: My Cycling Log Book: A Memorandum of the Number of Miles Travelled by Cycle...
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Chas. H. Whiting, Publisher
Date Published: [1889-1899]
Description:
Unpaginated. Approx. 40 pages filled out in ink, in two different hands, with about four times that number of pages unused. 19.7x12.5 cm (7¾x5"), flexible red leather lettered in gilt.
Uncommon bicycling record book, logging the trips of an individual from May to November, 1889, mostly around Boston, giving details on the routes taken, the weather, and mileage for each trip as well as cumulative mileage. The book was then taken over by a seafaring gentleman, perhaps a crew member, who briefly logs his voyages, mostly through the Caribbean.
Condition Report: Some normal wear to covers, portions of spine strip perished; very good.
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Heading: (Bicycling)
Author:
Title: My Cycling Log Book: A Memorandum of the Number of Miles Travelled by Cycle...
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Chas. H. Whiting, Publisher
Date Published: [1889-1899]
Description:
Unpaginated. Approx. 40 pages filled out in ink, in two different hands, with about four times that number of pages unused. 19.7x12.5 cm (7¾x5"), flexible red leather lettered in gilt.
Uncommon bicycling record book, logging the trips of an individual from May to November, 1889, mostly around Boston, giving details on the routes taken, the weather, and mileage for each trip as well as cumulative mileage. The book was then taken over by a seafaring gentleman, perhaps a crew member, who briefly logs his voyages, mostly through the Caribbean.
Condition Report: Some normal wear to covers, portions of spine strip perished; very good.