Author: RICHARDSON, ARTHUR.
Title: The Story of a Remarkable Ride.
Description: Reprint; Demy 8vo; pp. (iii), 42; text illustrated with several b/w. photographs, bound in stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy. Shenton park, Western Australia; Geoffrey owen, Hugh Richardson, June Bagley; 2017. In 1899 Arthur Richardson did the first solo bicycle ride around Australia. On a single speed steel frame bike he took 244 Days and covered approximately 18500 kilometres. He published a book on his trip, this is a facsimile of the book with the addition of various newspaper columns of the time, to provide veracity.
Keywords: travel australia bike cyclist sport discovery local history nsw South Australia Western Australia Victoria
Title: The Story of a Remarkable Ride.
Description: Reprint; Demy 8vo; pp. (iii), 42; text illustrated with several b/w. photographs, bound in stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy. Shenton park, Western Australia; Geoffrey owen, Hugh Richardson, June Bagley; 2017. In 1899 Arthur Richardson did the first solo bicycle ride around Australia. On a single speed steel frame bike he took 244 Days and covered approximately 18500 kilometres. He published a book on his trip, this is a facsimile of the book with the addition of various newspaper columns of the time, to provide veracity.
Keywords: travel australia bike cyclist sport discovery local history nsw South Australia Western Australia Victoria
Price: AUD 25.00 = appr. US$ 17.30 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 109503
- Book number: 109503