Limited to 400 Signed and Numbered Copies

The invention and popularizing of the bicycle was one of the many revolutions that affected the way people lived in the nineteenth century. After dark it was quite foolhardy to ride on unlit roads with stones and potholes ready to upend the unsuspecting cyclist, so the bicycle and tricycle lamp had to be invented. This book concentrates on just one company, Joseph Lucas of Birmingham. Peter Card's book describes and illustrates many of Lucas's wide varieties of lamps, as well as relating fascinating stories of business ethics and design blind alleys; it also includes many examples of the litiginous venom with which competitors often treated each other. An amazingly detailed work - the result of fourteen years research.

Publisher: King Of The Road Publications

Status: Latest Releases

Condition: New

Number of pages: 399

Binding: HBD

Language: English