{"product_id":"9781473351936","title":"Early Days in the British Motor Cycle Industry - A Brief History of the Years Before the Arrival of the Motor Cycle Press","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore the trade had a press of its own, Britain's motor cycle industry was built by tinkerers, chancers, and engineers. Eric W. Walford tells how it began.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalford's short, well-illustrated survey follows the British motor cycle from its first stuttering experiments to the machine that finally took hold. He traces four distinct eras - the pioneers who bolted engines to pedal cycles, the financial adventurers who saw a fortune in them, the brief reign of the motor tricycle, and the arrival of the motor bicycle proper - drawing on the trade's own memory of the small workshops of Coventry, Birmingham, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for an industry looking back at its own beginnings, \u003cem\u003eEarly Days in the British Motor Cycle Industry\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact and affectionate record of a period that left few written accounts behind it. It is a useful starting point for collectors and restorers, and for anyone curious about how two wheels and a small engine became a British institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA concise account of how the British motor cycle industry took shape in the years before it had a press of its own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour chapters covering the pioneers, the financial adventurers, the motor tricycle, and the motor bicycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated throughout with the machines, makers, and workshops of the industry's earliest years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUseful for motor cycle collectors, restorers, and historians of British transport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Read \u0026 Co. Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46615858053361,"sku":"9781473351936","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781473351936_p0.jpg?v=1765446354","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473351936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}