THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday
Published by Patrick Stephens
in 1978
ISBN: 0850592771
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- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- COMPANY HISTORY
THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday.
Stock no. 1824886
1979.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0850592771. Reprint. Very pale browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-creased and slightly browned to rear panel.
THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday.
Stock no. 1824839
1st.
1978.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0850592771. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, lightly edge-creased and lightly rubbed at corners, previous bookseller's gold address label to lower edge of front flap. Slight musty odour present.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by Jeff Smith
- Acknowledgements
- BSA story in brief
- Much genius in Bermingham
- Piled Arms and peddalling legs
- Right first time
- Sporting times
- Wartime expansion
- The terrible TT
- Round Tank, Super Sports and Sloper
- Proving the product
- The vintage era
- De profundis
- Star material
- Silver, gold and black-out
- Articles of war
- The roaring forties
- Stars in their courses
- Ta-ra-ra boom decade (part 1)
- Ta-ra-ra boom decade (part 2)
- Winds of change
- Farewell to Piled Arms
- Appendix A BSA in the Clubman's TT, 1947-56
- Appendix B BSA Owners' Club
- Index