Pedals, Politics and People

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511 pages. Many b/w photos. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Tape marks on front and rear endpapers. The dustwrapper is lightly worn. Scarce. * "Oppy" was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s when cycling was a major sport. Among his achievements were his records… Read more about this item

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511 pages. Many b/w photos. Not signed by the author (this title is almost always signed and inscribed by Opperman!). Very slight pale foxing on endpapers and on dustwrapper. Scarce. * "Oppy" was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s when cycling was a major sport. Among his achievements were his records… Read more about this item

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511pp, index, bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear, 8mm tear at bottom of rear jacket panel, very light rubbing to jacket folds. SIGNED 'Best Wishes Hubert Opperman Oppy' on front free endpaper. Scarce autobiography of Australia's great cyclist and Olympian, Hubert Opperman, known as 'Oppy'. As well as his unparallelled cycling… Read more about this item

Sydney, Haldane Publishing 1977.. 512pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper, with some light wear at extremities. Black and white photographic plates. A very good copy.. First edition. Signed and inscribed by author.