A Song of Speed.

Author: Henley, William Ernest   

Publisher: London: Nutt 1903.

Description: 30p orig orange card cover, this copy affected by the effects of humidity to bottom corner, which is visible throughout the item, and leads to some discolouration (and marginal loss) on most pages - For all the ideas of speed, books take their time, and encounter accidents, as this one certainly has. Another disappointment is the lack of a reference to cycling as a source of the experience of speed, instead of Raleigh, Henley thinks of the Benz … "Hence the Mercedes.."

Order No: PIP 143327

Language: English

Price: £14.00

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