[Rarebooks] FS: The first American bicycle journal! "The Wheelman... Vols. 1-4." Boston: 1882-1884

[Kenneth Karmiole]

THE WHEELMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF CYCLING LITERATURE AND NEWS. Vol. 1, October 1882 - March 1883. [thru Volume 4, April - September, 1884]. Boston: The Wheelman Co. 1882-1884. 4to. 4 volumes bound in 2. Each volume approx. 500pp. of double column text. Illustrated. Each vol. with a table of contents. Bound in half black calf, gilt spines. Both volumes with outer hinges starting, but covers are holding quite well.                   $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Starting with Volume 4, "The Wheelman" changed its title to "Outing and the Wheelman." This is the first American journal devoted to the World of Bicycling.

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