Pedals, Politics and People
by Opperman, Hubert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0909918090
- ISBN 13
- 9780909918095
- Seller
-
Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
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 in marathons such as Freemantle-Sydney, Kalgoorlie-Perth, Adelaide-Sydney, Sydney-Brisbane and, in Europe, his wins in the Paris-Brest-Paris road race, the classic 24-hour Bol dÓr and setting a new Land's End-John O'Groats record. He broke and/or established 101 State, Australian and world records in an incredible 24 hours of non-stop cycling at the old Sydney Velodrome. Oppy went on to become a long-time Cabinet Minister in the Australian Parliament and its overseas' representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a heart attack on his exercise bike at his Melbourne home.. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tapsell's Books and Music (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7816
- Title
- Pedals, Politics and People
- Author
- Opperman, Hubert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0909918090
- ISBN 13
- 9780909918095
- Publisher
- Haldane Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Cycling. Hubert Opperman. Cyclists.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Politics; Cycling;
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Tapsell's Books and Music
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Rutherglen, Victoria
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