Classic Images: Isle of Man TT Races
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (580 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007W2UI8I |
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| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Historic TT" according to Bill Boggs. The book is the compilation of many years of photographs of TT bikes and riders. If you know and love old bikes it is a walk back into an era of fragile machines and even more fragile riders. Safety equipment was all but worthless. If you are not into old bikes, the photos and narrative might be instructive, but are not too engaging. I follow the TT, so it helps give this long running pagent of speed and human risk a perspective. The book also gives you the very British side of the event. And very British it is today and was through the years. Japanese bikes may hav
Mortons Media Group, market-leading publishers of classic and vintage titles, own one of the largest photographic archives of its kind in the world. Sorting and capturing the images for you to enjoy will represent many hours of work but it is important such unique images should be shared with everyone.. They not only capture important events in the history of motorcycling but they also offer a fascinating glimpse into an age when our roads were almost devoid of traffic, hedgerows lined every country lane and every male above the age of 10 seemed to wear a cap!They are living history brought to life and it is our intention to produce a series of books from the glass plate collection as more and more boxes are unearthed. Many of the plates are priceless. It is a treasure trove of millions of motorcycle and related images, many of which have never seen the light of day since they were filed away in the darkroom over 80 years ago.Perhaps the biggest gem of all is the collection of glass plates - almost two tons of them to be precise! They represent a largely hitherto unseen look into our motorcycling heritage from the turn of the century