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THE GIANTS OF SMALL HEATH: THE HISTORY OF BSA

by Barry Ryerson

Published by Haynes; G.T. Foulis. 1st. 1980

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. An 'in depth' look at the inside story of the factory itself, with the emphasis more on the personalities of this once great empire than the machines that carried the piled arms motif. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos.

Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Minor grubby marks to text block. Very light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby. Musty odour present.

ISBN: 0854292551
Stock no. 1824016

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Alpha and Omega
  • Birth of a Rocket
  • Birth of a Beesa
  • But ahead lay war
  • BSA the colossus
  • The twenties and thirties
  • War again
  • Sport
  • Post-war recovery
  • The final years
  • The fatal sickness
  • Progress of decline
  • The mechanics of failure
  • Epilogue
  • Index

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