PBP Books & Periodicals or PBP History

BC Randonneurs Cycling Club
  

 

Sport-Rétro-Bibliothèque: LE CYCLISME
by Marcel Viollette, Lucien Petit-Breton, Thornwald Ellegaard, Louis Darragon, Gaston Rivierre, Paul Meyan, Ernest Mousset. Prefance by H. Desgrange.
386 page paperback
Pierre Lafitte & Cie, Paris, 1912
Reprint: Editions Slatkine, Genève, 1980

This ancient gem from 1912 includes material on all aspects of cycling including competitive events. The nine page PBP chapter covers the first three PBPs - 1891, 1901, 1911:

Le Cyclisme - Paris-Brest (pages 81-89)

 

(I've also include the table of contents and the preface.)

Table des Matières (8 pages)
Préface par H. Desgrange (5 pages)