SKU: B-000519

Russell Mockridge: The Man In Front

Author: Martin Curtis

Special Features: Illustrated, Personalised

Condition: In good condition. The front paper has a personal sticker. Clean and tidy pages. Free of handwriting. Free of dog ears. Smooth spine. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir Sport & Recreation

Autobiography Cultural History Russell Mockridge Bicycles Australian Sports

Russell Mockridge: The Man In Front by Martin Curtis is the vivid biography of Australia’s cycling golden boy whose dazzling sprint carried him from Melbourne’s velodromes to 1950s Olympic glory. Curtis blends race-day drama with rare photographs, tracing Mockridge’s fearless style and the cultural forces that shaped a sporting hero cut down in his prime.

This 2008 illustrated paperback from an Australian small press lands in very good condition: pages bright, spine smooth, no handwriting or dog-ears. A discreet personal sticker on the front endpaper nods to its single careful owner in a smoke-free home, making it a tidy collector’s copy without the usual ex-library marks.

Ideal for cycling devotees, young adults, and anyone who loves true sports stories, the book pairs well with a weekend ride or a quiet armchair tour of mid-century Europe’s classic races. Search Russell Mockridge biography, cycling history, or Australian sports memoir and this personable, photo-rich volume will roll straight to your door.

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