Lot 392
The Cyclist and Bicycling & Tricycling Trades Review, 1883 to 1888, Vols. V to IX.
Five thick quarto cloth-bound volumes in mixed colours, the bindings dull, marked, the hinges weak and the covers and spines of the last two volumes loose, but the contents, though dusty, generally appearing to be sound and complete. Vol. V, 1883-84, holds the weekly issues from No. 209, Oct. 17, 1883 to 260, , Oct. 8, 1884; Vol. VI, 1884-85, holds those from No. 261, Oct. 15, 1884, to 312, Oct. 7, 1885; Vol. VII, 1885-86, those from No. 313, Oct. 14, 1885 to 364, Oct. 6, 1886; Vol. VIII, 1886-87, those from No. 365, Oct. 13, 1886, to 416, Oct. 5, 1887, plus the 114-page, Cycledom, the well-illustrated Christmas Number and Year Book for 1886-87 bound in at the rear of the volume; Vol. IX, 1887-88, those from No. 417, Oct. 12, 1887, to No. 468, Oct. 3, 1888, plus the 126-page The Lantern, the well-illustrated Christmas Number and Year Book for 1887-88, bound in at the rear of the volume. Each volume has title page and index pages, Vol. V with an engraved portrait frontispiece of the Editor, Henry Sturmey, and all contain engraved period advertisements. (5)
