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590. A race number signed by cyclists Graeme Obree (b.1965) and Spencer Robert Wingrave (b.1969) pasted on to a scorecard for the 1994 British Cycling Federation National Madison Championship held at Herne Hill Velodrome, measures approx. 29.6 x 21cm David Taylor was known for his enthusiastic coverage of Graeme Obree’s career, notably being the only reporter to travel to Norway in 1993 to report on Obree’s successful attempt at breaking the hour record, taking the title from Francisco Moser. Graeme Obree (b.1965) is a Scottish former professional racing cyclist who broke the hour record twice in 1993 and 1995. His colourful personality and enthralling career is the subject of a 2006 feature-length documentary entitled ‘The Flying Scotsman’. Spencer Robert Wingrave (b.1969) is a former racing cyclist who represented Great Britain at international events. £50-£80 591. A collection of rare and interesting 20th century cycling ephemera relating primarily to the Olympic Games to include two annotated programmes for the 1924 Paris Olympics covering the cycling events on 26 & 27 July, two menu cards from a dinner to honour the members of the British cycling team at the 1948 London Olympics, one signed by most of the members of the Track Team and the Road Team, including silver medallists Alan Bannister, Ernie Clements, Gordon Thomas, Ian Scott, and bronze medallists Tommy Godwin, Wilfred Waters, David Ricketts and Robert Geldard, the other signed by most of the Road Team, two London 1948 Olympic Games partially annotated programmes for the cycling road race at Windsor and the track cycling at Herne Hiill Velodrome, a menu card for a London 1948 Olympic Games visit of representatives of all Nations to Fort Dunlop with autographs inside, further cycling programmes from Olympic and Empire games including Paris 1924, Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932, Berlin 1936, Sydney 1938, London 1948, Auckland 1950, Melbourne 1956, and a programme for a 10 mile road race between the British Olympic Cycle Team and the representatives of Bombay, 1938 (qty) £100-£150
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592. A collection of rare late 19th and early 20th century Continental and British cycling trade catalogues, advertisements, patents, maps and cycle touring guides to include a c.1896guide no. 7 in ‘The Way About Series of Gazetteer Guides’, ‘The Way About Hertfordshire’, an 1898 booklet for Dunlop Tyres along with a number of 20th century flyers, an 1898 advert for the ‘Constra’ saddle, an 1899 catalogue for S. de Long & Co., Anvers, the Minerva & Romania bicycles, an 1898 fold-out cycling map of Belgium produced by Touring Club de Belgique, 3rd edition, a late 19th/early 20th century fold-out cyclists map of Bexhill-on-Sea, Eastbourne, Hastings, Rye & District, a 1928 Cyclist’s Touring Club Handbook & Guide, a c.1900 Pattisons Whisky Cyclists’ Road Map, a 1910 Cycling Pocket Road book, a 1934 John Bull Tourist’s Guide in hard cover wallet, a 1901 Chase cycles catalogue, a 1907 Monople Cycles catalogue, trade list and letter, a 1909 catalogue for Cycles Clément, Paris, along with another printed flyer, a 1910 catalogue for Nil Supra Cycles, Paris, a scarce c.1912 catalogue for Raleigh Bicycles entitled ‘The Book of the Raleigh’ with embossed front cover along with other Raleigh related promotional material, a 1917, 1920 and 1938 B.S.A Bicycles catalogue and an early 20th century pamphlet entitled ‘A Potted History of the Bicycle’, an early 20th century pamphlet ‘Cycling Penny Handbooks No. 3: The A.B.C of Cycle Touring’ by Reginald Wellbye, a large early 20th century b/w printed image of Paskell’s cycling shop, Finsbury, backed with cardboard, a 1988 booklet promoting the history of Reynolds steel tubing, five loose patents from the 1890s relating to bicycle components (qty) £80-£120 593. Two Vanity Fair double page “special issue” chromolithograph cycling supplements first after Hal Hurst, ‘Cycling in Hyde Park’, June 11. 1896, second after Guth ‘Au Bois De Boulogne’, June 3, 1897, both published By Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, mounted, framed (2), Overall 59 x 69cm £40-£60
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