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CYCLING (a magazine launched in 1891 by cyclist and publisher Edmund Dangerfield [1864-1938], a member of the Bath Road Club, in collaboration with fellow enthusiasts such as editor Charles Sisley and assistant editor Walter Groves, in response to the growing popularity of the chain-driven diamond-framed Safety bicycle).

Cycling - a bound run of 26 original early issues, copiously illustrated throughout, January-June 1921.

(London): Temple Press Ltd, 1921. First edition. 498pp. Plus ad pages scattered throughout, extra to the aforementioned pagination. Illustrated throughout. Plain green cloth boards with brown cloth spine. Ex-libris Temple Press Library with its wet stamps to front pastedown and endpaper. Size: 4to (27cm x 21.5cm).

Good condition. Inner hinges of binding strengthened. Hinge starting to strain between the first and second leaves, and in the juxtaposing place at the end of the volume. Some uniform age-toning to paper throughout. Three leaves of first issue with marginal tears, two of which just extend into the text area but without loss. A couple of other closed tears, but generally well-preserved. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.

A scarce run of 26 original issues of Cycling magazine, made up of numerous regular features and very well illustrated. They are bound together in plain cloth, and in good shape, despite some light age-toning to the paper.