Cleveland Bicycles

New York: Bartlett & Company, 1899. Very Good+. New York: Bartlett & Company, 1899. Side-stapled octavo in illustrated card wrappers (20 cm); 24pp. Margins gently rubbed and bumped with light rusting to staples and tear down spine to both sides, stopping at first staple. Small creases to spine edge of covers and minor scuffing with small creases and closed tears to spotty back cover. Interior clean other than minor eraser abrasion to first page top corner and small ink (?) staining to verso of same page. A Very Good or better copy of Cleveland Bicycles 1899 trade catalogue.

The final page of the catalogue urges cyclists to become a member of the "League of American Wheelmen" which "stands for wheelman's rights and highway improvement" for $2. This group still exists, now named The League of American Bicyclists, aiming to cultivate a cycling friendly America.