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.1896 guide 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 ClŽment, 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) Condition: The collection is in a condition relative to its age, most of the catalogues are held in individual sleeves, some are dog-eared, faded, held together by rusting staples, many have stains and . From the collection of cycling journalist David Taylor (1937-2020).