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GROUP OF FOUR ITEMS FEATURING THE ALEXIS SPECIAL BICYCLE, MESINGER HYGIENIC SADDLES, A GAS-LAMP HEADLIGHT, BELLS, ETC by Mead Cycle Company
First Edition
- Bookseller: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers
 (US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: BOOKS008656I
- Format/binding: Not bound
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Mead Cycle Co.
- Place: Chicago
- Date published: 1899
- Keywords: TRADE CATALOGS, EPHEMERA, ADVERTISING, BICYCLES, BICYCLING, MEAD CYCLE
- Subjects:
REFERENCE / Catalogs;
Book Description
Chicago: Mead Cycle Co., 1899. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. (8)pp; five illustrations. The Alexis Special bicycle was priced at $16.95, available as a premium to agents who would deliver company fliers about the bikes. In addition to that offer, this group includes an order form for bicycles and two illustrated fliers: (1) "The Mesinger Hygienic Saddle" warns that an "improperly constructed saddle is injurious to the health of cyclists.especially lady riders." Models for ladies & gentlemen were $1.50 (down from $4). On the back is an ad for Record "A" Single Tube Tires, made of "pure Para rubber, selected Sea Island cotton and the best quality of friction cloth"--$6.50 (reduced from $9). (2) A warning about mail-order frauds in the bicycle business, whereby "old models are now being offered as high-grade 1900 models." On the back are illustrated ads for "a genuine 1900 model gas lamp, a good bell, a pair of trouser guards and a Burdick 10,000 Mile Cyclometer Free." 11" x 8".
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