[Trade Catalogue]

The Raleigh Cycle Co., Ltd. Special Australasian Edition [cover title]

[Nottingham, The Raleigh Cycle Co., Ltd., 1898].

Oblong octavo, [16] pages with numerous illustrations (10 pages each contain a large illustration and detailed information about individual models of bicycles, two of them tandems).

Saddle-stapled, as issued; rusted staples no longer present, resulting in minor stains and trifling loss; some marks and light stains throughout (but generally inoffensive); a decent copy.

The recto of each leaf is ink-stamped 'J. Mullins. Manufacturer & Importer of Bicycles, 84 Pirie St, Adelaide. Branch at Commercial Road Port Adelaide'. Retail prices for all but the tandem models are added in ink: they range from just over £20 to £32. To put these figures into perspective, on Saturday 19 February 1898, 'The Advertiser' classifieds offered for sale a four-room cottage 'with paved yard, shed, &c.' in Adelaide itself for £200, and a house with 'five rooms, verandahs, &c.' in inner-suburban Stepney for £300.

Item #127356

Price (AUD): $220.00
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