A good box of literature, comprising pre-war editions of Cycling magazine, C.T.C. publications, reproduction catalogues together with original catalogues for Sun, Rudge, Mohawk, Sturmey Archer, Elswick, Chase, Royal Enfield and guarantee literature for Raleigh. A good and varied selection. (Qty)

C.T.C. Gazette. Issues No 1 (Vol VI) January 1887 to No 12 (Vol VI) December 1887, bound in one volume with covers and advertisements, light cropping. Also, The Hub magazine, (Vol IV) No 40 to No 52 July 1897, in publisher's gilt embossed binding, without covers. (2)

A good box of books: The Badminton Library - Cycling by Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier, 1896 edition, 399pp including index. A Badminton Magazine, (Vol III) July to Dec 1896, bound in publisher's binding, containing a chapter on cycling. The North Road Club a history by Moxham covering the period 1885-1935, Wheels of Chance by H. H. Wells, first edition 1896 but rebound (using the original gilt front cover), soiled and loosened pages. Together with Bartleet's Bicycle Book, 1931, working copy and several road books. (7)

C.T.C. Road Books. Bound in green Buckram and gilt tooling, 'British Road Book' covering Kent to Cornwall; Wales and East Anglia; Northern Counties and Scotland; being volumes I to IV, each with their folded maps in the inside front pocket, variously dated 1904 (Vol 1) 1898 (Vol 2), 1899 (Vol 3), 1901 (Vol 4). Also, another volume 1 dated 1891 with its map and a volume II dated 1897. Sound condition, the latter soiled. (6)

'Our Sentimental Journey' by Joseph & Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Longmans 1888. A review and travelogue of their journey through France and Italy on a tricycle. Good illustrations, bound in leather calf with gilt tooling to the edges and spine, watered silk endpapers and fore edge.

'A Canterbury Pilgrimage' by Joseph & Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Seeley & Co., 1885 first edition. A review and travelogue of their journey from London to Canterbury on a tricycle. Good illustrations, bound in red Buckram, a little faded. Also an 1984 reproduction 'Pinkerton Press' copy. (2)

A good and interesting box of cycling literature, including four volumes of News & Views Nos 250-297 in their correct loose-leaf folders. Also various old cycling maps, several with good early advertising, several Campagnolo catalogues and other good books. (Qty)

Manufrance Saint-Etienne. Three large bicycle and domestic catalogues, each circa 620pp, some pages in colour, soft-covered, square-backed. (3)

Halford. Three catalogues dated 1927, 1957 and 1959. (3)

Paris Brochures. A rare triple-fold brochure featuring illustrations, detailed text and prices for the first 'Galibier' model, Rensch 'Tour de France' and 'Champion du Monde', Paris 'Professional Road Racing' model and 'Path' Model. Corners a little rubbed, some soiling. Also, various double-sided handbills for the 'Professional Road Racing', 'Tour de France' and 'Path' models, together with a rare 'Galibier' 4pp specifications pamphlet with three images, detailed text and 'patent applied for' monograph, and Paris order forms with the Stoke Newington address, pencil manuscript but good and clean. Please handle with care.

Royal Enfield - five multi-fold brochures, together with brochures for Phillips, Humber, Coventry Eagle, B.S.A. Winged Wheel and Kynoch Cycles. All in good condition. (11)

A red plastic folder containing a collection of original brochures for Sunbeam, Mercedes-Benz Bicycle, Citibike, Porsche Bicycles, Raleigh, etcetera. (Qty)

C.T.C. Monthly Gazette. 11 volumes dated 1885, 1886, 1897-1898 (in one volume), 1899 to 1906. In assorted bindings apart from the volumes for 1901 to 1906, which are uniformly bound in dark blue buckram with gilt lettering. Also six-pages from the 'The Bicycle Journal' for March 1877. (12)

'Tricycling for Ladies' by F. J. Erskine. Iliffe & Son, 1885, 32pp, second edition. In sound condition, detailed review of management, riding and touring. Also a copy of 'Cyclist' covering the Dunlop Tyre Jubilee in 1938, together with a monochrome photograph of a tricyclist on a cross-frame tricycle, mounted. (3)

Seven brooches with pierced depictions of bicycles and tandems, nickel-silver, also, two lapel pins depicting Ordinary riders. As new condition. (10)

Five multi-coloured enamel cycling pendants and brooches: Westland Wheeler Cycling Club, National Cycling Union, a 1932 dated pendant, Cambridge Town & Country Cycling Club, Fenland R.R.A. Together with four modern badges, a medal Suffolk Challenge Cup, and an NCU medal, the last two both dated 1935. In good fettle. (11)

Personal jewellery, a bicycle crank and tyre fobs suitable for a watch chain, together with a hunting cap, photograph fob, several pins and badges depicting bicycles, a velocipede brooch, a bicycle-fish necklace and a Notting Hill Gate Cycling Club napkin holder. All in sound, usable order. (12)

A good 'cyclists' mechanical nickel-silver cased pocket watch and chain, having an attractive white dial, Roman numerals, gold-plated hands and upper winding crown. It comes with a cycling fob as a star motif and a button hole 'T'. In working order.

The London Bicycle Club, 'Founded 1874'. A medallion with the club armorial shield centre and Latin inscription below. Uninscribed, housed in a new presentation box. 2-inch diameter.

A cyclist's expanding drinking cup with a decorated lid embossed with a tandem and riders. Also, two packets of 'cycling' playing cards and two others. Also, a card with three large tunic buttons and four cuff buttons, brass with wheel and bicycle depictions. (6)

A set of 48 Raleigh publicity cards, illustrating both the bicycle types manufactured, component parts and personalities.

Three C.T.C. enamel lapel badges, another an example of the pierced type, together with two Hercules headstock badges and a cycling proficiency badge. (7)

Two delightful assayed silver and enamel London bicycle club pendants: The Actonia Cycling Club, assay mark for Birmingham 1939, inscribed verso '50 MRR Aldershot Open TT R-Styles 1939', and The Balham Cycling Club with four colour enamels, inscribed verso, '24-Hours C.F.Taylor 328 Miles'. Also, North Eastern Roads Club: one silver and two bronze cycling awards to G. Harmsworth, variously inscribed for distance events dated 1933 & 1936 respectively; enamelled badge decoration on raised relief designs, inscriptions to reverse. (5)

Seven various C.T.C. circular lapel badges. (8)

Edinburgh Athletic Bicycle Club: A rare small bronze award, lapel badge with a spoked wheel and the letters EABC between the cross of Saint Andrew verso and recto, '100 miles W. C. M. Oliver - 25th April 1888'. Also, Three Bath Wheelers lapel badges with red enamel decoration, one with a 'Treasurer' lozenge, and a Clifton Cycling Club badge. (AF) (5)

Six silver coloured and enamel lapel badges: Elmfield Cycling Club; Central CC; H.B.C.; Southern Cycling Club; White Hart Cycling Club, etcetera. In good fettle, but missing pins. (6)

Six London area lapel badges: Manor Park CC; London County ACC; Kensal Rise CC; Hounslow & District Wheelers, Harrow Cycling Club, etcetera. All in good order, save for some mounting pins missing. (6)

Nineteen enamelled lapel badges: Johannesburg Wheelers; Berliner Bicycle Club; Socio Vializio; Marlow & District Road Club; Nelson Wheelers Cycling Club; Lion Wheelers Cycling Club. Good condition. (AF) (19)

Two Scottish Cyclists Union lapel badges: a blue and red enamel badge by Simpson showing the rearing lion of Scotland to the centre; the other an assayed silver badge. Both in good order with pins. (2)

13 badges. Four N.C.U. enamel lapel badges, including 'Northampton Centre Judge', together with a further nine miscellaneous bicycle club lapel badges, various conditions and types. (13)

A delightful gilt cycling presentation plaque, intaglio art deco design, depicting a cyclist with his bicycle overlooking a vista, signed C. Charl. Not awarded.

A Crown Devon 'Daisy Bell' beer jug with musical movement.

Frank Patterson - 'The 36th Meeting'. A pen and ink drawing depicting the artist at the age of 70 welcoming the arrival of his old friend George Herbert Stancer for one of their regular Autumn meetings. A typed note in a panel at the base of the drawing explains its history, stating that the self-portrait dates from 1943. Not signed or dated by the artist. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 6 1/2- inches, panel 2 1/2 x 6 1/2- inches, frame size 19 3/4 x 12 1/4-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'An Afternoon Run in East Sussex'. A pen and ink drawing depicting five scenes: On the Downs near Berwick, Playden Mill, Wilmington Green, Firle Beacon, and Friston Hill. Two include cyclists. Signed and dated 1923 below the title. Some light foxing/browning to the margins. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 15 1/2 x 11 1/2- inches, frame size 21 1/2 x 16 1/2- inches.

Frank Patterson - 'The King's Highway - and Ours!' A large pen and ink drawing depicting no less than seven locations, all but two including cyclists. The views are of: Marlborough Downs (The Bath Road), Glyndyfrdwy (The Holyhead Road), The 'Jolly Farmer', Bagshot (Portsmouth Road), Alconbury Road (Great North Road), Whitley Bridge (Coventry Road), The 'George', Crawley (Brighton Road), and Chalk (The Dover Road). Signed below the title, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 18 x 12-inches, frame 25 1/2 x 17 1/2-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'On a Summer Tour: The Yard of the Old Posting House'. A large format pen and ink drawing of a cyclist quaffing a reviving 'dram' while on a cycling tour. Unfortunately, the exact location of The Old Posting Office is not given, but the drawing was for a full page in 'Cycling' Magazine, since the word 'Cycling' appears in bold script across the top centre of the drawing. Some slight 'browning', otherwise good. Signed and dated 1928 bottom left. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 16 x 11 1/2- inches, frame size 22 x 17-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Cycling'. Artwork for 'Cycling' magazine cover, 1920. A large format pen, ink and colour wash drawing depicting an artist painting a picture of a castle, having left his bicycle resting against the trunk of a tree. A typed note on the reverse informs us that there is a note on the margin (beneath the mount) stating 'Drawing rejected as this Rudge Whitworth model is not fitted with a cotterless bottom bracket and is not supplied with a lamp'. Signed and dated 1920 bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 14 x 11-inches, frame size 20 3/4 x 16 3/4-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'The Beautiful Cross at Dorchester, Oxon'. A pen and ink drawing, apparently for an issue of 'Cycling' magazine, 1930 (note on reverse). Signed and dated 1930 bottom left. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 7-inches, frame size 18 1/2 x 13 1/2-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Blundeston Church - mentioned in David Copperfield' and 'Beccles - on the Waveney'. Two pen and ink drawings on one L-shaped sheet. Some light 'browning' at the margins. Signed and dated 1928 bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 10-inches (max) x 11-inches (max), frame size 12 1/2 x 15 1/2- inches.

Frank Patterson - 'The Lighthouse, Southwold'. A pen and ink drawing, circa 1930 (note on reverse). A cyclist (in shadow) standing by his machine in the right foreground. Not signed or dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 5 1/2 x 10 3/4-inches, frame size 11 1/4 x 15 1/2- inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Packhorse Bridge over the Anstey, Leicestershire'. A pen and ink drawing depicting a cyclist looking down on the river from the bridge, his bicycle resting against the wall of the bridge. Signed below the title upper left corner, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 5 1/2 x 11 3/4-inches, frame size 11 1/2 x 17 1/2- inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Ightham Mote, Kent'. A large format pen and ink drawing. Some light browning. A note on the reverse indicates that this was for publication in 'The Motor', issue dated 27th October 1931. Signed and dated 1931 lower left. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 3/4 x 8 1/4-inches, frame size 21 3/4 x 18-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Chantry Lane, Storrington'. A pen, ink and brown wash drawing, depicting a bicycle resting by the roadside by a stream, with farm-buildings in the background. Some surface marks, and pencil notes in the lower margin. Signed and dated 1932, bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 8-inches, frame size 17 1/4 x 14 1/2- ins.

Frank Patterson - 'A Peep at the Back of Ovingdean Grange, Sussex'. A pen and ink drawing depicting the house, with sheep in the foreground. Some light 'foxing'. Signed below the title, bottom right, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 8 1/4-inches, frame size 16 1/2 x 14-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Boston, Lincoln'. A pen and ink drawing of the river, with a man rowing, the bank and a warehouse in the left foreground. Signed and dated 1933 below the title, bottom centre. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 10 x 7-inches, frame size 16 x 11 1/2- inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Traveller's Rest - Kirkstone Pass'. Pen, ink and brown wash drawing depicting a cyclist approaching the inn. Some light 'browning' to the upper margin. Unusually, this drawing is not inscribed by the artist with the location, but a note by Gerry Moore on the reverse identifies the spot. Signed and dated 1915, bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 6 1/2 x 12 1/2- inches, frame size 13 x 18 3/4-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Crantock, Cornwall'. Pen and ink drawing depicting a view from the road. On the reverse is a photocopy of a similar scene by the artist, but with a bicycle in the foreground. There is also a note indicating that the drawing appeared in 'Cycling' magazine in 1947. Signed above the title, bottom left, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 8 x 10-inches, frame size 13 x 14 3/4-inches.

Frank Patterson - 'The "Tumbledown Dick", Woodton, Norfolk'. Pen and ink drawing depicting a cyclist chatting with a jovial local man, possibly the gamekeeper, outside the hostelry. Some light 'browning' to the image. Signed bottom left, but not dated, though a note on the reverse indicates an appearance in 'Cycling' magazine in circa 1930. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 8 1/2 x 12-inches, frame size 15 1/2 x 18 1/2- inches.

Frank Patterson - 'Touring Odments (sic) in Hants'. Large format pen and ink drawing depicting three scenes: Porch of Warblington Church, The Nuns Door at Romsey Abbey, and The George Inn at Andover (with two cyclists walking their bicycles up the cobbled hill). Crease to the lower right corner (not touching the actual drawing). A note on the reverse indicates that this work was for an issue of 'Cycling' magazine, 1929. Signed and dated 1929 lower right-hand side. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 13 1/2 x 11 1/2- inches, frame size 18 1/2 x 16 1/2- inches.

Reg Gammon - 'Frank Patterson'. Two pencil studies on one rough-edged and slightly grubby sheet of paper of a recumbent Patterson, one full length, the other head-and-shoulders. Signed and dated 1914 lower edge. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size approximately 5 1/2 x 6 1/2- inches, frame size 13 x 15 1/4-inches.

Reg GAMMON (1894-1997), who was Frank Patterson's nephew, and who studied art privately with his uncle, was born in Petersfield, Hampshire, on 9th January 1894. He declined a place at the Slade School of Fine Art to pursue a career as an illustrator and writer. He drew for 'Punch', cycling and motoring magazines, and for a time after WW11 became a hill farmer in the Black Mountains of mid-Wales. In the 1950s he took up oil painting, and had a number of solo exhibitions at London's New Grafton Gallery. He died in Bridgewater, Somerset on 22nd April 1997 at the age of 103.