Columbia Bicycles (25 results)

Ephemera. Very Good; 1941 Columbia Bicycles Life Magazine Advertisemnt. An Important Means of Modern Transportation. Columbia, America's First Bicycle, First in 1877 First in 1941. Ad is 7" high and 5 1/2" across. Good condition, wear at edges. Suitable for framing.

magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Vintage Article/Advertisement, very good condition, slightly discolored from age; Unbound, neatly trimmed & in mylar with a stiff backing board. Please note: This is NOT A BOOK, but from a vintage journal. "Hammonds Books" is shown on illustrations but is NOT written on the item but only on the scan. ; ; 6x9 ; 1 pages; Some stains around the outside edges of the pages; from a vintage journal and not the complete magazine.

Magazine. Condition: Good. This is an article/advertisement from a Vintage Journal and not a book or magazine, This journal over 100 years old. Pages are clean, though slightly rippled, due to age and with minor stains not affecting the text or the illustrations. Please see the image or contact us for more information if you have questions. ; 6 x 9; 1 pages.

Single sheet. Condition: Very Good. Chicago: Keystone Magazine. Very Good. 1893. Single sheet. Size : 11 by 15 inches Condition : A very good vintage advertisement with small binders holes in the outer margins and light dust soiling and a few very small edge tears all in the margins only. See photos; Comments : A classic vintage advertisement rescued from a damaged copy of the May 1893 Keystone Magazine. The front is a full page advertisement for Columbia Bicycle. On the reverse side is another great adveretisiment this is a full page ad from B. Veit of New York offing various tools as shown. Either advertisement would look great mattec and framed . .

Magazine. Condition: Good+. Pages from journal, This is NOT A BOOK but a vintage piece. Good condition, pages discolored from age, some minor edgetears, but otherwise clean and legible ; These were printed on coated paper, not newsprint, and for this reason, have survived with imperfections. They are discolored from age and some have spotting, though it does not obscure the text. Also, some have edgewear and tears and the edges have opened where the paper was folded for over 100 years. ; 11 x 16; 1 pages; Pages discolored, minor edge tears.

Condition: Good Condition.

Condition: Fair Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Original publisher's light blue paper wrappers with string binding. Illustration of decorative scrollwork and a man on a bicycle printed in brown ink on front cover. Pages also made of same light blue paper as covers. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." Twelve pages, complete. Small illustrations printed in brown ink, complete. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning along edges. A Fine copy. A promotional booklet by the Pope Manufacturing Company that advertises its line of Columbia bicycles. The booklet concisely lists reasons why one should buy a bicycle and, specifically, why one should buy a Columbia bicycle. Among the reasons listed are that riding a Columbia bicycle allows more traveling distance with less physical exertion, is an entertaining form of exercise, and is fashionable and keeping with the times. The text also assures potential buyers that the company's bicycles are safe to ride. The back cover includes three testimonials promoting three different types of Columbia bicycles.

1st Printing. 12 pages. Illustrated with 4 cuts of people on cycles, with t.p. having decorative ornamentation to left. 12mo. 5-5/8" x 3-3/4" "Pope Manufacturing Company was founded by Albert Augustus Pope around 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, and incorporated in Connecticut in 1877. Manufacturing of bicycles began in 1878 in Hartford, Connecticut, at the Weed Sewing Machine Company factory. Pope manufactured bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles. From 1905 to 1913, Pope gradually consolidated manufacturing to the Westfield Mass plant. The main offices remained in Hartford. It ceased automobile production in 1915 and ceased motorcycle production in 1918. The company subsequently underwent a variety of changes in form, name and product lines through the intervening years. Yet all the way up to present-day, bicycles continue to be made available under the Columbia brand." [Wiki]. An early promotional brochure by this long-time bicycle manufacturer. Herein the company touts it's product, anchored with a 2 page manifesto: "Why Should I Ride a Bicycle?" Evidently enough people agreed they should, for "by the mid-1890s, at the height of the bicycle craze, Pope was manufacturing about a quarter million bicycles annually." Light age-toning at the extremities, VG+. Printed blue paper self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Original 1897 ad for Pope Manufacturing Co. taken from a 1897 Judge - AD ONLY! Measures 9 1/2 x H13 1/4 inches. Moderate soiling on border/margins with crease across middle. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-5-TS-L) rareviewbooks.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original color lithograph from an 1897 Judge - LITHO ONLY! Measures W9 1/2 x H13 inches. Moderate creases/soiling on margins - small tear left edge. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-2-TS-L-Flat) rareviewbooks.

Square 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; illustrated throughout, including a double-p. spread of the Pope factories; the pamphlet is creased vertically, and the rear wrapper and last 2 leaves are torn in the lower gutter (not affecting any text); internally clean with attractive illustrations. See Romaine, p. 61. OCLC locates editions of 1888 and 1892.

Illus. (incl. "high wheel"), 5.5 x 3.5", string-tied wraps, 12pp, covers lightly rubbed, minor toning and small bump to bottom fore-corner, but still a very nicely preserved little catalogue. Why buy a Columbia? "It is up to the times.".

Illus. (incl. "high wheel"), 5.5 x 3.5", string-tied wraps, 12pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine and rear cover toned, tiny hole in spine at string, but still a very nicely preserved little catalogue. Why buy a Columbia? "It is up to the times.".

Illus. (incl. "high wheel"), 5.5 x 3.5", string-tied wraps, 12pp, covers lightly rubbed, some toning along the foredge of front cover, a very nicely preserved little catalogue. Why buy a Columbia? "It is up to the times.".

Illus. (incl. "high wheel"), 5.5 x 3.5", string-tied wraps, 12pp, covers lightly rubbed, very minor toning, a nicely preserved piece. Why buy a Columbia? "It is up to the times.".

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original color lithograph from a 1897 Judge - LITHO ONLY! Measures W9 3/4 x H13 inches. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-10-Bottom-Up-L-Flat) rareviewbooks.

Pictorial wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Impressive catalogue by Columbia Bicycles ("STILL America's First Bicycle"), circa 1940. Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers, with rich color throughout. From "duo-tone finish" to "solid front hubs" to "therm-o-matic frames" to "crank hanger assembly", showcasing state-of-the-art features which make Columbia "since 1877 -- America's first bicycle".

Stapled wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Wonderful Columbia bicycle catalogue, cirac late 1940s. Crisp, clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Dozens and dozens of illustrations throughout of the most recent models and parts, most of the images in vivid color. "Since 1877 -- America's First Bicycle".

Illus. (incl. "high wheel"), 5.5 x 3.5", string-tied wraps, 12pp, covers lightly rubbed, very minor toning, a very nicely preserved little catalogue. Why buy a Columbia? "It is up to the times.".

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Near Fine 7 1/4 x 8 5/8 inch stapled wraps. 16 pages. Slight, shallow bend at top open corners. Exquisite art nouveau cover design in red & black on brown. B&W & sepia illustrations on glossy paper within. Includes Chainless Models 59 & 60; chain drive Models 57. 58 & 61; Tandems & Detailed Parts; Hartford Patterns 19 & 20 & Vedette Bicycles. Bright, snug & unmarked original edition for 1899. A rare & handsome example.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Rougher shape. Cover holding, but barely. Some staple rust, contents in great shape. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Rougher shape. Cover has seen water but internally nice. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 166. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1888 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1888 Language: English Pages: 166 Volume 1888.

Trade Card. Condition: Very Good. Very scarce 'Columbia Bicycle' Victorian trade card [VTC], ca. 1883-1885, 2 13/16" x 6 5/8", in Very Good or better condition. A great color lithographed image of uniformed men riding high-wheelers by moonlight, guided by their bicycle lanterns and the sound of their leader's horn. This image is nearly pristine but for a small loss at the extreme upper left corner where there is also a small crease [see scans enlarged]. Some spotting along the lower right and bottom margins (not on the litho]. Faint light blue dealer's stamp, 'W.N. STONE' on bottom margin. Reverse features a glowing review of Columbia Bicycles by the Century Magazine, dated Feb. 22, 1882, and a testimonial by a New York doctor. 'THE POPE M'F'G CO.' and address at bottom, along with light blue dealer stamp. Small abrasion loss at top, with 'rney' of the word journey lost, and minor rubbing/spotting/staining at the top edge. Again, see scans enlarged. Actually a nice example of this rare card.