[Victorian bicycling ephemera.] Three items printed by Cheney & Sons for the Banbury Star Cyclists' Club: 'Run Card for May & June, 1891'; announcement of 'Star Cyclists' Quadrille Assembly' weekly dances, printed in gold; and prize dinner invitation

The three items in very good condition. ONE: 'Run Card for May & June, 1891.' 4pp., 16mo (11.5 x 7.5 cm). Bifolium. Printed in brown within decorative border on all four sides, on creamy-grey paper. In very good condition. A tasteful production, with the front cover in fancy type; the second page giving the names of 'Officers, &c.', the third page listing the 'Club Runs' (eightheen of them beginning with 'Mollington Club' on 1 May 1891 and ending with Charlton on 30 June 1891); centred on back cover, between vignettes: 'Head Quarters: The "Old George" Inn, | Bridge Street.', with printers' slug at foot. TWO: Printed in gold within a decorative border on one side of a piece of shiny white 8.5 x 11 cm card. An attractive production, headed 'Star Cyclists' Quadrille Assembly. | The Committee of the above have pleasure in announcing a series of | Weekly Dances to be held in the | Town Hall, Banbury, | Commencing Wednesday, December 14th, 1892.' With details of prices and names of the committee. In bottom left-hand corner: 'Strictly by Invitation'. THREE: Invitation to 'The Fourth Annual Dinner and Distribution of Prizes [...] On Tuesday, October 19th, 1897, | At the Headquarters, Unicorn Hotel, | At 7.15 p.m.' Printed in blue on an 8 x 14 cm piece of embossed light-blue paper. With an engraving of the club's badge. From the archive of Cheney & Sons, 'General, Commercial & Artistic Printers, Banbury'. (John Cheney's calling card describes him as a 'Printer in Gold, Silver, and Colours', with 'Specialities in the best class of work.)' For more about the firm see 'John Cheney and his descendants, printers in Banbury since 1767' (1936) and the Victoria County History volume for the County of Oxford, Banbury Hundred.