yperman Posted 11 December , 2016 Share Posted 11 December , 2016 Good afternoon, I have a 1st edition account of a cyclist company's war service. The dust jacket is made of poor quality paper and is looking fragile. As it has a wonderful cartoon on the front I am anxious to preserve it and I wondered if anyone can suggest anything apart from not handling it and keeping it out of the sunlight? Many thanks Yperman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 11 December , 2016 Share Posted 11 December , 2016 I use KPC sleeves which come on a 10 or 25m roll. Probably not much use for a single volume though. Whatever you use don't keep it in place with sellotape - it bleeds glue onto the jacket eventually & discolours it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanewt Posted 11 December , 2016 Share Posted 11 December , 2016 Cling film?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen4256 Posted 11 December , 2016 Share Posted 11 December , 2016 Clearsleeve available on Amazon is a relatively cheap option. Which Cyclist Company out of interest? Regards Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 December , 2016 Share Posted 11 December , 2016 The conservator's option would be Melinex, an acid-free film which will stop the cover deteriorating any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yperman Posted 12 December , 2016 Author Share Posted 12 December , 2016 Thank you all. My much hated Windows 10 is playing up and preventing me opening messages tonight. Hopefully better soon. Owen 4256 the book is the '60th (London) Divisional Cyclist Company' printed by Pristo for the Committee of the Old Comrades Association. It also includes some information on XVIII Corps cyclist battalion. It isn't dated and the authors just give their initials. I think it is a compilation by company members in narrative form of official records, photos,personal memories and private papers. My copy was presented by the Association to the widow of a recently deceased former private who, I guess, died around 1934 - in the back, in addition to the names of every member of the company and their details, is a list of their yearly dinners and outings which runs up to 1934 with blanks for the next five years. It also gives the numbers attending these events and shows at least half the company were still going to them in 1934. Yperman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen4256 Posted 12 December , 2016 Share Posted 12 December , 2016 Yperman Great book. There is a surprising amount of detail on the former members who were posted to other cyclist battalions towards the end. I have seen a couple of copies over the years but never one with a dust jacket.Intrigued to know what the cartoon looks like... Regards Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yperman Posted 13 December , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 December , 2016 owen4256 this the front cover there are some inside including one of cyclists in combat in the German spring offensive 1918 showing a real skirmish. I will post it tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen4256 Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 Now that's a cartoon! Great cover, thanks for posting. Regards Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 I recognised the jacket from an old Turner Donovan catalogue , just had a look and it was in the October 2005 issue , valued then at £135. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 tis "The Cads on Castors" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yperman Posted 17 December , 2016 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2016 I had no idea it was worth anything like that price. It also comes with the presentation letter to a cyclist's widow. By the way what is a "hipe" ? I think it is a SMLE from the context in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 4 hours ago, yperman said: I had no idea it was worth anything like that price. It also comes with the presentation letter to a cyclist's widow. By the way what is a "hipe" ? I think it is a SMLE from the context in the book. Yes, in the book 'The Long Trail : what the British soldier sang and said 1914-18 ' it says it is derived from the parade ground practice of malforming words in order to attain an effect of smartness and authority . One of the forms which ' slope arms! ' took, coming from the mouth of some N.C.O 's, warrant officers and officers , was ' Slope Hipe ! '. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yperman Posted 17 December , 2016 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2016 Thank you Black Maria - I will put the Long Trail on my Christmas list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 17 December , 2016 Share Posted 17 December , 2016 14 minutes ago, yperman said: Thank you Black Maria - I will put the Long Trail on my Christmas list... You're welcome, yes it's well worth getting a copy as it contains a mine of information. I was reading a memoir not long ago and the author mentioned something about 'geese' which didn't really make sense . Looking the word up in the book I found it was a soldier's slang name for the Portuguese troops who were on the western front at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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