The eBay listing of the antique motorcycle literature is complete. Items related to antique tractors, gasoline engines, cars and other items may be sold in the future. Details will be on this blog. If anyone is interested in purchasing one of the items listed on eBay but not sold, contact me at sunnyoakhill@yahoo.com.

If anyone owns a motorcycle previously owned by Dr. William B. Cleveland, please send me a note stating your name, the year and make of the motorcycle, and any serial numbers. There are items specific to his motorcycles that I would like to pass on to the new owners if they are interested.

Thank you.
Beverly Forcier, daughter of Dr. Cleveland

After today there will be a pause in the listing of the items, lasting approximately one week; the seller has a prior commitment. The end of all the listings will be announced on this blog.

Link to Dr. Cleveland's items listed on eBay

Check June 2005 and July 2005 in blog archives for photos and brief descriptions of majority of literature.

In Memory of
William Bingham Cleveland, M.D.
March, 1918 to May, 2008

Dr. Cleveland fell in love with motorcycles early on; in the early 1940's he rode his Indian motorcycle through the courtyard of the nurses' dormitories at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, with the house mother flapping her arms and stating, "Dr. Cleveland, Dr. Hancock, you can't do that." (Story verified at memorial service by a classmate, and verified several years ago by a new acquaintance who overheard "doctor" and "motorcycle" and asked if he were the doctor who rode through the courtyard while she was a nursing student in the 1940's.) Dr. Cleveland rode his motorcycle to Mexico soon afterwards. He loved being involved in the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, hosting the Medina, Ohio Meet from approximately 1966 to 1979. He enjoyed buying, selling, and trading motorcycles, including the last three and a half years as some of his favorite motorcycles were sold; he derived satisfaction from the recent appreciation of the motorcycles, parts and other collectibles in his collection, an appreciation that he knew some day would come. He would have enjoyed watching the e-Bay sale of his literature this summer.

Dr. Cleveland was known for his bowties, sense of humor, and kindness. He will be missed.

# 411: Book. Oliver, Smith Hempstone. "Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum." United States National Museum Bulletin 213.Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1957. 

# 414: Book. Caunter, C.F. "Handbook of the Collection illustrating Motorcycles." Part II, Catalogue of Exhibits with Descriptive Notes. Her Majesty's Stationery Office: London, 1958. 

# 412 & 413 ( two copies): Book. Caunter, C.F. "The History and Development of Motorcycles." Part I, Historical Survey.Her Majesty's Stationery Office: London, 1955.

# 410: Book. Clymer Motors. "Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook." No. 2, Deluxe Edition. Clymer Motors: Los Angeles, 1944. 

# 404: Book. Clymer Motors. "Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook." First Edition. Clymer Motors: Los Angeles, 1944. 

# 408: Book. Page, Victor. "Motorcycles, Sidecars and Cyclecars." The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company: New York, 1918. Mildew? Damage back cover, with several pages stuck together. 

# 409: Book. "Automobile Engineering." Vol IV of V vols. American Technical Society: Chicago, 1917. 

# 415: Book. "Cyclopedia of Automobile Engineering." Vol. III of V vols. American Technical Society: Chicago, 1917. 

# 402: Book: Page, Victor W. "Motorcycles , Sidecars and Cyclecars". The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company: New York, 1914. 

# 403: Book. Jackman, W.J. " ABC of the Motorcycle".The Charles C. Thompson Co. (Not Inc.): Chicago, 1910. 

# 406: Russell, Thomas H. "Ignition, Timing and Valve Settings." The Charles C. Thompson Co. (Not Inc.): Chicago, 1909. 

# 407: Book. Homans, James E. "Self-Propelled Vehicles." Theo. Audel & Company: New York, 1908. 

# 405: Bound magazine, "The Motorcycle Illustrated." Motorcycle Publishing Co.: New York, 1907 (Vol II. No 1 [January, 1907] thru Vol. II No 12 [December, 1907] 

# 400: "Operator's manual 1947 Ford Heavy Duty truck, Ford Motor Company, 3651-47, Jan. 7, 1947" 

# 397: Advertising, instruction, parts for "Zenith Carburetor Model T4X" "Bulletin No. 10" 

# 396: Advertising, instruction, parts for "Zenith Carburetor Model T and Model TX" "Bulletin No. 8" "1st revised Edition, July, 1922" 

# 398: "Zenith Carburetor Idling assembly replacement on Henderson Motorcycles, Zenith-Detroit Corporation,�Detroit" 

# 399: Advertising pamphlet, "Zenith Carburetors for easy starting, smooth Action, Power, Economy, Zzenith-Detroit Corporation, Detroit, Michigan" stamped "Bee automobile Co.,�Allentown, Penn." 

# 394: "1911 Yale Motorcycle part list�Consolidated Mfg. Co., Toledo, Ohio". "Remember: Oil is cheaper than repairs. Use good Oil, oil Motor every 10 or 12 miles�.1 gallon cans, $1.25 each, �5 gallon..$5.50" 

# 395: Advertising booklet, "The Yale-California for Nineteen Hundred & Five, The most perfect Motor-Cycle made" Toledo 

# 393: Advertising booklet, "Sears Deluxe Motor Cycles 1915" 

# 383: "Catalog N-110; Splitdorf, Lighting Systems for Motorcycles" "Mar. 1918-S.E. 324" 

# 382: catalog "Simms Magnetos, Types: C4, K4, K4-1, C6, K6; waterproof-dustproof, The Simms Magneto Company, East Orange, New Jersey" 

# 381: catalog "Simms Magnetos, Types: C4, K4, K4-1, C6, K6; waterproof-dustproof, The Simms Magneto Company, East Orange, New Jersey" 

# 384: ? 1912? Advertising booklet, "What a Few of our Many Riders and Dealers from Maine to California and elsewhere say about The Pope Motorcycle, The Pope Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A." "