London: Ward Lock, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo. 224 pp. Actually undated - circa 1930 - the stabilization of the French Franc in 1928 is mentioned in the introduction. Red cloth lettered in black on the front panel and spine. Light wear around the edges of the dustjacket with some darkening on the spine; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates - the title page claims sixty illustrations and the front cover declares forty-five illustrations. Errata slip still present. The Chapters are: A Favourite Touring Ground - Notes for Tourists - Motoring in Brittany; Routes to Brittany; Hotels and Tariffs; Brittany - Historical Sketch; The Emerald Coast; The Bay of St Brieuc; Guingamp and Around; Finistere; The Neighbourhood of Brest; Quimper and Its Neighbourhood; Quimperle and Around; The Land of the Megaliths; Vannes and Its Neighbourhood; The Cote D'Amour; Saint Nazaire; Nantes; In Ille et Vilaine; and In Normandy; followed by an index..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 217648
Title: A NEW HANDBOOK TO BRITTANY - and Adjacent Parts of Normandy
Author: Anonymous
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Ward Lock
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1930
Size: 16mo
Keywords: brittany; normandy; france;
Bookseller catalogs: Travel and Adventure; History - Europe;

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