Vade-Mecum for Tourists in France and Belgium; containing a copious Phrase-Book and Vocabulary adapted for every emergency of the Traveller: with Maps of the chief Routes, and a variety of useful information
by FRANCE AND BELGIUM
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- Hardcover
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin and Marshall. Boston: Morton. Boulogne: F. L. Mills, [c. 1895]. Eleventh edition, 12mo (125 x 85mm), xvii, [1], 126, [2] pp., text in French and English in parallel columns, maps of France and Belgium, inner hinges shaken, original red cloth, head and foot of spine a little frayed, title in gilt on upper cover with an image of a steam engine.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35510
- Title
- Vade-Mecum for Tourists in France and Belgium; containing a copious Phrase-Book and Vocabulary adapted for every emergency of the Traveller: with Maps of the chief Routes, and a variety of useful information
- Author
- FRANCE AND BELGIUM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Simpkin and Marshall. Boston: Morton. Boulogne: F. L. Mills, [c. 1895]
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...