1924 GUIDE MICHELIN de FRANCE 20th ANNEE MAPS TOWN PLANS MOTORING LYONS PARIS *

Description: I have here for sale a book entitled GUIDE MICHELIN FRANCE, published in 1924 by Michelin et Cie, Clermont-Ferrant, France. Published as part of a series of guides and written in French. There are colour maps, b/w plans of towns and cities, itineraries for motoring and b/w adverts interspersed throughout. Part I is all about Michelin tyres and how to maintain them and your car, Part II is a route planner through all parts of the country, interspersed with full page colour Exursion itineraries. Laid out alphabetically by town name. Part III is Useful Information for Travellers and then there are 4 colour double page maps with Michelin adverts in between. In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars and, accordingly, car tyres, car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the Michelin Guide. Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition of the guide were distributed. It provided information to motorists, such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol stations throughout France. In 1904, the brothers published a guide for Belgium similar to the Michelin Guide. Michelin subsequently introduced guides for Algeria and Tunisia (1907); the Alps and the Rhine (northern Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Netherlands) (1908); Germany, Spain, and Portugal (1910); the British Isles (1911); and "The Countries of the Sun" (Les Pays du Soleil) (Northern Africa, Southern Italy and Corsica) (1911). In 1909, an English-language version of the guide to France was published and so the series grew. Following the usage of the Murray's and Baedeker guides, the guide began to award stars for fine dining establishments in 1926 which is what it is best known for today. Please have a look at my other Michelin Guides on sale on Ebay either now or in the next week or so.Guide Michelin 1900 reimpressionGuide Michelin Belgique 1926Guide Michelin Belgique 1929Guide Michelin France 1912 1924 1950Guide Michelin Suisse 1908Guide Michelin Suisse 1914Guide Michelin Suisse Haute Italie 1926Guides Michelin Bataille de la Marne I L'Ourcq II Les Marais 1917 Vosges I II 1920Michelin Guide British Isles 1912Michelin Guide Holland Belgium 1912 Red cloth hardboards with black Michelin logo, black map of France divided into sections and black title lettering to the front board and spine. Front board is detached and spine cloth is lifting and is a bit faded. Rear board loose. Remains of sellotape on the front inside joint. Bookmarks still present and page pretty clean and firm. Condition: fair/good. 888 pages, 20 x 11 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.

Price: 19.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

End Time: 2024-12-11T10:03:45.000Z

Shipping Cost: 39.15 GBP