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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated saddle-stitched wraps with the Arch de Triumph on the Front and a Touring Car in the Alps on the rear. 5 by 8 inches; 24 pages. Every page is illustrated with accompanying text or a map. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear to the wraps. [no date c1935 or earlier, the company was acquired in 1938; OCLC registers the date as 1900s] Areas highlighted include: the Seine Valley, Burgundy, Nivernais, Auvergne, Cevennes, the French Alps (and the automobile touring services of the P.L.R.), the Jura, Savoy, Dauphiny, Rhone Valley, and the Riviera. Created between 1858 and 1862 from the amalgamation of the earlier Paris-Lyon and Lyon-Méditerranée companies, and subsequently incorporating a number of smaller railways, the PLM operated chiefly in the south-east of France, with a main line which connected Paris to the Côte d'Azur by way of Dijon, Lyon, and Marseille. An uncommon brochure with 7 copies held in institutions.