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Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy
by C.S. Forester
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1927. Very Good -. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1927. First Edition, second issue in green cloth with ads dated 1932. Octavo (22.5cm); [viii],245pp+8ads; 12 plates including frontis, all present; map endpapers and genealogical table. Publisher's light green cloth with dark green rules and lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards rather edgeworn with bumping at corners and scuffing down joints; spine cocked and heavily faded, with lighter fading along top edges of boards. Opens easily between gatherings and front board opens a bit shakily, but binding is secure. Occasional sparse foxing, else interior unmarked. First number missing from date at end of ads, reading only "932."
Printed in a run of 1500 copies, the sheets of which were variously bound over a six year period.
[Ahearn APG 007b].
Printed in a run of 1500 copies, the sheets of which were variously bound over a six year period.
[Ahearn APG 007b].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29975
- Title
- Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy
- Author
- C.S. Forester
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
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About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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