Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy

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].