London: Ernest Benn, Limited, 1925. 1st. hb. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 231pp. Frontis map of Italy in 1810. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very minor edge wear, gilt lettering bright, fore edge of text block shows slight foxing. In clean dust jacket with minor chipping, tape reinforced corners and top and bottom of spine. Early work on the formation of the modern Italian state, covering the years from 1815 to 1918. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: CW5048
Title: The Making of Modern Italy
Author: Solmi, Arrigo
Format/Binding: Hb
Book Condition: Used
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ernest Benn, Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1925
Bookseller catalogs: History;

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Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....