A Concise History of Italy by Luigi Salvatorelli
1940. First edition thus. 688 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces.