Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very good / Fine copy in a Very Good ++ dust wrapper. One of the Pocket Edition series.
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.22 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1927. [ First published in this form 1924.]. Two volumes. Soft-bound in dark-blue leather; elaborate gilt spines. Top-edges gilt. Matching set complete. Neat owner name to the fly-leaf, A. Jones to each fly-leaf. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear only to head of spines. VERY GOOD INDEED. Continuous pagination; (xix), 1-322, (vii), 323- 568 pages. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$563.77 + shipping
Description: two out of three only, edition of 525 printed on large paper, portrait frontispiece signed in pencil by artist Francis DODD (1874-1949,Portrait Painter), printed throughout in black and red type "composed in the Baskerville Fount and printed on hand-made paper at the Chiswick Press, London", leaves unopened, original batik-style paper-covered boards with vellum spines, gilt lettering to spine, London, Macmillan,
Seller: Sophie Dupre ABA ILAB PADA, Calne, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 3 vols. Frontispiece portrait, signed by Francis Dodd. Small folio, original quarter vellum over decorated paper-covered boards. First edition; one of 525 large-paper copies, signed by Thomas Hardy. Very slightest of use at outside corners; a bright, fresh, very attractive set.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas.. The Dynasts. .3 Volumes.. , 1927.
Price: US$726.86 + shipping
Description: London: Macmillan and Co., 1927. 4to. Original quarter vellum over patterned paper boards (corners rubbed). Gilt title on spines. Edges uncut. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Hardy in Volume I. Limited edition of 525 large paper copies signed by Thomas Hardy. Some light foxing on the end-papers, otherwise a fine set. NOTE: Initially published in three separate parts in 1904, 1906 and 1908, Thomas Hardy subtitled this work 'an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon'. Hardy drew on war stories from the Napoleonic wars and extensive research for this epic work.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts.. Macmillan & Co, London, 1927.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, one of 525 examples. Quarto, bound in half vellum over boards. Signed by Thomas Hardy in volume I. In fine condition. An exceptional set. George Orwell wrote that Hardy had "set free his genius" by writing this drama and thought its main appeal was "in the grandiose and rather evil vision of armies marching and counter-marching through the mists, and men dying by hundreds of thousands in the Russian snows, and all for absolutely nothing." Hardy himself described this work as "an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
HARDY, THOMAS. The dynasts: An epic-drama of the war with Napoleon.. Macmillan, London, 1927.
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: One of an edition on large paper limited to 525 copies, signed by the author, 4to, 3 vols., title-pp. printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait of Hardy signed by the artist, Francis Dodd; small tape stain on front pastedown of vol. I, else about fine in quarter vellum over decorative paper-covered boards, gilt lettered direct on spines.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. THE DYNASTS. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1927.
Price: US$991.17 + shipping
Description: An epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts, and one hundred and thirty scenes, the time covered by the action being about ten years. In three volumes. Pp. xii+168+vi+212+viii+238, frontispiece and tissue guard volume I, text printed in red & black; impl. 8vo; qr. vellum, spines lettered in gilt, batik patterned papered boards, small chip to fore-edge of upper board, Volume III; uncut, partly unopened; ownership label on upper pastedowns, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpapers, the endpapers slightly foxed; Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1927. One of 525 copies printed on large paper and signed (in volume one) by the author. See Purdy, pp. 134/135.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$999.00 + shipping
Description: 3 Volumes. large 8vo. pp. 165, [1 leaf]; vi, 211, [1]; vii, 235, [1 leaf]. etched portrait frontis. by Francis Dodd, signed in pencil by the Artist. half morocco, t.e.g. (spines darkened). Limited to 525 copies on large paper, signed by the Author. Composed in the Baskerville Fount and printed on hand-made paper at the Chiswick Press.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts.. Macmillan. London, 1927., 1927.
Price: US$1061.78 + shipping
Description: Original batik-style paper-covered boards with vellum spines. Limited Large Paper Edition of 525 copies SIGNED BY THOMAS HARDY. 3 volumes. This is elegant set is printed throughout in black and red type at the Chiswick Press. This is an unusually lovely set -- clean and bright, leaves unopened, with very light wear.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon. London: Macmillan, 1927.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Three volumes (complete), quarto, vellum and Japanese paper-covered boards lettered in gilt. Signed limited edition, with a new frontispiece etching of Hardy by Francis Dodd, signed in pencil. One of 525 numbered copies, signed by Hardy. Purdy pages 134, 135. A flawless set.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts. Macmillan, London, 1927.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: One of 575 copies, signed by the Author. Etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. 3 vols. Tall 8vo. One of 525 Signed by Hardy. Decorated paper boards, vellum spines. Fine, the second and third volumes in tan printed dust jackets Etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. 3 vols. Tall 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts. Macmillan, London, 1927.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Dodd, Francis. One of 575 copies, signed by the Author. Etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. 3 vols. Tall 8vo. One of 525 Signed by Hardy. Decorated paper boards, vellum spines. Fine, bookplate of Roy Chester Barker Etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. 3 vols. Tall 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas; Dodd, Francis. Dynasts, The. London: Macmillan and Co., 1927, 1927.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: One of 525 Large-Paper Copies, Signed by Thomas Hardy HARDY, Thomas. The Dynasts. An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being about Ten Years. London: Macmillan and Co., 1927. Limited to 525 copies printed on large paper, signed by the author. Three large octavo volumes (10 11/16 x 7 3/4 inches; 272 x 197 mm.). [2, limitation leaf (recto blank)], xii, 165, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank]; [2], vi, 211, [1, colophon]; vii, [1, blank], 235, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [3, blank] pp. Etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd (signed in pencil by the artist). Printed in red and black "in the Baskerville fount" at the Chiswick Press. Original quarter vellum, ruled in gilt, over decorative paper boards. Spines lettered in gilt. All edges uncut. A very fine set. In the original brown printed dust jackets. Individually chemised and housed together in a quarter dark blue morocco slipcase. "The Dynasts [first published 1904-1908] is the culmination of Hardy's lifelong interest in Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars. Through more than thirty years this epic-drama was taking shape in his mind.From entries in his diary it is possible to trace the slow development of his design from the first suggestion in June 1875 of a group of Napoleonic ballads, âforming altogether an Iliad of Europe from 1789 to 1815', to the completion of The Dynasts in the September of 1907. A ballad-sequence was discarded in favour of drama in June 1877, with the note, âConsider a grand drama, based on the wars with Napoleon, or some one campaign (but not as Shakespeare's historical dramas). It might be called âNapoleon', or âJosephine', or by some other person's name'" (Purdy, p. 121). Purdy, pp. 134-135.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy's epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. One of five hundred and twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets which are in very good condition. George Orwell wrote that Hardy had "set free his genius" by writing this drama and thought its main appeal was "in the grandiose and rather evil vision of armies marching and counter-marching through the mists, and men dying by hundreds of thousands in the Russian snows, and all for absolutely nothing." Hardy himself described this work as "an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.