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Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York & London: The Macmillan Company, 1904. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Part First only (eventually was issued in three volumes). Green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine and front cover. Clean text; xii, 228 pages, v; with three pages of publishers adverts. Hardy provides at the end the Contents of the Second and Third Parts, "Subject to revision." Very fresh and bright. Previous-owner signature (1906) on the FFEP; a few faint marks on the front cover. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.63 + shipping
Description: London: Macmillan 1904-1910. 8vo. Orig. green cloth with gilt crested medallion on front covers. Spines gilt (lower spine Vol. 3 slightly defective). Uncut.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Hardy. Thomas.. The Dynasts. Vols I & II.. London. Macmillan. , 1909., 1904.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: Two Vols. Hardback, no d/w. Dark green cloth boards with gilt roundel to front & gilt titles to spine. Vol 1 1904, 1st reprint, xii + 228pp + v contents + 2pp publishers advert. Endpapers lightly foxed, light bumps to extrems, light rubbing to spine. Contents clean & bright. Vol II 1909, 1st reprint, lighter green boards than vol I. xiii + 302pp + ii reviews of part I. Very slight bumping to extrems, gilt title to spine faded, otherwise clean, tight & bright.
Seller: The Old Station Pottery and Bookshop, Wells-next-the-Sea, NORFO, United Kingdom
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Macmillan and Co., 1904-1910. VOLUME 1, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. VOLUMES 2 & 3, SECOND PRINTINGS. Near Fine.Tight bindings; clean pages and covers; only the very slightest wear. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
Seller: LaCelle Rare Books, Chadwick, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Editions in three volumes as issued, Volume 1 is a Second Printing from 1904. Volumes 2 and 3 are First Editions, First Issues. Volume 1 1904 Volume 2 1906 Volume 3 1908 This is a really attractive set of this literary master work. Only 1500 copies of each volume printed. Postage will be a little extra for this complete run of three books. Neat Names and Dates 1904/1906 in corners of three end papers. Purdy pp.119.
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.96 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Volume I, printed in 1904. Volume II, printed in 1906. Volume III, printed in 1908. Volumes in Very good condition, no damages nor marks inside.
Seller: Campbell Llibres, Barcelona, CAT, Spain
Thomas Hardy. The Dynasts A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars in Three Parts. Macmillan, London, 1904.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: All proceeds go to the charity SOL (Services for Open Learning) - an educational charity (registered charity number: 1019182). Please feel free to ask us any questions. Part One (1904) spine discoloured with small nicks. Part 2 (1906) spine discoloured with shelf wear. Part 3 (1908) spine discoloured and torn - taped into position. Reasonable price for rare set in not very good state.
Seller: SOLBOOKS, BARNSTAPLE, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.63 + shipping
Description: Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Provenance; from the library of the Ian McCann with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; part I (only): 228 pages. Subjects; Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). 20th century drama. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Second issue, with [a]3 a cancel. Original green cloth, stamped in gilt; plain endpapers; xxii,228,v,[3]pp; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear. Straight, lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, occasional scattered foxing: Very Good. The first issue "was ready for publication in December 1903, but the American printers had not finished their edition. The book was therefore kept back because of copyright law, the title-page cancelled, and a new one altering the date to 1904 substituted. In this form it was finally published at 4s. 6d. in an edition of 1,000 copies, 13 January 1904. Copies with the title-page uncancelled and date d1903 are less rare than has been assumed, but there is no evidence the book was ever sold in this state." PURDY p.120-3.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three volumes: 1 - 1904 reprint of 1903 first edition; 2 - 1909 reprint of '06 first; 3 - 1920 reprint of '08 first. Green cloth boards nobly aged, inevitably rubbed, but lightly, extremities bumped, but not fatally, heads and tails shelf worn, but hardly damaged, incipient fraying, etc. Gilt dull but legible. Trust us: handsome. Joints and hinges entirely sound. Top edges dusty, naturally enough. All within clean, bright, tight. A dignified and very good set indeed.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Provenance; from the library of the Ian McCann with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; part I (only): 228 pages. Subjects; Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). 20th century drama. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete 3 volume set. Hard covers in original cloth. Published New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1904-1908. Volume one is a first American edition - 1904; volume two (1906) and three (1908) are second impression of the first British editions - no American editions were published. 8vo., green cloth with gilt titles and and gilt block on covers, top edge gilting. Small notation on title pages, all very good. Scarce. Size: 8vo
Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts (3 Volumes). Macmillan & Co, London, 1904.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete in a three volume set. 1st edition, 2nd issue of Volume 1. 2nd state of Volume 2. Original dark green cloth, with gilt floral decoration on front board. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$409.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A three volume first edition set of Hardy's impressive Napoleonic drama. With volume I a second issue, volume II in the second state, and volume III in the first issue. Volume I is a first edition, second issue, with '1904' to the title page, rather than 1903.Volume II is a first edition, second state, with the verso of the title page blank. The two states of this volume is due to a late decision not to create an American edition, resulting in the removal of the 'copyright in the United States of America' notice to the verso of the title page. Purdy notes 'there can be no question of "issue" [. as] the cancellation took place not only before publication but apparently while the book was still in sheets at the printers'.Volume III is a first edition, first issue.The complete three volume first edition of Thomas Hardy's closet drama, described by the author as 'the longest English drama in existence'.With a single leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear of volumes I and II.George Orwell decreed that Hardy had 'set free his genius' in this drama. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to spine heads and tails, with discolouration to spines. Boards bright. Front hinge of volume III strained, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned but otherwise clean and bright, with only the odd handling mark. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom