The Dynasts, an Epic-drama of the War With Napoleon, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred & Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years; de Thomas Hardy (Creator) - 2012-08-01

London, Macmillan & Co, 1924;. Reprint of the Thin Paper edition. Hardback. Good/ No dj. xxi, 526pp. Internal hinge partly cracked, tape repaired. Top & foredge gilt. Navy covers with gilt tile on front & spine. Small pieces 1cm missing at spine extremities. .

London: Macmillan, 1920. 5th reprint of 1910 complete edition . Green Cloth. VG+/Good. 14cms X 19.5 Cms. f/piece portrait of Hardy by Mary Hardy (with tissue-guard), xxi+525+(2, Hardy list), uncut edges; almost flawless, trace of erased pencilling top front endpaper, top edge of textblock a trifle dust-darkened, spine lettering slightly dull; unclipped brown paper jacket clean but chip top spine affecting 'Dynasts' ('t' missing and part of following 's'), a few other minor chips and edge-rubbings. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

London: Macmillan, 1910. First single-volume edition. Un volume (20 cm) di XV-525 pagine; ritratto di Hardy in antiporta con velina protettiva. Prima edizione delle tre parti riunite in volume (le parti separate furono pubblicate nel 1904, 1906 e 1908). Legatura editoriale in tutta tela verde con titolo dorato al dorso. No dust jacket. Un ex libris nobiliare incollato al retro del piatto. Condizioni molto buone.

Macmillan, London, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first single-volume edition (originally issued in three volumes between 1903 and 1908). 8vo. xv, 525pp + xxxii publisher's advertisements. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Edges rough-trimmed. With a photogravure frontispiece portrait and tissue-guard, the latter lightly spotted. Some bruising to the backstrip ends and just a touch of wear to the corner tips. Free endpapers lightly spotted. Boards lightly marked and handled. Endpapers lightly spotted and half-title browned. A very good, bright copy. No dust wrapper, possibly as issued. See Purdy pp.134..