The Dynasts
by Thomas Hardy
(Macmillan - Complete First Edition Set, 1904, 1906, 1908)
Asking Price: £49.95 (excl. post & packing)
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A hard to find complete three volume First Edition set in original, matching boards. Issued between 1903 and 1908 and planned as Hardy's masterpiece The Dynasts was poorly received and the initial First Edition print runs were correspondingly low (believed to be between 1,000 and 1,500 copies for each volume). Something of a collector's dream First Edition sets are available in a mixture of bindings, UK / USA editions and different versions.
Book Conditions:
Voume 1: Fair+, 1904 first reprint of the 1903 American First Edition, 228 pages + 5 page contents list for the planned second and third parts (highlighted as being subject to revision and not guaranteed for publication) and a two page catalogue of other Thomas Hardy titles. Significant board wear, gilt 'TH' device on front board still bright, securely bound but beginning to separate from front hinge, book dealer's pencilled price and owners initials plus bookplate on front end-papers, light spotting to endpapers but otherwise internally very clean.
Voume 2: Fair+, 1906 American First Edition (title page cancel with stub), 302 pages + 2 pages of reviews for the first part. Significant board wear, gilt 'TH' device on front board still bright, firmly bound but separating from front and rear hinges, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, light browning to endpapers but otherwise internally clean.
Voume 3: Fair, 1908 First UK Edition, 355 pages. Significant board wear, gilt 'TH' device on front board still bright, firmly bound but separating from front and rear hinges, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, light to moderate spotting and soiling throughout. Total weight with packaging 1.6Kg hence additional packing and posting charges.
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