Dynasts First Edition by Hardy (5 results)

8vo., First Edition thus, endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at extremities and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. The first Thin Paper edition combining 'The Dynasts' and 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' in a single volume. Issued as Volume II of 'The Poetical Works', it is nevertheless complete in itself ('Volume I' collects the author's several volumes of poetry). 'The Dynasts' was originally published in three parts (1903, 1906, 1908) and first collected in a single ('Complete') volume in 1910. 'Queen of Cornwall' (1923) was re-issued in a second and considerably revised edition in the following year. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. See Purdy, pp.134 and 230.

8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), small signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, gilt back, gilt top, an unusually bright, clean, crisp copy. The first edition to combine 'The Dynasts' and 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' in a single volume. Issued as Volume II of 'The Poetical Works', it is nevertheless complete in itself (Volume I collects the author's several volumes of poetry). 'The Dynasts' was originally published in three parts (1903, 1906, 1908) and first collected in a single (complete) volume in 1910. 'The Queen of Cornwall' (1923) was re-issued in a second and considerably revised edition in the following year. See Purdy, pp. 134 and 230.

8vo., First Collected Edition, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original green diced cloth, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first collected edition of Hardy's monumental drama first issued in three separate parts in 1903 1905 and 1908. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Purdy p.134.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Complete set of three first edition volumes. Part First dated 1904; 1st edition, 2nd issue of 1000 copies. Part Second dated 1906; 1st edition, second state of 1500. Part Third dated 1908; 1st edition, 1st impression of 1500. In both First and Second Parts, [a]3 is a cancel, as called for. Same owners signature in all three copies, not a married group. Bound in publisher's olive-green cloth, First Volume is a darker forest green compared to Vol. II and III. blocked in gold with TH monogram medallion to upper board, and titling in gold to spine. Deckle edges. Single leaf of publisher's ads to Parts First and Second. Good copies in original cloth with light wear, faded spines, and a few bumped corners. Age-toning, spotting and dust soiling to page edges and onto top margins in some places. Spotting to eps and prelims and occasional minor spotting to contents. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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,