The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes [Part First]
by HARDY, Thomas
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1904. First Edition. 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.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23062
- Title
- The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes [Part First]
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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