HARDY, THOMAS. The Dynasts. A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars. In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. London: Macmillan, 1903-06-08. 3 vols, 8vo, original olive green cloth, unopened, extremities of vol. 1 slightly rubbed, spines of vols. 2 & 3 slightly faded, IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKETS of greenish-gray paper printed in blue (those on vols. 1 & 2 with spines a bit darkened and front cover a little soiled); green half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITIONS, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE OF VOL. 1 (with integral title-page dated 1903), the usual second state of vol. 2 with cancelled title-page (dated 1905 in first state -- the bibliographer Purdy had never seen a copy of the first state in an English binding, as of 1979). Purdy, pp. 119-135.