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Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts ... Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse
by Ibsen, Henrik
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's wrappers with illustrated French-fold jacket. Spine defective, jacket chipped and worn with loss, textblock split. I
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1891. First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Paper Edition. Photogravure portrait frontispiece on China paper. xv, [i], 236 pp. 4to. Publisher's wrappers with illustrated French-fold jacket. Spine defective, jacket chipped and worn with loss, textblock split. In a custom blue half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Paper Edition. Photogravure portrait frontispiece on China paper. xv, [i], 236 pp. 4to. The large paper edition of the first English edition of Hedda Habler, limited to 100 copies. First published in London in an edition of 12 copies to secure copyright followed by the Copenhagen edition in the original Norwegian. PMM 375 (Norwegian edition)
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309866
- Title
- Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts ... Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse
- Author
- Ibsen, Henrik
- Format/Binding
- Photogravure portrait frontispiece on China paper. xv, [i], 236 pp. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's wrappers with illustrated French-fold jacket. Spine defective, jacket chipped and worn with loss, textblock split. I
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Pape
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Drama | Sets | Henrik Ibsen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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