Description
The first limited edition of Three Plays of Henrik Ibsen by Henrik Ibsen.
Tall octavo, xiv, 327, [3]pp. Half-polished tan sheepskin over boards, sheepskin corners, title stamped in gilt on spine. Translated by William Archer and others, revised by Archer, with an introduction by John Gassner and woodcut illustrations by Fredrik Matheson. Housed in the publisher’s slipcase, near fine, with a touch of shelf wear. Includes the paperwork from The Limited Editions Club.
Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by Matheson on the colophon page, this being number 85.
A fine example. (LEC, 364)
This Limited Editions Club volume collects An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, and Hedda Gabler, three of Ibsen’s major realistic dramas on public morality, family deception, social pressure, and individual will.
