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London: William Heinemann, 1891. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xv, [1], 236 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates. Scattered foxing, boards slightly splayed, else a Near Fine copy of an extremely scarce book. Elegant signed Zaehnsdorf binding in full white vellum, boards ruled in gold, spine elaborately decorated with brown morocco title label and dated '1891' at foot; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; gold tooled turn-ins; marbled endpapers; translated into English with an introduction by Edmund Gosse. Frontis photogravure portrait on India Paper of Ibsen and photomezzotype portraits of American actresses Elizabeth Robins and Marion Lea in their roles in the London production. #51 of the deluxe 'Large Paper Edition, limited to One Hundred Numbered Copies.' Printing and the Mind of Man 375; 'Revolution in the Theatre' (Norweigian edition).

Hedda Gabler is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 and has since become one of Ibsen's most notable works. It centers on the life of Hedda Gabler, an aristocratic woman trapped in a conventional society.