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Elephant Folio (30"x22"). 95pp (unbound) +8pp. (rear portfolio). 1/2 bound navy leather and blue cloth-covered solander box with black- and giltstamped titles and decoration. Cream linen interior, Cream cloth-covered inner portfolio boards with giltstamped decoration, unbound pages on cold-pressed paper (28.5"x20.75"). 17 original lithographs signed in pencil by Bleken (2 missing), 8 unsigned prints in separate portfolio to rear penciled "EA". Certification of authenticity signed by contributors included. Limited, from a total edition of 170 copies. Text in Norwegian. Half title missing 3"x1" piece to corner. Spots to certificate. Solander box: light rubbing with some color loss to leather, especially to spine extremes. Shallow dents to tail- and top-edges. Extra shipping will be charged due to weight.

About Hedda Gabler

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.