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FIRST EDITION. Preceded by 12 copies printed in London, England, with a view to securing copyright. 8vo. (7 x 4.8 inches). iv, 236pp. A fine copy in publishers original green cloth binding with elaborate decoration and lettering in black and gilt to the front board and spine. Rear board with blind stamped borders and central publishers logo. Decorative floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat oval leather bookplate, lettered and decorated in gilt, on the front paste-down endpaper. A lovely copy of this famous work. --- Printing and the mind of man no. 375.

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.