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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) 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 Photogravure portrait frontispiece on China paper. xv, [i], 236 pp. 4to First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Paper 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.