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IBSEN, Henrik (1828 - 1906). Collection of first

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Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, (F. Hegel & Son), 1879 - 1896. 8vo (167 x 115 mm). Each in publisher's original cloth (red, green, burgundy, or grey) decoratively stamped in gilt on upper covers and spines, floral endpapers, a.e.g. Most housed in a custom clamshell box. Condition: some hinges cracked, ownership silight foxing; some edgewear and rubbing to bindings and fading to spine. Provenance: Booklabel of "T. L." to two volumes; two volumes with ownership signatures to title pages. first editions in the deluxe cloth bindings. Including: Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House), 1879. En Folkefiende (An Enemy of the People), 1882. Vildanen (The Wild Duck), 1884. Rosmersholm, 1886. Fruen Fra Havet (The Lady from the Sea), 1888. Hedda Gabler, 1890. Bygmester Solness (The Master Builder), 1892. John Gabriel Borkman, 1896. "Ibsen's influence on the whole course of modern drama may be indicated by the inclusion of his plays in the repertoire of every avant-garde theater of his day ... Ibsen's revolutionary technique has now become firmly established," Printing in the Mind of Man, 375 (Hedda Gabler).

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