Author: IBSEN Henrik
Title: Hedda Gabler and other Plays. The Pillars of the Community. The Wild Duck. Hedda Gabbler. Translated by Una Ellis-Fermor. [Penguin Classics]. NEAR FINE COPY
Description: Penguin, Harmondsworth,, [1961]. Sm. 8vo., page-edges very lightly browning, small neat signature on inside front wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. First published in PC under the title 'Three Plays' in 1950; this is the first impresion thus. The cover roundel is based on a photograph of the author. Ellis-Fermor was not happy that the portrait used was the best: 'I think there are phases of Ibsen's expression which, shall we say, represent the nature of his mind better than this one'. Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.62; Penguin Classics, L16.

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