IBSEN, Henrik. The Master Builder. London, 1893. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. [With:] IBSEN. Nora. Copenhagen, 1880. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by T. Weber to Dr. G Stephens.
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IBSEN, Henrik (1828-1906). The Master Builder. London: William Heinemann, 1893.
8vo. Photographic frontispiece. (Some minor staining primarily to first few leaves.) Original dark green cloth-backed light green cloth (some staining and light wear). Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991), British-born American stage actress (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, Eva Le Gallienne's copy. Gallienne earned success in 1928 for her work in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, and regularly starred in his plays. Gallienne's bookplate bears a quote from Ibsen from The Master Builder: "Solness: Homes for Human Beings. Hilda: But Homes with high towers and pinnacles upon them. Ibsen." A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.
[With:] IBSEN. Nora. Copenhagen: Weber's Academy, 1880. 12mo. Original lavender wrappers. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by T. Weber to Dr. G Stephens.
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