Et Dukkehjem. Skuespil I Tre Aker. [A Doll’s House]. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1879.
First edition.
Octavo. 180 pp. Publisher’s elaborately gilt- and black-stamped cream cloth, spine elaborately stamped in gilt, rear cover stamped in blind, original bright white end-papers. Spine browned, slight wear to spine edges, light intermittent soiling to covers, some foxing in text. Front hinge professionally and invisibly repaired. Skewed, else a near fine copy, uncommon in this condition.
This play was amazingly controversial in its day for its depiction of an independently-thinking woman, who leaves her husband for a better life. This is one of the main works of one of the most influential dramatists of the modern era, whose works are still performed today.
see PMM, 375
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3050
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2,250