Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik
Henrik Ibsen was born of well-to-do parents at Skien, a small Norwegian coastal town, on March 20, 1828. In 1836 his father went bankrupt, and the family was reduced to near poverty. At the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed to an apothecary in Grimstad. In 1850 Ibsen ventured to Christianiapresent-day Osloas a student, with the hope of becoming a doctor. On the strength of his first two plays he was appointed “theater-poet” to the new Bergen National Theater, where he wrote five conventional romantic and historical dramas and absorbed the elements of his craft. In 1857 he was called to the directorship of the financially unsound Christiania Norwegian Theater, which failed in 1862. In 1864, exhausted and enraged by the frustration of his efforts toward a national drama and theater, he quit Norway for what became twenty-seven years of voluntary exile abroad. In Italy he wrote the volcanic Brand (1866), which made his reputation and secured him a poet’s stipend from the government. Its companion piece, the phantasmagoric Peer Gynt, followed in 1867, then the immense double play, Emperor and Galilean (1873), expressing his philosophy of civilization. Meanwhile, having moved to Germany, Ibsen had been searching for a new style. With The Pillars of Society he found it; this became the first of twelve plays, appearing at two-year intervals, that confirmed his international standing as the foremost dramatist of his age. In 1900 Ibsen suffered the first of several strokes that incapacitated him. He died in Oslo on May 23, 1906.
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by Ibsen, Henrik; Sharp, R. Farquarson (Translation, Introduction)
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1936. Stated at copyright page: "Printed in Great Britain" Ruddy orange full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear, discoloration, bow. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures; Harrap in gilt at spine heel. Pages near fine, no writing. Endpapers with golden silhouette collage of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1936. Undated; circa 1936. Almond colored leather three-quarters of front board wrapping around spine to one quarter at rear; remainder of thick durable boards is ruddy red cloth with checkered pattern weaved in. Highly unique cover design features stylized titles, image of Gynt scored to leather in line-work emanating from vortex surrounded by… Read more about this item Item Price
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PEER GYNT
by IBSEN, Henrik; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur:
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London: George G. Harrap and Company. 1936. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Deluxe edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's original full vellum with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Colour frontispiece and 11 further tipped in colour plates, mounted on white paper, each with a captioned tissue guard. Further black and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem
by IBSEN, Henrik
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, n.y.. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Small 4to. Orange cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Captioned tissue-guarded color frontispiece, 11 captioned tissue-guarded color full-page plates (as called for), decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with several small edge chips; some old non-visible tape mends on jacket verso. A lovely,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Henrik Ibsen
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IBSEN, Henrik: Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem. London, Penguin, 1970. Originally published: 1966. Reprint. Translated with an introduction by Peter Watts. Trade Paperback, 223 pp. Subject: Literature / Drama. Condition: Very Good. Some light edge-wear to the cover's extremities. Pages clean and unmarked. "Peer Gynt, his greatest play in verse, was also to be Ibsen's last. . . he abandoned… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Limited , 1936. Stated at copyright page: "First Published 1936 by George G. Harrap & Co., Limited." Large gift book design. Rich brown full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, rub, bow. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures; Harrap in gilt at spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt: Et Dramatisk Digt
by Ibsen, Henrik
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Kristiania (Oslo): Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1911. This handsome edition of Ibsen's class dramatic poem is in Norwegian. The book is in Very Good Plus condition. (Click on photo.) It has green striated cloth covers with decorative elements in red, as well as die-stamped bright gilt lettering on the front panel and spine. The page edges are all red stained.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik (trans. R. Farquharson Sharp); illustrated by Arthur Rackham
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1936. First thus. Hardback. Embossed, pale-brown leatherette boards (no d/jkt); somewhat worn and marked, esp on rear; binding tight; gilt titling bright. Lovely illustrations (with tissue guards) by Arthur Rackham. ; 8vo (7 1/2" x 10"); 253 pages . Item Price
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PEER GYNT - ET DRAMATISK DIGT
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Kobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son), 1886. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4 3/4 x 7 inches. 263 pages. 'Syvende Oplag' on title page (7th edition). Text in Danish. Embossed covers and spine with elaborate gilt decoration, all edges gilt. Condition is Very Good; Spine lightly toned, spine ends and edges show very light wer,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem
by Ibsen, Henrik
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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1972. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback, reprint, 138gms, 222 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration throughout. There is a pen and texta marking from a previous owner on the inside back of the front cover, otherwise no… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem (Everyman's Library)
by Ibsen, Henrik (Sharp, R. Farquharson  Translator)
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J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London . New York, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction by translator, note on the present translation. Illustrated endpapers showing a art nouveau design. Green coloured cloth covered boards with a self embossed publisher's logo to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to… Read more about this item Item Price
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PEER GYNT
by IBSEN, Henrik
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Oslo: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Spine a little sunned. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Per Krough. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/4") bound in quarter mustard-color buckram with green and white paper sides printed from a design by Per Krough. Translated by William and Charles Archer. Created, printed, and bound in Norway. Copy #844 of 1500 numbered… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Limited , 1936. Stated at copyright page: "First Published 1936 by George G. Harrap & Co., Limited." Ruddy orange full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design w/light shelf wear, bump. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures; Harrap in gilt at spine heel. Pages near fine. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik
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PEER GYNT
by Ibsen, Henrik; Illustrated by Per Krohg; Translated with an Introduction byWilliam and Charles Archer
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Oslo: Limited Editions Club. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1955. Ltd Edition. Hardcover. #95 of 1500 copies. Signed By the Illustrator . 4to., xxiv, 314 pp., spine faded . Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik
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New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. c1957. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition, little edgewear; Peer Gynt is a play that tells the story of Peer Gynt, a man who cannot seem to find his way in life. He constantly changes his name and identity, but can never seem to stay out of trouble. Eventually, Peer Gynt finds… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik
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London/New York: J. M. Dent/E. P. Dutton, 1947. No.747 of Everyman's Library's edited by Ernest Rhys. green cloth w/faded gilt spine lettering/deco, 242 pgs, Deco endpapers. Cover have blind stamp of J.M.Dent. Sound Binding, Pages Clean >no names or marks.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik
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- 1936
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London: George G. Harrap Co. Ltd, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Limited to 460 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Fine in a Good example of the slipcase, rubbed through at a few of the joints but still solidly in one piece. Vellum binding, a bit toned, with gilt lettering and designs… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik
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- 1967
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New York: Airmont Publishing. Very Good. 1967. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor cover creases and shelf wear, some foxing to inside covers and endpapers, paper edge toned. ; Airmont Classics CL133, first printing, 1967. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork uncredited. ; Airmont Classics; 160 pages; Ibsen's five act play, based… Read more about this item Item Price
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1936. Ruddy orange full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear; few small numbers at lower spine area. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures. Deckled pages generally very good. Gold monochromatic silhouette collage of magical, good and nefarious characters at endpapers. Frontispiece plate w/intact… Read more about this item Item Price
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