Item #33885 The Master-Builder: A Drama in Three Acts. Henrik Ibsen, Jno. W. Arctander, trans.

The Master-Builder: A Drama in Three Acts

Minneapolis, MN: Waldm. Kriedt, 1893. Very Good. Item #33885

Minneapolis, MN: Waldm. Kriedt, 1893. First Arctander Edition. Octavo; publisher's terracotta cloth stamped in black and gilt, green floral endpapers; [4],160pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Moderate wear to cloth margins, textblock uniformly brittle and toned due to inferior paper quality, else Very Good and sound.

Early American edition of Ibsen's play translated by the Minneapolis lawyer originally to be read privately to friends. The result was popular enough to warrant this small edition. The more common American edition, published in the same year, was translated by Edmond Gosse and William Archer.

Price: $100.00