Peer Gynt
Subtitle: a dramatic poem
By: by Henrik Ibsen ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Contributors: Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945, translator; Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator; R. & R. Clark (Firm); McLagan & Cumming; Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Edition: [Deluxe edition].
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Published: 1936
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Drama; Peasants; Norwegian National characteristics
Notes: Edition information; cf. Riall.

"This edition is from the translation of R. Farquharson Sharp, and is published by arrangement with Messrs J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. The book was printed in Edinburgh--the text in Bembo type by Messrs R & R Clark, Ltd., the colour plates by Messrs McLagan & Cumming."--Colophon.

"Edition limited to four hundred and sixty copies, of which four hundred and fifty are for sale"--Preliminary page.

T.p. printed in green and black.

Plates accompanied by guardsheets with descriptive letterpress.

Rare Book copy 1: No. 96, signed by the illustrator.

Rare Book copy 2: No. 149, signed by the illustrator. With an original watercolor and ink drawing by Arthur Rackham, signed and dated 1936.

Rare Book copy 3: No. 117, signed by the illustrator.

Riall, R. Arthur Rackham, p. 192

Latimore & Haskell. Arthur Rackham, p. 74

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

Translated from the Norwegian.

Binding: Vellum stamped in gold. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers in brown and white with silhouette illustrations by Arthur Rackham.