IBSEN, HENRIK. Samfundets Støtter [The Pillars of Society].

IBSEN, HENRIK. Samfundets Støtter [The Pillars of Society]. 8vo, publisher's russet cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold; all edges gilt, front hinge tender, scattered foxing, mostly to preliminaries and end leaves. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1877

first edition of Ibsen's first play to be performed in London, in 1880, under the title Quicksand. The title was changed in 1889 to The Pillars of Society. One of Ibsen's most important early plays, it established his reputation as the master playwright of social dramas.