Exposition

1956 · réf. BIBLIO-29813 — first edition 1956No publisher stated Oxford first edition 1956. Printed wrappers small 4to 22cm. 12 pp. 87 items. Catalogue of a hoax Ibsen exhbition mounted in 1956 by some exuberant Oxford undergraduates. According to a small press cutting laid in the exhibition attracted over 100 visitors and featured "a discussion of Ibsen by four experts tape recorded along with guttural sounds recognized as belonging to Ibsen's voice.". Wrappers a little duststained small mark to front inside wrapper otherwise Good. Laid in is an interesting 4 pp manuscript letter dated 26th March 1957 from one of the exhibition organizers Robert Nelson of Ruthven Coldstream Berwickshire to the distinguished collector of literary forgeries Stuart B. Schimmel sending the catalogue and discussing the success of the hoax. , , [first edition, 1956No publisher stated, Oxford, first edition, 1956 unknown