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Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover. An ex-library copy in brown cloth lettered in gold. The usual ex-libris markings, to include clear tape reinforcement at the spine. The binding is sound, and the text is clean/unmarked. No dust jacket.

Seller: Row By Row Bookshop, Sugar Grove, NC, U.S.A.

J. Leslie Hotson. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press / Harvard University Press, 1925.

Price: US$21.95 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No marks or writing observed in text. Back hinge is cracked but all is secure.

Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.

HOTSON, J. Leslie.. The Death of Christopher Marlowe.. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: 76 pp. Folding frontispiece. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Second printing. Bookplate removed from pastedown; light rubbing to cloth at extremities.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Marlowe, Christopher) Hotson, J Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2nd Printing; tan c w/age-related soiling, sunned spine, gilt titles; owner's name; 76 clean, unmraked pages/appendi/notes Size: 8 Vo

Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.

Hotson, J. Leslie.. The Death of Christopher Marlowe.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925. Second impression of the first edition., 1925.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Description: Black and White illustrations (fold-out frontis). Very Good-, without dust jacket.

Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom

Hotson, J Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press, 1925.

Price: US$26.69 + shipping

Description: Clean pages with minor toning, tight binding, cloth boards clean with small amount of darkening to top edge Clean pages with minor toning, t

Seller: HGG Books, Slingerlands, NY, U.S.A.

HOTSON, J. Leslie. The Death Of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Octavo. 76pp. Lightly illustrated from photographic plates with foldout facsimile frontispiece. Boards slightly soiled, spine modestly toned, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Erratum tipped in at page 21.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

HOTSON, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Folding frontispiece, and 4 other illustrations. 76pp. Thin 8vo, brown cloth; uncut edges. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. A very good(+) copy.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Hotson, J. Leslie. Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$30.33 + shipping

Description: small mark on front cover, very good condition, pages uncut

Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada

Hotson, Leslie (1897-1992). The death of Christopher Marlowe / by J. Leslie Hotson. London Cambridge : Nonesuch Press ; Harvard University Press, 1925.

Price: US$32.24 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 76 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : 1 illustration, 2 facsimiles, 2 maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Ph.D. -- Harvard University. Includes bibliographical references. In English, with some documents in Latin. Subjects; Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593 Death and burial. Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593. Marlowe, Christopher. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Contemporaries. Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593 Last years. Dramatists, English Early modern, 1500-1700 ; Biography. Death and burial of a person. Dramatists, English Early modern Biography. English literature Early Modern, 1500-1700 Biography. Dramatists, English Early modern Biography. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

MARLOWE, C. (By J.L. Hotson).. The Death of Christopher Marlowe.. 1925, 1925.

Price: US$33.59 + shipping

Description: London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 8vo. Orig.full buckram. (76pp.). With fold. frontispiece. Uncut.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

J. Leslie Hotson. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press and Harvard University Press, London, and Cambridge, MA, 1925.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo. Pp. 76. Stated second impression. With folding frontispiece (facsimile of the pardon of Marlowe's killer, as having been done in self-defense) and four plates. Carefully reconstructed, with original documents. Light wear to extremities, and toning to spine, else fine, in cloth boards. No ownership or other markings.

Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

HOTSON, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Tall octavo. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. An excellent copy.

Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

MARLOWE, C.. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. By J.L. Hotson.. 1925, 1925.

Price: US$40.31 + shipping

Description: London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 8vo. Orig. full buckram. (76pp.). With fold. frontispiece. Uncut.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

HOTSON, J. Leslie.. The Death of Christopher Marlowe.. London: the Nonesuch Press 2nd imp, 1925.

Price: US$42.20 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 76pp, multifolding facsim frontis, 4 plates within the pagination. Original olive buckram gilt, uncut, printed on japon vellum paper, glassine wraps.

Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom

Hotson, Leslie (1897-1992). The death of Christopher Marlowe / by J. Leslie Hotson. London Cambridge : Nonesuch Press ; Harvard University Press, 1925.

Price: US$44.74 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 76 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : 1 illustration, 2 facsimiles, 2 maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Ph.D. -- Harvard University. Includes bibliographical references. In English, with some documents in Latin. Subjects; Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593 Death and burial. Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593. Marlowe, Christopher. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Contemporaries. Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593 Last years. Dramatists, English Early modern, 1500-1700 ; Biography. Death and burial of a person. Dramatists, English Early modern Biography. English literature Early Modern, 1500-1700 Biography. Dramatists, English Early modern Biography. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925, London, 1925.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Buckram. Very Good. 8vo - over 7_" - 9_" tall. This scarce Nonesuch title by hotson has been credited with clearing up the confusion and contradiction surrounding Marlowe's death. He was the first to ascribe the homicide to Ingram Frizer, who killed him after a quarrel in a Deptford tavern over the bill. Many leaves uncut. Previous owner's bookplate pasted over original owner's bookplate on front pastedown. [Loc.21]

Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.

J. Leslie Hotson. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$46.78 + shipping

Description: Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight. Contents clean and bright. Some pages remain uncut. Overall very good. 76pp

Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom

Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe:. The Nonesuch Press,, 1925.

Price: US$49.38 + shipping

Description: Hardback. Wx library with usual library stamps and stickers, spine edges rubbed adn covers soiled, otherwise internally good. 76pp.

Seller: Naomi Symes Books PBFA, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press. London. 1925., 1925.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrations. Gilt lettering on spine. Uncut page edges. From the Introduction: "The mystery of Marlowe's death, heretofore involved in a cloud of contradictory gossip and irresponsible guess-work, is now cleared up for good and all on the authority of public records of complete authenticity and gratifying fulness. Every detail of the strange affair is vividly set forth on the testimony of eyewitnesses. Incidentally Mr. Hotson has unearthed many curious particulars as to the character and station of the man who struck the fatal blow".

Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Hotson, J. Leslie. THE DEATH OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$63.83 + shipping

Description: Pp. 76, folding frontispiece facsimile, 4 full page illustrations, cancel title page, appendix, notes; med. 8vo; brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle flecked; uncut and partly unopened; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The Nonesuch Press/Harvard University Press, London & Cambridge, Mass., 1925. Unlimited edition, first impression. McKitterick 22, stating that the title page of the first impression is a cancel in all copies seen. *Contains the first publication of original documents, discovered at the Public Record Office, connected with the death of Marlowe.

Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

[Marlowe, Christopher]. Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe.. The Nonesuch Press / Harvard University Press, 1925.

Price: US$82.15 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 76 pp. with folding frontispiec and 4 other illustrations. Original brown cloth.

Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan

J. Leslie Hotson. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$90.97 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The second impression of this exploration into the death of playwright Christopher Marlowe. Second impression published 1925, originally published earlier the same year. Illustrated with a fold out plate to the front, and four plates. Collated complete. Exploring the death of Christopher Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. A work uncovering the identity of Ingram Frizer as the killer of Christopher Marlowe. Written by John Leslie Hotson, an American scholar of Elizabethan literary puzzles. He had a number of notable successes, but not all of his "decodings" have been accepted by other scholars. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Hotson, J. Leslie. Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 76 pp. Frontispiece foldout. Illustrations. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, no jacket, good copy. (75308).

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

(Nonesuch Press) Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press; Harvard University Press, London; Cambridge, 1925.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, with cancel title page. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Dreyfus 22 Original tan cloth. Some soiling to boards, else very good

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Hotson, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. Nonesuch Press; Harvard University Press, London; Cambridge, 1925.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, with cancel title page. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Dreyfus 22 Brown cloth. Fine, bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

HOTSON, J. Leslie. The Death of Christopher Marlowe. London: The Nonesuch Press / Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION: 8vo. 76 pp. Cancel title page, T-page with foldout frontispiece; 4 full page plates; appendix and notes. Pages slightly yellowed, otherwise in excellent condition; no marks or foxing; untrimmed. Original brown buckram; small ink stain on bottom board; spine with gilt lettering. An excellent copy. The present volume contains the first publication of original documents, discovered at the Public Record Office, connected with the death of Marlowe. The author Dr Leslie J. Hotson was a scholar of Elizabethan literary puzzles at Harvard University who discovered the identity of Ingram Frizer, the man who killed of Christopher Marlowe. This work which made his name is his first major work. He stumbled across the evidence related to Marlowe s killing while decoding Chaucer s Nun s Priest s Tale in the archives of the English Public Records Office in 1923 24.

Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom