J. Leslie Hotson — The Death of Christopher Marlowe

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Cloth. 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 . Ill.: None. Very Good .