J. Leslie Hotson — The Death of Christopher Marlowe

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition of this exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a folding facsimile frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A fascinating exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Hotson uncovers the original coroner's report from 1593, positing that Ingram Frizer as the killer of Christopher Marlowe while at the Deptford residence of widow, Eleanor Bull. 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 full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .