Christopher Marlowe; (The Mermaid series: the best plays of the old dramatists) by Marlowe, Christopher - 1887-01-01

HARDBACK IN THE MERMAID SERIES. ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1887* Publisher: Vizetelly & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Mid brown cloth covered boards, gilt title & decoration to spine with black titles & decoration to face. Minor bumps & rubs, some shelf wear to corners and to head and tail of spine. Marks and age to spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (dark blue-green). Owners name to ffep. (Dated 1904). Front hinge partially split. All edges darkened. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight paper colouration to page margins. No foxing. VG+.* Illustrations: B/w tissue guarded plate at frontis showing ?Edward Alleyn (portrait),? vignettes and decorative strips to sections and at finis.* Pages: 431 pp. text. i pp. blank plus a block of illustrated advertising at rear.* Description: This volume contains:- A general introduction by J. A. Symonds; An introduction to Christopher Marlowe by Havelock Ellis; Tamburlaine The Great Part the first and Part the second; The tragical History of Doctor Faustus; The Jew of Malta; Edward The Second; Appendix.* A NEAR VG++ text copy of the 1st thus with some age and wear reducing it to VG. No dust jacket.*