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The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Christopher Marlowe - Mermaid Series Unexpurgated Edition with suppressed blasphemy pages

The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Christopher Marlowe - Mermaid Series Unexpurgated Edition with suppressed blasphemy pages

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The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Christopher Marlowe - Mermaid Series Unexpurgated Edition with suppressed blasphemy pages

by Christopher MARLOWE / Havelock ELLIS (Editor) / J.A SYMONDS (Introduction)

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1st Edition in this collected format, 1887. Frontispiece portrait of Edward Alleyn with tissue guard. Decorated headers / tailpieces. Good condition, boards a little rubbed, with armorial bookplate of Alfred J Reynolds to front pastedown, hinges cracking (beginning to expose netting beneath), previous sellers pencil note to reverse of front endpaper "First Mermaid issue with the suppressed blasphemy pages", and very occasional marginal pencil annotations.

Includes the first publication of Richard Brome's charges of blasphemy levelled against Marlowe (Pages 428-431). Havelock Ellis' decision to include this apparently offended both J.A Symonds and the publisher, Vizetelly to the extent that this work was withdrawn. Subsequent editions omitted Bromes' note on Marlowe's "damnable opinions", and Vizetelly denounced Ellis for making such 'monstrous abominations......public'.

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Bookseller
Itchen Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1062
Title
The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Christopher Marlowe - Mermaid Series Unexpurgated Edition with suppressed blasphemy pages
Author
Christopher MARLOWE / Havelock ELLIS (Editor) / J.A SYMONDS (Introduction)
Format/Binding
Original publisher's brown decorated boards, lettered in gilt to the spine.
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition thus
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Vizetelly & Co
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1887
Pages
432
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Drama ; Dramatist ; Dramatists ; Playwright ; Play ; Plays ; Theatre ; Stage ;

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