HOTSON, J. Leslie (1897-1992). The Death of Christopher Marlowe. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Octavo. (9 x 5 3/4 inches). 76pp. Brown buckram, gilt-lettered spine. A fine copy of the first impression with cancel title-page. The first publication of the original documents connected with Marlowe's death. J. Leslie Hotson was a noted Elizabethan scholar of literary puzzles. In this work, he discovered the identity of Ingram Frizer, the killer of English playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe, by chance while doing other research work at the British Public Record Office. In this work, Hotson presents an official account based on public records of Marlowe's death, which had for centuries remained shrouded in mystery.Founded in 1922, Nonesuch Press was a private press founded by a husband and wife, and their friend in the basement of Birrell & Garnett's bookshop on Gerrard Street in Soho, London, of which their friend was co-owner. The press produced around 140 books on poetry and literature, reaching its peak production in the 1920s and 30s. It used a small hand press to design books but printed them via commercial printer, resulting in high-quality designs with the capability of a large distribution. Dreyfus 22.