Play.- Brome (richard) The Northern Lasse, A Comoedie. As It Hath Beene Often Acted With Good - Mar 28, 2024 | Forum Auctions In London
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Play.- Brome (Richard) The Northern lasse, a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good

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Play.- Brome (Richard) The Northern lasse, a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good
Play.- Brome (Richard) The Northern lasse, a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good
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Play.- Brome (Richard) The Northern lasse, a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good applause, at the Globe, and Black-Fryers, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title trimmed at foot, with loss of date and very small part of imprint, final f. trimmed at foot (with loss of final line of text recto & verso and word 'Finis') and little torn and repaired at upper corner, with minor loss, A2&3 working loose, closely trimmed at head and foot, some spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Greg II, 463a; STC 3819], small 4to, Printed by Aug. Mathewes, and are to be sold by Nicholas Vavasour, dwelling at the little South dore of St. Paul's Church, 1632.*** Rare at auction, with only a handful of copies offered since the early 1900s, often with condition issues. With commendatory verses by Ben Jonson, John Ford, Thomas Dekker and others. The play was one of Brome's earliest successes. A variant has 'Vavasor' in imprint.
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Play.- Brome (Richard) The Northern lasse, a comoedie. As it hath beene often acted with good

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Max Hasler
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