May 04, 2023 - Sale 2635

Sale 2635 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Ford, John (1586-circa 1640)
The Chronicle Historie of Perkin Warbeck. A Strange Truth.

London: Printed by T[homas] P[urfoot] for Hugh Beeston, 1634.

First edition, quarto, signature F in the corrected state; L1 reading "last" (printed with a round s, not a long s) in the fifth line recto, with three rows of typographical ornaments and a rule on verso above "Epilogue"; some toning to title, edge chipping, corners mended; trimmed with loss to stage directions along fore-margin of H2 verso; bound in full modern red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; possibly the Stockahusen copy; purchased by the present owner at Bloomsbury in 2003; 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.

STC 11157; ESTC S102422; Greg 491 (A); Pforzheimer 379.