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FORD, John (1586-ca 1640). Tis Pitty Shee's a Whore. Acted by the Queenes Maiesties Servants, at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane. London: Nicholas Oakes for Richard Collins, 1633.
4o (172 x 123 mm). (Title leaf soiled and with a few stains, text somewhat browned, side-note on I3 shaved, last leaf with several gutter repairs with loss of a few letters.) 19th-century red half straight-grained morocco, spine gilt, red sprinkled edges (from earlier binding); quarter calf folding case. Provenance: John Kershaw (bookplate) -- Henry Huth (bookplate) sold Sotheby's London, 4 June 1913, lot 2993 -- [with Bernard Quaritch Ltd., (pencil collation note of F.S. Ferguson, dated 27 July 1913)] -- Henry E. Huntington (pencilled note at end "H.E.H Dup.") -- John L. Clawson (bookplate), sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 21 May 1926, lot 291 -- Louis H. Silver (bookplate), sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1965, lot 125 -- purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 20 January 1969.
FIRST EDITION, the variant with uncorrected headlines in sheet B, and without the leaf of verse by Thomas Ellice found in a very few copies. The play generally regarded as Ford's masterpiece for its subtle chracterization, strong irony and dramatic power. Greg 486 (A1); Pforzheimer 383; STC 11165.
4o (172 x 123 mm). (Title leaf soiled and with a few stains, text somewhat browned, side-note on I3 shaved, last leaf with several gutter repairs with loss of a few letters.) 19th-century red half straight-grained morocco, spine gilt, red sprinkled edges (from earlier binding); quarter calf folding case. Provenance: John Kershaw (bookplate) -- Henry Huth (bookplate) sold Sotheby's London, 4 June 1913, lot 2993 -- [with Bernard Quaritch Ltd., (pencil collation note of F.S. Ferguson, dated 27 July 1913)] -- Henry E. Huntington (pencilled note at end "H.E.H Dup.") -- John L. Clawson (bookplate), sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 21 May 1926, lot 291 -- Louis H. Silver (bookplate), sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1965, lot 125 -- purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 20 January 1969.
FIRST EDITION, the variant with uncorrected headlines in sheet B, and without the leaf of verse by Thomas Ellice found in a very few copies. The play generally regarded as Ford's masterpiece for its subtle chracterization, strong irony and dramatic power. Greg 486 (A1); Pforzheimer 383; STC 11165.