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The amorous Poem entitled Hero and Leander … Together with two Lyrics by Chr. Marlowe.

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No. 104a – from the balance of the original edition of 200, unsold copies of which were taken over by Hollis & Carter and retailed ‘in a less elaborate binding’, numbered from 1a.

The Golden Hours Press issued three works by Marlowe in 1932–3, in a binding of half morocco; none sold well, and all three were taken over by Hollis & Carter for re-issue.

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