Heywood (Thomas) The Iron Age, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles with woodcut illustrations, the first depicting Hector and Ajax in combat, the second depicting the Wooden Horse inside the city of Troy, woodcut device on verso of penultimate leaf of part 1 and with blank leaf following, lacking initial blank to each part, cropped with loss to text and images on both titles and affecting text, catchwords etc on several other leaves, part 1 A3 corner defective and renewed with some loss of text, part 2 H2-3 with tears affecting text and partially repaired, some soiling, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [STC 13340.5; Greg II 467 & 468; ESTC S104048], 8vo in 4s, Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1632.

⁂ Despite the faults mentioned, nevertheless a substantially complete copy of a work which rarely appears at auction. Heywood wrote four plays in his "Age" series: Golden, Silver, Bronze, and this, the final work in the series.