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The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio
- Title
- The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio / Andrea E. Mays.
- Author
- Mays, Andrea E.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-4425 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 350 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- DRAMA / Shakespeare
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
- London (England) > Intellectual life > 17th century
- Publishers and publishing > England > London > History > 17th century
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Friends and associates
- New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life
- New York (N.Y.) > Commerce > History
- Millionaires > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Book collectors > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Bibliography > Folios. 1623
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: He was not of an age, but for all time -- The good that men do is...interred with their bones -- Adieu...Remember Me -- Whatever you do, buy -- My Shakespeare, Rise -- Had I the Money, You Would Come... -- Had I the means, I would not hesitate to buy -- The Most Precious Book in the World -- A Shakespeare Discovery -- Do devise some way to get the books -- Will You Give Me the First Choice? or, The False Folio -- I am an American -- Portrait of a Collector -- Thou Art a Moniment, Without a Tombe -- It is the Key of our Hearts -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4425
- ISBN
- 9781439118238
- 143911823X
- LCCN
- 2015001458
- OCLC
- 2015001458
- Author
- Mays, Andrea E.
- Title
- The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio / Andrea E. Mays.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4425