Item details: The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio - 48063992

The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

text The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

Mays, Andrea E.

Summary: "Today it is the most valuable book in the world. Recently one sold for over five million dollars. It is the book that rescued the name of William Shakespeare and half of his plays from oblivion. The Millionaire and the Bard tells the miraculous a... Read more

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 he... Read more

Format: text

Description: xvi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Publisher: Simon & Schuster 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	921 FOLGER, HENRY MAY in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	921 FOLGER, HENRY MAY in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Folger, Henry Clay 1857-1930 Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Bibliography Folios. 1623 Book collectors New York (State) New York Biography Millionaires New York (State) New York Biography New York (N.Y.) Commerce History New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Friends and associates Publishers and publishing England London History 17th century London (England) Intellectual life 17th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary DRAMA / Shakespeare

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