The Resource The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio, Andrea E. Mays
The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio, Andrea E. Mays
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- 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 and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession." --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- The Good [That Men Do] Is Oft 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
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781439118238
- Label
- The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio
- Title
- The millionaire and the bard
- Title remainder
- Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea E. Mays
- Title variation
- Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio
- Subject
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- London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Millionaires -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce | History
- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life
- Publishers and publishing -- England | London -- History -- 17th century
- Book collectors -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Folios. 1623
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
- Language
- eng
- 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 and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession." --
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mays, Andrea E
- Dewey number
- 822.3/3
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Z989.F66
- LC item number
- M28 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Folger, Henry Clay
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William
- Book collectors
- Millionaires
- Publishers and publishing
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- London (England)
- Label
- The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio, Andrea E. Mays
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Good [That Men Do] Is Oft 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 -- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781439118238
- Lccn
- 2015001458
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn883146710
- Label
- The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio, Andrea E. Mays
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Good [That Men Do] Is Oft 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 -- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781439118238
- Lccn
- 2015001458
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn883146710
Subject
- London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Millionaires -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce | History
- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life
- Publishers and publishing -- England | London -- History -- 17th century
- Book collectors -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Folios. 1623
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
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