The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's First folio
Mays, Andrea E.2016
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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.
Main title:
Author:
Mays, Andrea E., author
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2016.
Collation:
xvi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781439118252 (pbk)
Dewey class:
822.33
Language:
English
Subject:
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. PlaysNew York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- HistoryNew York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual lifeShakespeare, William, 1564-1616Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associatesPublishers and publishing -- England -- London -- History -- 17th centuryLondon (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th centuryLiterature
BRN:
348797