The Millionaire and the Bard
Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xvi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
"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." -- Provided by publisher.
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.
Subjects:
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Folios. 1623.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates.
Book collectors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Millionaires -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Publishers and publishing -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History.
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life.
London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Folios. 1623.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates.
Book collectors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Millionaires -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Publishers and publishing -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History.
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life.
London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
ISBN:
9781439118238
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Folger, Henry | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Folger, Henry | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index.