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
- The author 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
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- 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
- Millionaire & the bard
- Subject
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- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates
- New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce | History
- Publishers and publishing -- England | London -- History -- 17th century
- Millionaires -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography | Folios. 1623
- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life
- Book collectors -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The author 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mays, Andrea E
- Dewey number
- 822.3/3
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- 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
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Book collectors
- Millionaires
- Publishers and publishing
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- 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
- Control code
- ocn883146710
- 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
- Note
- B F711 ; XX-AB ; [A14BP184, #148, 2@27.00, ES/CSS]
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 883146710
- (OCoLC)883146710
- 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
- Control code
- ocn883146710
- 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
- Note
- B F711 ; XX-AB ; [A14BP184, #148, 2@27.00, ES/CSS]
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 883146710
- (OCoLC)883146710
Subject
- Book collectors -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930
- 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
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography | Folios. 1623
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates
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