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05021aam a22006858i 4500 001 71A76CEAF3BF11E48BA79F97DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 150310s2015 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015001458 020 $a 1439118256 (trade paperback) 020 $a 9781439118252 (trade paperback) 020 $a 143911823X (hardback) 020 $a 9781439118238 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a Z989.F66 $b M28 2015 082 00 $a 822.3/3 $2 23 084 $a DRA010000 $a BIO007000 $a DRA010000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Mays, Andrea E. 245 14 $a The millionaire and the bard : $b Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio / $c by Andrea E. Mays. 263 $a 1505 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 hesitate to buy -- The Most Precious Book in the World -- A Shakespeare Discovery -- Do devise some way to get the books -- Will You Give Me the First Choice? or, 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. 520 2 $a "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. When Shakespeare died in 1616 half of his plays died with him. No one--not even their author--believed that his writings would last, that he was a genius, or that future generations would celebrate him as the greatest author in the history of the English language. By the time of his death his plays were rarely performed, eighteen of them had never been published, and the rest existed only in bastardized forms that did not stay true to his original language. Seven years later, in 1623, Shakespeare's business partners, companions, and fellow actors, John Heminges and Henry Condell, gathered copies of the plays and manuscripts, edited and published thirty-six of them. This massive book, the First Folio, was intended as a memorial to their deceased friend. They could not have known that it would become one of the most important books ever published in the English language, nor that it would become a fetish object for collectors. The Millionaire and the Bard is a literary detective story, the tale of two mysterious men--a brilliant author and his obsessive collector--separated by space and time. It is a tale of two cities--Elizabethan and Jacobean London and Gilded Age New York. It is a chronicle of two worlds--of art and commerce--that unfolded an ocean and three centuries apart. And it is the thrilling tale of the luminous book that saved the name of William Shakespeare 'to the last syllable of recorded time'"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Folger, Henry Clay, $d 1857-1930. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616 $x Bibliography $v Folios. 1623. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616 $x Friends and associates. 650 0 $a Book collectors $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Millionaires $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Publishers and publishing $z London $z London $x History $y 17th century. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a DRAMA / Shakespeare. $2 bisacsh 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Intellectual life. 651 0 $a London (England) $x Intellectual life $y 17th century. 941 $a 17 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716013353.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014436.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025011553.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018021404.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012022258.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518020148.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722050009.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201103012917.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062510.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717030121.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006084941.0 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20170815011353.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170405042513.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20160407024151.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160405014335.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20150814011705.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150728010952.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=71A76CEAF3BF11E48BA79F97DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search