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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mays, Andrea E., author.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mays, Andrea E., author.       by title:      The millionaire and ...         MARC Display

The millionaire and the bard : Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio / Andrea E. Mays. by Mays, Andrea E., author. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015. 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. ISBN:  9781439118238 (hardback) : Description:  xvi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Edition:  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 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. Requests:  0 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." --   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 822.33 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 822.33 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 822.33 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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