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020 _a9781421411880
020 _a1421411881
020 _z9781421411873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _z1421411873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
050 0 0 _aPR2933.F64
_bG73 2014
082 0 0 _a026.8223/3
_223
100 1 _aGrant, Stephen H.,
_d1941-
245 1 0 _aCollecting Shakespeare
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe story of Henry and Emily Folger /
_cStephen H. Grant.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,
_c[2014]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWell read in poetry, fair in knowledge : Henry and Emily form a team -- Thou lovest me, my name is Will : smitten by Shakespeare -- Wise, circumspect, and trusted : five decades at Standard Oil -- Leading on to fortune : Henry invests to buy the bard -- The hunt is up, the fields are fragrant : building a collection -- Whole volumes in folio : the ultimate prize for collectors -- What news on the Rialto : maneuvers in the rare book market -- Hotspur and Hal : two Henrys compete -- A monument to gentle verse : designing a treasure house -- Dear, blessed plot of land : the Folgers' gift to America -- Epilogue. Praise in the eyes of prosperity : the Folger after the Folgers -- Appendix: directors of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616
_xBibliography.
600 1 0 _aFolger, Emily C. J.
_q(Emily Clara Jordan),
_d1858-1936
_xLibrary.
600 1 0 _aFolger, Henry Clay,
_d1857-1930
_xLibrary.
600 1 0 _aFolger, Emily C. J.
_q(Emily Clara Jordan),
_d1858-1936.
600 1 0 _aFolger, Henry Clay,
_d1857-1930.
650 0 _aResearch libraries
_zWashington (D.C.)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPrivate libraries
_zNew York (State)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aBook collectors
_zNew York (State)
_vBiography.
610 2 0 _aFolger Shakespeare Library
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421411880/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c29261
_d29261