The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World
by Collins, Paul
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 1596911956
- ISBN 13
- 9781596911956
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New York: Bloomsbury, 2009. viii, 246 pages; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First U.S. edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The first popular narrative history of Shakespeares First Folio, the worlds most obsessively pursued book. One book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries--a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623. Paul Collins, lover of odd books and author of the national bestseller Sixpence House, takes up the strange quest for this white whale of precious books. Broken down into five acts, each tied to a different location and century, The Book of William's travelogue follows the trail of the Folio's curious rise: a dizzying Sotheby's auction on a pristine copy preserved since the seventeenth century, the Fleet Street machinations of the eighteenth century, the nineteenth century quests for lost Folios, obsessive acquisitions by twentieth century oilmen, and the high-tech hoards of twenty-first century Japan. Finally, Collins speculates on Shakespeare's cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether, and recounts the book's remarkable journey as it is found in attics, gets lost in oceans and fires, is bought and sold, and ultimately becomes immortal. / Paul Collins is an assistant professor of English at Portland State University and the author of Sixpence House, The Trouble with Tom, Not Even Wrong, and Banvard's Folly. His work has appeared in Smithsonian, the New York Times, and Slate. He edits the Collins Library imprint of McSweeney's Books and appears regularly on NPR's Weekend Edition as the show's resident literary detective." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.
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- Title
- The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World
- Author
- Collins, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1596911956
- ISBN 13
- 9781596911956
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo
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