| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
viii, 246 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-243). |
| Contents |
Act I : New Bond Street, London -- Barbican and Aldersgate, London -- St. Paul's Churchyard, London -- New Bond Street, London -- Act II : Hampstead Heath, London -- Catherine Street, London -- 17 Gough Square, London -- Staple Inn, High Holborn, London -- Act III : Charing Cross, London -- High Halden, Kent -- Kensal Green Cemetery, London -- Act IV : East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. -- Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. -- Level C, Folger Shakespeare Library -- Act V : The Globe Theatre, Shin-Okubo, Shinjuku Ward -- Shinjuku Ward, Tokoyo -- Meisei University, Hino, Tokoyo -- Shinjuku Metro Promenade, Tokoyo. |
| Summary |
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. This "travelogue" follows the trail of the Folio's remarkable journey and Shakespeare's cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Bibliography -- Folios. 1623.
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Early printed books -- 17th century -- Bibliography.
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Books -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781596911956 hardcover |
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1596911956 hardcover |
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