a ISBN 978-02-3010941-4

a ISBN 0-230-10941-1

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number PR3071

b Item number .R37 2011

a Dewey Classification 822.3/3

a Personal name Rasmussen, Eric,

d Dates associated with a name 1960-

a Title The Shakespeare thefts :

b Remainder of title in search of the First Folios /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Eric Rasmussen.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA:

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Palgrave Macmillan,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.

a Extent xv, 212 pages :

b Other physical details illustrations ;

c Dimensions 22 cm.

a Summary, etc "The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare's boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages. Part literary detective story, part Shakespearean lore, The Shakespeare Thefts will charm the Bard's many fans"--Provided by publisher.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rare books

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Book collecting

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Theft

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thieves

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