TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grant,Stephen H.
TI  - Collecting Shakespeare: the story of Henry and Emily Folger 
SN  - 9781421411873 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - PR2933.F64 G73 2014
U1  - 822.33 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Folger, Henry Clay,
KW  - Folger, Emily C. J.
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Folger Shakespeare Library
KW  - History
KW  - Book collectors
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Private libraries
KW  - Research libraries
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
N1  - fiction bookfair2015; Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index; Well 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
ER  -