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001			067504
005			20231009193445.0
008			140128s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a2009006722
020			_a9781596911956
050	0	0	_aZ8813 _b.C655 2009 _a PR2888
082	0	0	_a822.33 COL
100	1		_aCollins, Paul _d(1969-)
245	1	4	_aThe book of William _b: how Shakespeare's first folio conquered the world _c/ Paul Collins
250			_aFirst U.S. ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Bloomsbury _c, c2009.
300			_aviii, 246 p. _c; 22 cm.
505	0		_aAct 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.
520			_aOne 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.
600	1	0	_aShakespeare, William _d(1564-1616)
650		0	_aEarly printed books _y--17th century _v--Bibliography
650		0	_aBooks _x--History
942			_cMO
999			_c271982 _d271982