tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post2411783938551554236..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Filched First FoliosBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-29988241929405311882011-11-18T10:34:11.987+00:002011-11-18T10:34:11.987+00:00Not forgetting the collecting mania of Henry Clay ...Not forgetting the collecting mania of Henry Clay Folger - the Folger Library owns 82 copies of the First Folio. Didn't Bodley pay a great deal of money to re-acquire the First Folio it had discarded as a duplicate centuries before, when it received a later 17th c folio?Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-83527576514335528742011-11-15T07:28:28.570+00:002011-11-15T07:28:28.570+00:00Many thanks indeed for this Robin fab piece - have...Many thanks indeed for this Robin fab piece - have had to order the Rasmussen book now!<br /><br />Nigel dinna know if you noticed but you have a mention again in JC's page on back of TLS - he says 'to which we will return' so presumably more this week.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-82474024378808755732011-11-12T19:20:54.308+00:002011-11-12T19:20:54.308+00:00In 1976, while attending Ohio State University, I ...In 1976, while attending Ohio State University, I had the opportunity to hold an first edition of a Poe publication in the rare book library. I noticed the librarian never took his eyes off me; notfor a moment.<br />But, oh, that feeling of power to hold the original in my hands.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.com