Is Shakespeare Dead?: From My Autobiography
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth over boards. Corners bumped with some wear. Bright gilt on front board, spine gilt a little faded. Bottom of spine pulled an some discoloration and wear on spine. Endpapers are a little foxed. Remnants of DJ flaps on pastedowns. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. BAL 3509: First issue without the publisher's note or ads about Greenwood. B/W frontis of Shakespeare and Bacon.
Synopsis
Did Francis Bacon write the works of Shakespear? The Shakespearite knows that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's Works; the Baconian knows that Francis Bacon wrote them; the Brontosaurian doesn't really know which of them did it, but is quite composedly and contentedly sure that Shakespeare DIDN'T, and strongly suspects that Bacon DID. We all have to do a good deal of assuming, but I am fairly certain that in every case I can call to mind the Baconian assumers have come out ahead of the Shakespearites. Both parties handle the same materials, but the Baconians seem to me to get much more reasonable and rational and persuasive results out of them than is the case with the Shakespearites. This books reaveals many facts revolving around Shakespear's death and comparisons to "his" writings and Bacon's. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061054
- Title
- Is Shakespeare Dead?: From My Autobiography
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Foxed
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