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Is Shakespeare Dead? from My Autobiography.
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy.
- Seller
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Fair Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and London:: Harper & Brothers,, 1909.. First edition.. Hard cover, green cloth over boards, spine and front cover stamped in gold, top edge gilt.. Fine copy. . Octavo.. Frontispiece portraits of William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon on coated paper. Without insertions. Very scarce in this condition.
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
- BookMine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225824
- Title
- Is Shakespeare Dead? from My Autobiography.
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover, green cloth over boards, spine and front cover stamped in gold, top edge gilt.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York and London:
- Date Published
- 1909.
- Pages
- [6], 149 [1] pages.
- Size
- Octavo.
Terms of Sale
BookMine
Returnable within 10 days for any reason, with notification.
About the Seller
BookMine
Biblio member since 2004
Fair Oaks, California
About BookMine
The BookMine has been selling quality out-of-print, rare and first edition books since 1984.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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