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Is Shakespeare Dead????; From my Autobiography
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [4], 1-149, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. With a two-page frontispiece, featuring photographs of the statues of William Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon. BAL 3509c. McBride 223. With the inserted leaf for John Lane and the Bodley Head, and with the stamp "Printed in U.S. of America" on the copyright page. This later issue of the first edition was an export edition intended for sale in the U.K. A very clean and bright copy. The leaves show a faint trace of foxing.
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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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010315
- Title
- Is Shakespeare Dead????; From my Autobiography
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
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