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Book dealer jailed over stolen Shakespeare tome

An unemployed book dealer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shakespeare's plays, described by the judge as a "quintessentially English treasure."

Raymond Scott was cleared last month of stealing the rare First Folio but found guilty of handling stolen goods and removing stolen property from Britain....
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