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The Percy Anecdotes Original and Select
by Sholto Percy [Joseph Clinton Robertson]; Reuben Percy [Thomas Byerley]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Boys , 1822. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". Not Stated . Pocket sized copy of the Percy Anecdotes by Thomas Byerley in smart calf binding. Supposedly written by brothers Sholto and Reuben Percy, pseudonyms for respectively Joseph Clinton Robertson and Thomas Byerley. With frontispiece and engraved title page. Containing anecdotes of eloquence, concerned with Greek statesmen and orator Demosthenes, Cicero, Doctor Shaw, 'the orator of the human race,' and much more. Rebound in full calf with decorative gilt tooling to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, light rubbing to joints. Previous owner's neat gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1823. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 847A59
- Title
- The Percy Anecdotes Original and Select
- Author
- Sholto Percy [Joseph Clinton Robertson]; Reuben Percy [Thomas Byerley]
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Boys
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 5" by 3"
- Keywords
- Thomas Byerley percy anecdotes anecdotes percy anecdotes
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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