The Percy Anecdotes; Revised Edition, to which is added, a valuable collection of American Anecdotes, original and select; illustrated with fourteen fine portraits

Percy, Sholto; Percy, Reuben, compilers [Robertson, Joseph Clinton; Byerley, Thomas]

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1834

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2 volumes in 1: 400, 240 p., 2 engraved frontispieces, each with 7 portraits; 24 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled edges. Added engraved title pages with imprint: New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. Compiled by Joseph Clinton Robertson and Thomas Byerley. In Very Good Condition: edges lightly rubbed; top edge of vol.1 title page with former owner's name lacking, without impact on printing; occasional light foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

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Title
The Percy Anecdotes; Revised Edition, to which is added, a valuable collection of American Anecdotes, original and select; illustrated with fourteen fine portraits
Author
Percy, Sholto; Percy, Reuben, compilers [Robertson, Joseph Clinton; Byerley, Thomas]
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, New York
Publication year
1834
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
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With over a half-century of experience in working with books and manuscripts, we have a large and expanding stock, focusing primarily, but by no means exclusively, on 16th- to mid-19th-century books in English, French, and German in the fields of history, travel, and the arts, and children's books; late 19th- and early 20th-century military prints and postcards; and manuscripts, deeds, maps, and printed ephemera of all periods and disciplines.

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