c1868 2vol The Percy Anecdotes by Reuben & Sholto Percy Antiquarian Book Set

c1868 2vol The Percy Anecdotes by Reuben & Sholto Percy Antiquarian Book Set

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c1868 2vol The Percy Anecdotes by Reuben & Sholto Percy Antiquarian Book Set

The Percy Anecdotes - A Verbatim Reprint Of The Original Edition
By Reuben & Sholto Percy
Published by Frederick Warne And Co: London c1868 (undated) - Chando's Library
Complete 2 Volume Set

" Joseph Clinton Robertson (c.1787-1852), pseudonym Sholto Percy, was a Scottish patent agent, writer and periodical editor. He was a political radical prominent in the early days of the working-class press in London, and in the debates within the Mechanics Institute movement. As a man of letters, Robertson is known for The Percy Anecdotes, 20 vols. London, 1821-3 (subsequent editions 1830, 1868, 1869, and various American editions). The volumes, which came out in forty-four monthly parts, were supposedly written by Sholto and Reuben Percy: Reuben was Thomas Byerley, and Sholto was Robertson. The so-called "Brothers Percy" had met to discuss the work at the Percy coffee-house in Rathbone Place in Fitzrovia, from which the work took its name. Sir Richard Phillips later claimed that the original idea arose from his suggestion, made to John Mayne and Alexander Tilloch, to file the anecdotes which had appeared in The Star newspaper over the years. The Percys compiled a collection of anecdotes, on a similar plan. Their success, which was a publishing phenomenon, was as a collection of "gobbets" suitable for social small-talk, or what in modern parlance would be a bluffer's guide to appearing well read. Lord Byron called them indispensable."


General wear and fading to covers and spines as shown. Inside hinges split in both volumes however covers holding strong and structures remain intact. Some light foxing mainly to prelims. There is a large stain across pages 201 & 202 in volume 1. Binding is decent with no loose pages. Heavy ageing to top of text blocks. Small contemporary handwritten inscription. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.


Size 18cm x 13cm x 6cm & 4.5cm - Volume 1 has 990 Pages and Volume 2 has 988 Pages

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Condition: Acceptable
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: 2 Volume Set
Region: Europe
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Seller Notes: General wear and fading to covers and spines as shown. Inside hinges split in both volumes however covers holding strong and structures remain intact. Some light foxing mainly to prelims. There is a large stain across pages 201 & 202 in volume 1. Binding is decent with no loose pages. Heavy ageing to top of text blocks. Small contemporary handwritten inscription. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.
Language: English
Author: Reuben & Sholto Percy
Publisher: Frederick Warne And Co: London
Year Printed: 1868
Sub-subject: British History