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Edition : First edition, first state., Contemporary � tree calf with marble boards, superbly rebacked matching the � leather on the boards, spine in six compartments of raised bands, gilt red and black morocco labels on two and four respectively, gilt lettering on six, top edge gilt, foredge uncut, endpapers renewed. , This is the first state of the first edition, with the word spelled ?theirs? (and not ?there?) on p. 17 of Volume 2., Size : 8vo., Decorated with steel engravings., Volume : Three Volumes., P. vii, 322 pp.; 332 pp.; 346 pp. Uncut copy, text and plates are clean and crisp, a fine set of this important literary work bound in decorative � calf.

The novel 'Waverley' by Walter Scott is regarded as the first historical novel in the English language, blending history with fiction to portray the Jacobite uprising of 1745.