Books

First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4], iv, 348; [4], 351, [1]; [4], 367, [1], plus leaf of ads; original blue grey paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, original printed labels on spines; dampstain in the top margin of the first volume affecting the prelims, and the terminal ads at the back of volume III; all else very good and sound; housed in a dark blue cloth, folding box with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Todd & Bowden 146Aa.

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.