Books

Adam & Charles Black, 1876, 25 volumes complete. Frontis portraits with additional illustrations. Set bound in a half tan leather with marbled boards, endpages and edges. Five raised bands with gilt decorated compartments. Red leather title label with volume numbers and dark brown title label for each volume. Set in very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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.