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Good to very good copies bound in the original red cloth. Spine title labels. Varying degress of wear to the spine ends and covers, with some light fraying and edge nicks. Panel edges lightly dulled and rubbed. Some sun-toning and colour fading also evident on spine covers. Light tanning to page margins. Some instances of scattered foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Description: 48 v. : ill., plates ; 18 cm. Contents: v. 1-2. Waverley. --v. 3-4. Guy Mannering. --v. 5-6. The antiquary. --v. 7-8. Rob Roy. --v. 9. The black dwarf. --v. 10-11. Old mortality. --v. 12-13. The heart of Mid-Lothian. --v. 14. Bride of Lammermoor. --v. 15. A legend of Montrose. --v. 16-17. Ivanhoe. --v. 18-19. The monastery. --v. 20-21. The abbot. --v. 22-23. Kenilworth. --v. 24-25. The pirate. --v. 26-27. The fortunes of Nigel. --v. 28-30. Peveril of the Peak. --v. 31-32. Quentin Durward. --v. 33-34. St. Ronan's well. --v. 35-36. Redgauntlet. --v. 37. The betrothed. --v. 38. The talisman. --v. 39-40. Woodstock. --v. 41. The highland widow. The two drovers. My Aunt Margaret's mirror. The tapestried chamber. Death of the Laird's Jock. --v. 42-43. The fair maid of Perth. --v. 44-45. Anne of Geierstein. --v. 46-48. Count Robert of Paris. Castle dangerous. The surgeon's daughter. Notes: Each volume has an engraved title page and a frontis. with tissue guard. 35 Kg.

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.