Books

3 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4], Longman ads, viii, 321, [1];[4], 324; [4], 348; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; spines with cracks and small loss at the top of volume II, scrape on front board of volume I with some loss of paper; all else very good. With the ownership signature of Ballygarth House on the first page of text in each volume. Bookseller's ticket at top left corner of front cover on volume I: "Sold by / Martin Keene / Bookseller & Stationer / 6 College Green / Corner of Anglesea Strt. / Dublin." Todd & Bowden 112Ab noting this as "first edition, second issue." This so-called second edition "constitutes an overrun of first edition sheets.".

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.

The first edition can be identified by the title page, which lists 'W. Bulmer and Co.' as the printer and 'Archibald Constable and Company' as the publisher.