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48 vols. A complete set of 48 hardcover books, with the spines and corners bound in contemporary burgundy morocco. The boards and endpapers are marbled. Very good condition across the set. The edges are rubbed and the spines just a bit faded. The endpapers are foxed (as are some inner pages) and the frontispieces have faded onto the title pages. Black ink smudge in the top margins of pages 22-23 in volume 7. Stains on page 184-185 of volume 15; pages 88-89 of volume 20 (the latter renders some of the text illegible and has a small tear repaired with old tape); pages 310-311 of volume 26; page 402 of volume 32; pages xx-xxi of volume 35; and pages 128-129 in volume 41. Light dampstaining to page edges of volumes 46 and 47. Otherwise, the text itself is unmarked and the binding secure across the set. Externally attractive, uniform condition for their age, ideal for the collector! A 19th-century set of the popular series of Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. Includes WAVERLEY (in 2 vols), GUY MANERING (in 2 vols), ANTIQUARY (in 2 vols), ROB ROY (in 2 vols), BLACK SWARF and OLD MORTALITY (the latter spanning 3 vols), HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN (in 2 vols), BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR (in 2 vols), LEGEND OF MONTROSE, IVANHOE (in 2 vols), THE MONASTERY (in 2 vols), THE ABBOT (in 2 vols), KENILWORTH (in 2 vols), THE PIRATE (in 2 vols), THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL (in 2 vols), PEVERIL OF THE PEAK (in 3 vols), QUENTIN DURWARD (in 2 vols), ST. RONAN'S WELL (in 2 vols), REDGAUNTLET (in 2 vols), THE BETROTHED, THE TALISMAN, WOODSTOCK (in 2 vols), THE HIGHLAND WIDOW, THE MAID OF PERTH (in 2 vols), ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN (in 2 vols), COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS (in 2 vols), and CASTLE DANGEROUS / THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. Published across 1829-1834. Each volume measures approx. 6.7" x 4.3".

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.