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London: Macmillan & Co, 1901. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Lockhart Bogle; Sir George Reid et al. . The complete twenty four volume set of the illustrated 'Border' editions of the Waverley Novels by the celebrated Sir Walter Scott, with notes by Andrew Lang and in a Hatchards half calf binding. The illustrated 'Border edition'. Twenty-four volume complete set. Bound by Hatchards in half calf with cloth to the boards, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. This set features the complete collection of Sir Walter Scott's famous 'Waverley Novels'. The 'Waverley' novels were some of the most popular and widely read novels of the time when they were published, increasing Scott's reputation to become one of the most recognisable literary names of the Georgian era. 'Waverley', the first novel in the series, was Scott's first adventure into historical literature, and has been widely acknowledged as one of the first pieces of historical fiction.This…

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.