Books

First edition, first issue; 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4] ads, [4], vii, [1], 322; [4], 332; [4], 346; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; spines a little soiled, labels lightly rubbed, light dampstain pervades top outer covers of the boards, heavier on volume II, with minor transfer to the prelims and terminals of the textblock; all else very good and sound. The book was published 22 December, 1821. Four pages of Longman ads for Popular Novels, dated April 1821, is sewn into the first volume at the endpaper. These ads are not noted by Todd & Bowden. Todd & Bowden 154Aa.

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.