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Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co, 1820. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Three volumes. pp. [6], xxxiii, 306; [4], 327; [4], 371 [2]. Complete as issued with half-titles and publisher’s advertisement leaf at the back of vol. 3. Bound in contemporary polished calf and marbled paper over boards, elaborate gilt spines with maroon leather titling, edges sprinkled red. Rubbing to the joints and edges of the boards, the joints are partially split at the top of the spine backs, toning and light scattered foxing to the endleaves, a near very good set in a handsome contemporary binding.

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.