Books

First edition, first issue, with press figures conforming to those outlined by Todd & Bowden; 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [6], xxxiii, [1], 298; [4], 327; [4], 371, [1], 3 (ads); contemporary maroon calf-backed marbled boards; top 1" of spine of vol. 1 gone; all spines with hairline cracks, joints cracked; extremities rubbed, a few signatures extended, title page of volume 2 with smudge and small ink stain; good, at best, but complete with the half-titles, and internally clean. Grolier, English 100, 71; Todd & Bowden 140Aa.

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.