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Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. London, 1824. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, pp. [4], 310; [4], 325, [1]; [4], 323, [1], [4] ads; original drab paper-covered boards, green muslin shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; boards a little spotted and soiled, labels rubbed with some loss, and darkened; all else very good and sound. In volume I U2-3 were never sewn in with the gathering, and are held in place by a small unopened fold at the head of the pages. Charles Lamb's copy withy his (light) ownership signature at the top of each title page. Van Antwerp 17: "Sir Stephen Leslie tells a story of a dozen modern connoisseurs of the Waverly Novels who agreed that each should write down separately the name of his favourite. It appeared that each had ... named St. Ronan's Well." Worthington 16; Todd & Bowden 171Aa.

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.