Scott, Sir Walter & Lang, Andrew [ introdcution ] — Guy Mannering, Or The Astrologer

John C Nimmo, 14 King William Street 1898 reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xlvi+632+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol II. Scott's first runnaway success & which tells of a young lad, kidnapped by pirates and his subsequent struggle to claim his inheritance. Set on the Galloway coast in 1760 - 80 the novel reflects the lawlessness of the area at that time.