Sir Walter Scott — The Waverley Novels

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Leather. Twenty-five volumes of the centenary edition of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. With an illustrated frontispiece to every volume and a facsimile of 'The Marriage Contract of the Bride of Lammermoor' to volume VIII. Collated, complete. The titles included are as follows: Volume I- Waverley Volume II- Guy Mannering Volume III- Antiquary Volume IV- Rob Roy Volume V- Old Mortality Volume VI- A Legend of Montrose and Black Dwarf Volume VII- Heart of Mid-Lothian Volume VIII-Bride of Lammermoor Volume IX- Ivanhoe Volume X- Monastery Volume XI- Abbot Volume XII- Kenilworth Volume XIII- Pirate Volume XIV- Fortunes of Nigel Volume XV- Peveril of the Peak Volume XVI- Quentin Durward Volume XVII- St Ronan's Well Volume XVIII- Redgauntlet Volume XIX- Betrothed and Highland Widow Volume XX- Talisman Volume XXI- Woodstock Volume XXII- Fair Maid of Perth Volume XXIII- Anne of Geierstein Volume XXIV- Count Robert of Paris Volume XXV- Castle Dangerous Surgeons Daughter The Waverley novels are a long series of novels by Sir Walter Scott. They were the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for almost a century. The series was titled Waverley, after the first novel of the series, as Scott did not claim authorship until 1827. Prior to Scott's acknowledgement of his authorship the novels were stated as 'by the author of Waverley' to their title pages. Sir Walter Scott was a historical novelist, playwright and poet. Aside from his writings he was an advocate, judge and legal administrator. In half morocco bindings with gilt stamping to the spine. Externally, very smart with some light rubbing to the heads and tails of spines. Rubbing to boards of volume XXV and XV. Internally, volumes VII, IX and XVIII are generally firmly bound but strained in places with the remaining volumes firmly bound. Cockling to pages of volumes XVI-XXV due to damp staining. Pages are generally bright with small tidemarks to the head of pages and outer margins to volumes XI-XXV, does not affect text. Volumes I-X are generally clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .