Sir Walter Scott — Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Novels
London, George Routledge & Sons, c1877-1879. Leather. A smart complete twenty-five volume set of novels from Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. Complete in twenty-five volumes. The many fictional work of Scottish poet, writer, and historian Sir Walter Scott are collected in this twenty-five volume set, presented in new editions in this Routledge collection which includes the author's notes. Extremely popular in his time, Walter Scott's work remain classics of Scottish literature, his novels equal in success to the poetry that made him his name. With illustrations by George Cruikshank, a British caricaturist and book illustrator, amongst other artists. This set includes: Old Mortality, illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Rob Roy, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. The Bride of Lammermoor, illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Peveril of the Peak, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Tales of My Landlord, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Waverley, illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Quentin Durward, illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. The Fortunes of Nigel, illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. The Fair Maid of Perth, illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. The Pirate, illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. The Monastery, illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. The Abbot, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. The Antiquary, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. The Talisman, illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. The Surgeon's Daughter, illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Redgauntlet, illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Woodstock, illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Count Robert of Paris, illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Guy Mannering, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Anne of Geierstein, illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. The Betrothed, illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Ivanhoe, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Kenilworth, illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. St. Ronan's Well, illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. Bound in half red crushed morocco with red cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spines. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting and minor age toning predominantly to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Very Good .