Sir Walter Scott — Waverley Novels
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1859. Leather. Four of Scott's popular Waverley novels in uniform fine bindings. Comprising: Volume XII, entitled 'Kenilworth'; Volume XIII, entitled 'The Pirate'; Volume XIX, containing 'The Betrothed' (part of the 'Tales of the Crusaders' series) and 'The Highland Widow' (part of the 'Chronicles of the Canongate' series); and Volume XXII, entitled 'Saint Valentine's Day: Or, the Fair Maid of Perth' (part of the 'Chronicles of the Canongate' series). Each volume has a frontispiece. In half leather bindings with marbled boards. Externally, rubbed, with slight loss. Marbled board covering of Volume XXII missing. Front hinge of Volume XXII failed. Rear hinge of Volume XIII held by one cord only. One hinge strained, and one slightly strained. Internally, generally firmly bound. Page 365-366 of Volume XII is detached and missing. Marginal tidemarks throughout, with occasional light foxing prominent to first and last few pages, and marks. Ink signature to front blank of Volume XIII. Good Only . Ill.: Various. Good Only .