Sir Walter Scott — The Waverley Novels: Centenary Edition

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1889-1891. Cloth. A complete twenty five volume set of the Centenary edition of the popular Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, with frontispieces and vignette title pages. Complete in 25 volumes.The Centenary Edition.In the original green cloth bindings.A set of the Waverley Novels, a long series by Sir Walter Scott, which were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for nearly a century. Scott was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian whose works remain classics of European and Scottish literature.Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette title page.This set includes:Vol I: Waverley (1889).Vol II: Guy Mannering (1889).Vol III: The Antiquary (1890).Vol IV: Rob Roy (1890). Vol V: Old Mortality (1890).Vol VI: A Legend of Montrose and The Black Dwarf (1890).Vol VII: The Heart of Midlothian (1890).Vol VIII: The Bride of Lammermoor (1890).Vol IX: Ivanhoe: A Romance (1890).Vol X: The Monastery (1890).Vol XI: The Abbot: Being a Sequel to the Monastery (1890).Vol XII: Kenilworth (1890).Vol XIII: The Pirate (1890).Vol XIV: The Fortunes of Nigel (1890).Vol XV: Peveril of the Peak (1891).Vol XVI: Quentin Durward (1891).Vol XVII: St. Ronan's Well (1891).Vol XVIII: Redgauntlet (1891).Vol XIX: The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders and The Chronicles of the Canongate (1891).Vol XX: The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders and The Chronicles of the Canongate (1891).Vol XXI: Woodstock or The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-One. (1891).Vol XXII: The Fair Maid of Perth or St. Valentines Day: Chronicles of the Canongate- Second Series (1891).Vol XXIII: Anne of Geierstein or The Maiden of the Mist (1891).Vol XXIV: Count Robert of Paris (1891).Vol XXV: The Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous (1891). In publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spines, with bumping to the heads and tails. Spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Odd mark to boards and spines. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of vol III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XXI, and XXV. Publisher's notice tipped in to front free endpaper of 2 vols. Rip to cloth at head of spine of vol XXIV. Internally, generally firmly bound. Frontispiece and vignette title page of vol VIII and XII loosening. First blank to title page loosening to vol XXIV. Pages are bright and clean, with very light spotting to the front and rear. Ink inscription to half title page of vol XXI. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .