Sir Walter Scott — The Waverley Novels

Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1831-1838. Leather. A handsome library set of the Waverley novels, in a handsome half calf binding. An uncommon Baudry's European Library edition of the works of Sir Walter Scott. With the bookplate of Thomas Gilbert to the front pastedowns. Contains: Anne of Geirestein Ivanhoe The Antiquary Kenilworth Quentin Durward The Talisman Woodstock The Betrothed Peveril of The Peak Highland Widow/Surgeon's Daughter St Ronan's Well The Monastery The Fortunes of Nigel Fair Maid of Perth The Abbot Redgauntlet The Pirate Black Dwarf/Old Mortality Heart of Mid-Lothian Waverley Guy Mannering Rob Roy Count Robert/Castle Dangerous Lammermoor Montrose The Waverley Novels are a long series by Sir Walter Scott. They were the most widely read works of their time and remained as popular for nearly a century. Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. He was one of the first to have contemporary readers in Europe, Australia and North America. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities and boards. Bookplate to front pastedowns of one 'Thomas Gilbert&apos. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting and marginal age toning, due to paper used. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .