Sir Walter Scott; Andrew Lang [ed.] — Waverley Novels

London, John C Nimmo , 1898-99. Cloth. A complete group of twenty four volumes in uniform bindings of the famous Waverley Novels by Walter Scott. Large Type Border edition of the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott. Complete in twenty-four volumes in the original publisher's uniform bindings. Featuring two hundred and fifty illustrations by a variety of artists including Sir G Reid, A Forestier, Lockhart Bogle, and others. Collated, complete.With introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang.The 'Waverley Novels,' also known as the 'Abbotsford series,' is a collection of novels by the immensely popular author Sir Walter Scott. The series was named after Sir Walter Scott's home, where he also died in 1832. Waverley was Scott's first novel, published anonymously in 1814 when he was already an established poet. It is regarded as one of the first Western historical novels. He published his later novels anonymously under "the author of Waverley." Comprising the following: Waverley; Guy Mannering; The Antiquary; Rob Roy; Old Mortality; Heart of Mid-Lothian; Bride of Lammermoor; A Legend of Montrose and The Black Dwarf; Ivanhoe; Monastery; The Abbot; Kenilworth; The Pirate; Fortunes of Nigel; Peveril of the Peak; Quentin Durward; St Ronan's Well; Redgauntlet; The Betrothed and The Talisman;Woodstock; Fair Maid of Perth; Anne of Geierstein;Count Robert of Paris, &c.; Castle Dangerous and Chronicles, &c. Pictorial bookplate to front pastedowns.Prospectus for a 'New Cheap Edition of the Large Type Waverley Novels' tipped in to front free endpaper vol. I. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings, titles in gilt to spine and front boards. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .