Sir Walter Scott — St. Ronan&Apos;S Well

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. 1824. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel St. Ronan's Well, in three volumes. Complete in three volumes. First edition. Bound with the half titles. From the Waverley Novels. Set in a fashionable spa in the Scottish Borders, we learn how Valentine Bulmer and his half-brother Francis Tyrrel had been Mrs Dods' guests at Cleikum Inn when they were students from Edinburgh. On returning, some years afterwards, to stay at the inn again, a mineral spring is discovered at Saint Ronan"s. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish novelist, poet and historian whose works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. Previously held in the library of Sir Matthew White Ridley, a British Conservative statesman who notably served as Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900. Bound without publisher's advertisements. In the original full diced calf binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd mark to the boards with a small puncture mark to the front board of volume three. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplates to the front pastedown and endpaper. Library sticker to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .