1850-1868 The Waverley Novels, Poetical Works and Life of Sir Walter Scott

Description

Leather Binding

Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards and endpapers. 

Each volume is complete with an illustrated frontispiece and illustrated title page. 

This set comprises two collections of Scott's poetry (one being complete), his Waverley Novels (lacking three volumes), twelve volumes of his 'Miscellaneous Prose' and four volumes from his memoir written by John Gibson Lockhart.

Waverley Novels (1851). Lacking volumes XIII, XLV and XLVIII. 

The Waverley Novels are a long series of historical novels that were among the most popular and widely read in Europe. Despite their popularity, Scott did not publicly reveal his authorship of them until 1827. Comprising the following volumes:

Vol I – Waverley I
Vol II - Waverley II 
Vol III – Guy Mannering I
Vol IV – Guy Mannering II
Vol V – Antiquary I
Vol VI - Antiquary II 
Vol VII – Rob Roy I
Vol VIII – Rob Roy II
Vol IX – Black Dwarf; Old Mortality I
Vol X – Old Mortality II
Vol XI – Old Mortality III; Heart of Mid-Lothian I
Vol XII – Heart of Mid-Lothian II
Vol XIV - Bride of Lammermoor I 
Vol XV – A Legend of Montrose
Vol XVI – Ivanhoe I
Vol XVII – Ivanhoe II
Vol XVIII - The Monastery I 
Vol XIX - The Monastery II
Vol XX  - The Abbot I
Vol XXI - The Abbot II 
Vol XXII - Kenilworth I 
Vol XXIII - Kenilworth II 
Vol XXIV - The Pirate I 
Vol XXV – The Pirate II
Vol XXVI - The Fortunes of Nigel I 
Vol XXVII - The Fortunes of Nigel II 
Vol XXVIII – Peveril of the Peak I
Vol XXIX – Peveril of the Peak II
Vol XXX – Peveril of the Peak III
Vol XXXI - Quentin Durward 
Vol XXXII – Quentin Durward II
Vol XXXIII – St. Ronan’s Well I
Vol XXXIV - St. Ronan's Well II 
Vol XXXV - Redgauntlet I 
Vol XXXVI -Redgauntlet II 
Vol XXXVII - Betrothed 
Vol XXXVIII – Talisman
Vol XXXIX - Woodstock I 
Vol XL - Woodstock II 
Vol XLI - Highland Widow; Two Drovers, &c.
Vol XLII – Fair Maid of Perth
Vol XLIII – Fair Maid of Perth II
Vol XLIV – Anne of Geierstein I
Vol XLVI – Count Robert of Paris I
Vol XLVII - Count Robert of Paris II; Castle Dangerous I 

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott in Twelve Volumes, with All His Introductions and Notes, Various Readings, and the Editor’s Notes (Robert Cadell, 1851) - Complete with all twelve volumes (roman numerals to the spines). 


The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott in Twenty-Eight Volumes (Robert Cadell, 1850) - Lacking sixteen volumes, comprising the following:

Vol II - Life of Swift
Vol III - Biographies Vol. I 
Vol IV - Biographies Vol. II 
Vol V - Paul's Letters 
Vol VI - Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama 
Vol IX - Life of Napoleon II 
Vol X - Life of Napoleon III 
Vol XVII - Periodical Criticism Vol. I - Poetry
Vol XVIII - Periodical Criticism Vol. II - Romance
Vol XXI - Periodical Criticism Vol. V - Miscellaneous 
Vol XXVI - Tales of a Grandfather Vol. V - Scotland 
Vol XXVII - Tales of a Grandfather Vol. VI - France 


The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (Adam and Charles Black, 1868) - Lacking five volumes out of twelve (numbers to the spines). Comprising the following: 

Vol 1 – Border Minstrelsy I
Vol 2 - Border Minstrelsy II
Vol 4 – Border Minstrelsy IV
Vol 5 – Sir Tristrem
Vol 6 – Lay of Last Minstrel
Vol 8 – Lady of the Lake
Vol 12 – Dramas and Index

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott by J. G. Lockhart (1851) - Containing Volumes III, V and VII and X out of seven total. 

John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish writer and editor, best known as the author of this much-admired biography of his father-in-law.