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    By Sir Walter Scott: Andrew Lang
    London   Macmillan & Co
    7.5" by 5"
    The complete twenty four volume set of the illustrated 'Border' editions of the Waverley Novels by the celebrated Sir Walter Scott, with notes by Andrew Lang and in a Hatchards half calf binding.
    By Sir Walter Scott: Andrew Lang

    1901 The Waverley Novels

    London   Macmillan & Co
    7.5" by 5"
    The complete twenty four volume set of the illustrated 'Border' editions of the Waverley Novels by the celebrated Sir Walter Scott, with notes by Andrew Lang and in a Hatchards half calf binding.
    £2,250.00
    : 8kgs / : 903Z32
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    Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed Binding

    The illustrated 'Border edition'. 

    Twenty-four volume complete set. 

    Bound by Hatchards in half calf with cloth to the boards, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. 

    This set features the complete collection of Sir Walter Scott's famous 'Waverley Novels'. The 'Waverley' novels were some of the most popular and widely read novels of the time when they were published, increasing Scott's reputation to become one of the most recognisable literary names of the Georgian era. 'Waverley', the first novel in the series, was Scott's first adventure into historical literature, and has been widely acknowledged as one of the first pieces of historical fiction.

    This collection is comprised of:

    Volume I 'Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since' (1922). With twelve illustrated plates.

    Volume II 'Guy Mannering or The Astrologer' (1919). With ten plates.

    Volume III 'The Antiquary' (1930). With ten plates.

    Volume IV 'Rob Roy' (1915). With ten plates.

    Volume V 'Old Mortality' (1925). With ten plates.

    Volume VI 'The Heart of Midlothian' (1901). With ten plates.

    Volume VII ' A Legend of Montrose & The Black Dwarf' (1901).With seven plates.

    Volume VIII 'The Bride of Lammermoor' (1901). With eight plates.

    Volume IX 'Ivanhoe' (1923). With twelve plates.

    Volume X 'The Monastery' (1925). With ten plates.

    Volume XI 'The Abbot' (1901). With ten plates.

    Volume XII 'Kenilworth' (1920). With twelve plates.

    Volume XIII 'The Pirate' (1901). With ten plates. Volume XIV 'The Fortunes of Nigel' (1901).With ten plates.

    Volume XV 'Peveril of the Peak' (1901). With fifteen plates.

    Volume XVI 'Quentin Durward' (1927). With twelve plates.

    Volume XVII 'St Ronan's Well' (1901). With ten plates.

    Volume XVIII 'Redgauntlet' (1901). With twelve plates.

    Volume XIX 'The Betrothed & The Talisman' (1901). With ten plates.

    Volume XX 'Woodstock' (1920). With ten plates.

    Volume XXI 'The Fair Maid of Perth' (1901). With ten plates.

    Volume XXII 'Anne of Geierstein' (1901). With ten plates.

    Volume XXIII 'Count Robert of Paris & The Surgeon's Daughter' (1901).With ten plates.

    Volume XXIV 'Castle Dangerous Chronicles of the Canongate Etc.' (1901). With ten plates. Collated, complete to all volumes.

    Condition

    Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with fading to the spines, slight rubbing to the extremities, damp stains to the boards to volumes '18, 12, 19, 1, 5, 13, 22, 8 and 7'. Minimal offsetting to the extremities of the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and occasional spotting. The occasional page unopened.

    Very Good

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