1907-1917 The Waverley Novels

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

A set, complete in twenty-four volumes, in half morocco bindings. Top edge gilt.

Ink inscription to the front blank of Waverley, dated 1918.

The 'Waverley Novels,' also known as the 'Abbotsford series,' is a collection of novels by the immensely popular Sir Walter Scott. 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." 

Each volume contains an interesting introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang.

This set comprises:
Volume I: Waverley (1917). Illustrated with twelve plates.
Volume II: Guy Mannering (1910). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume III: The Antiquary (1908). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume IV: Rob Roy (1914). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume V: Old Mortality (1913). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume VI: The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1910). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume VII: A Legend of Montrose; The Black Dwarf (1908). Illustrated with seven plates.
Volume VIII: The Bride of Lammermoor (1914). Illustrated with eight plates.
Volume IX: Ivanhoe (1916). Illustrated with twelve plates.
Volume X: The Monastery (1907). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XI: The Abbot (1914). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XII: Kenilworth (1911). Illustrated with twelve plates.
Volume XIII: The Pirate (1908). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XIV: The Fortunes of Nigel (1914). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XV: Peveril of the Peak (1910). Illustrated with fifteen plates.
Volume XVI: Quentin Durward (1908). Illustrated with twelve plates.
Volume XVII: St. Ronan's Well (1911). Illustrated with nine plates; lacking the plate titled ‘St. Ronan’s Village’.
Volume XVIII: Redgauntlet (1908). Illustrated with twelve plates.
Volume XIX: The Betrothed; The Talisman (1910). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XX: Woodstock (1912). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XXI: The Fair Maid of Perth (1913). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XXII: Anne of Geierstein (1909). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XXIII: Count Robert of Paris; The Surgeon's Daughter (1909). Illustrated with ten plates.
Volume XXIV: Castle Dangerous; Chronicles of the Canongate (1912). Illustrated with ten plates.

Collated. Volume XVII is lacking one plate. All other volumes are complete.