The Waverley Novels , a collection of 25 illustrated volumes inc. Ivanhoe; Rob Roy; St. Ronan's Well; The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose; Quentin Durward; The Antiquary; Peveril of the Peak; The Fortunes of Nigel; The Surgeons Daughter and Castle Dangerous; The Betrothed; Count Robert of Paris; Kenilworth; Woodstock; Waverley; Guy Mannering; The Fair Maid of Perth; The Talisman; The Black Dwarf, Chronicles of the Conongate and Other Tales; The Abbot; Redgauntlet; The Pirate; The Heart of Mid-Lothian; Anne of Geirstein (The Maiden of the Mist); The Monastery; Old Mortality
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- , each has a library plate to the front paste down, slight foxing to the prelims, a couple have a bumped corners, some have chip
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
, an attractively bound collection of the illustrated Waverley Novels, several are undated but all date from circa.1880, they each contain several plates and have vignettes throughout, half red calf leather and marbled paper with matching marbled block edges
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- Bookseller
- Keogh's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66584
- Title
- The Waverley Novels , a collection of 25 illustrated volumes inc. Ivanhoe; Rob Roy; St. Ronan's Well; The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose; Quentin Durward; The Antiquary; Peveril of the Peak; The Fortunes of Nigel; The Surgeons Daughter and Castle Dangerous; The Betrothed; Count Robert of Paris; Kenilworth; Woodstock; Waverley; Guy Mannering; The Fair Maid of Perth; The Talisman; The Black Dwarf, Chronicles of the Conongate and Other Tales; The Abbot; Redgauntlet; The Pirate; The Heart of Mid-Lothian; Anne of Geirstein (The Maiden of the Mist); The Monastery; Old Mortality
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- , half bound in red calf and marbled paper with gilt ruling front and back, 5 raised bands with decoratibive gilt details, green
- Book Condition
- Used - , each has a library plate to the front paste down, slight foxing to the prelims, a couple have a bumped corners, some have chip
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Marcus Ward & Co.
- Place of Publication
- , London
- Date Published
- 1879-1883
- Keywords
- Scott, Sir Walter, The Waverley Novels , a collection of 25 illustrated volumes inc. Ivanhoe; Rob Roy; St. Ronan's Well; The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose; Quentin Durward; The Antiquary; Peveril of the Peak; The Fortunes of Nigel; The Surg
- Size
- Octavo 19 x 13cm
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About the Seller
Keogh's Books
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About Keogh's Books
Keogh\'s books has been going for nineteen years now, but the shop in Nailsworth is just a year old. There is also a thriving market stall in Stroud on most Saturdays, and our website.
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