The Waverley Novels, In 24 Volumes Scott, Walter Literature

Sturdily bound in a short octavo hardcover format, the 24 volumes measuring 7 1/4" tall x 5" wide, respectively. Marbled paper over boards, rubbed tips and edges, black leather over tips and spine, with four raised spines, gilt-lettered titles and ruling to spines, three fleurs-de-lis to each. Bumping to spine heads and feet, some scuffing thereto and to spines and edges, with light soiling to some endpapers and a bit of foxing thereto, dissipating. Marbled endpapers front and rear, quite bright, and then with lovely steel-engraved frontispieces by leading engravers of the day, seemingly obtained for the 1857 Ticknor & Fields edition, by Gibbings, Wright-Smith, Eltmore, Stone, Gilbert, McIan, Cope, Franklin and many others. Stereotyped by H.O. Houghton & Co. Interestingly, the 28 books that comprise the so-called Waverley Novels did not feature Sir Walter Scott's name until 1827. This set is incomplete and is missing several initial volumes. This set contains Ivanhoe II (350 pp.); The Abbot II (320 pp.); Anne of Geierstein II (348 pp.); Guy Mannering II (330 pp.); The Antiquary II (301 pp.); Count Robert of Paris II (286 pp.); The Fair Maid of Perth (336 pp.); The Betrothed. The Highland Widow (368 pp.); Kenilworth (333 pp.); The Fortunes of Nigel II (346 pp.); The Heart of Mid-Lothian (406 pp.); The Monastery II (304 pp.); Old Mortality II (308 pp.); Peveril of the Peak II (460 pp.); Quentin Durward II (348 pp.); Woodstock, or, The Cavalier (360 pp.); Bride of Lammermoor II (240 pp.); Castle Dangerous II (388 pp., including index and glossary); Kenilworth (II); The Pirate II (332 pp.); Redgauntlet II (318 pp.); Rob Roy II (338 pp.); The Talisman II, The Two Drovers. My Aunt Margaret's Mirror. The Tapestried Chamber. The Laird's Jock. (296 pp.); The Black Dwarf. A Legend of Montrose (274 pp.); Waverley II (369 pp.). All in, a nice start on a fine set of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott in a handsome, uniform binding, clean, sturdy, handsome.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.