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Philadelphia: Porter & Coates / Caxton Press of Sherman & Co, 1885. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 1880s edition, 22 of 23 volumes (lacks Guy Mannering). Spines slightly faded, corners lightly rubbed, edges lightly soiled, ink name and date on front flyleaf of each volume. 1885 Half-Leather. Dark brown cloth, gilt titles and rules, brown endpapers. Engraved frontispieces. Includes advertisement and general preface to the Abbotsford edition, introduction to the Boston Sterling edition, and preface to the third edition. Titles include: Waverley or 'Tis Sixty Years Since; The Antiquary; Black Dwarf / Old Mortality; Rob Roy; Heart of Mid-Lothian [Midlothian]; Bride of Lammermoor / A Legend of Montrose; Ivanhoe; The Monastery; The Abbot: Being a Sequel to The Monastery; Kenilworth; The Pirate; The Fortunes of Nigel; Peveril of the Peak; Quentin Durward; St. Ronan's Well; Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders / The Talisman: A Tale of the… Read More

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1871. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Various. A leather bound set of Walter Scott's popular historical novels. A leather bound set of Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. The illustrated centenary edition of Scott's historical novels set in the medieval era, and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author's fascination with moments of transition is evident in this twenty five volume set, and the novels demonstrate his belief that very different societies move through the same stages as they develop. For nearly a century after their publication, the lawyer's novels continued to be read all across Europe. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of volume I, 'Captain J. Hardy Welsby, The Grange, Southport'. Welsby has also inscribed his name in ink to the front free endpaper, dated 1882. Welsby co-founded Hesketh golf club in Southport. There is another ink inscription to the top edge of the same page by 'Emma Herring', beneath which Coela Harrison and… Read More