Search Results: waverley novels 12 volumes by sir walter scott

John C. Nimmo, 1893. Hardcover. Good. Hardcovers. No DJ's. 2 VOLUME SET. Tissue guarded frontispieces. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edges. Covers (red boards with gilt emblem and lettering) show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Bindings loosening slightly but still intact. Books slightly shelf-cocked. Light shelving foxing spots/dust-dulling on book page edges.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co. 1878. First Thus Used. H Hardcover. Very Good-. Melrose edition in 12 books bound In original green cloth with gilt spine titling and cover and spine decoration in black, yellow tinted endpapers, 8vo, approx. 500+pp/vol. Each book contains two volumes of the titled work most with separate frontis etchings inserted. The set consists of the following spine titles: Ivanhoe; Waverley; St. Ronan's Well; Count Robert; The Betrothed; Woodstock; Peveril; Black Dwarf; Fortunes of Nigel; The Monastery; Antiquary; The Heart of Mid Lothian. (light shelfwear and rubbing to outer extremities, edges toned from age, bookplate to one volume, some voumes with name and scribbles to endpapers; Ivanhoe volume with shelfwear, darkening and staining to rear board)

Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1842-1847. Illustrated by Frontis, steel and wood engraved plates, vignettes, illuminations. Abbotsford edition. 10 volumes. Original full leather, marbled boards, eps and fore-edges, inner, outer and fore-edge dentelles. Super Royal 8vo. Binding Copy. Near fine internally (sporadic foxed spots), most boards detached (slight edge wear), most leather spines missing. Requires rebacking. (10-book Post quoted for destination)..

Edinburgh: William Paterson. Half Leather. Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Z 11 volumes of the Waverley Novels - originally a 12 volume set. Volume 1 - Waverley and Guy Mannering; Volume 3 - Old Mortality, The Black Dwarf, A Legend of Montrose, The Bride of Lammermoor; Volume 4- The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Ivanhoe; Volume 5, The Monastery, The Abbott; Volume 6 - Kenilwaorth, The Pirate; ; Volume 7 - The Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril of the Peak; Volume 8 - Quentin Durward, St. Ronan's Well; Volume 9 - Redgauntlet, The Betrothed, The Highland Widow; Volume 10 - Tale II - The Talisman, Woodstock; Volume 11 - The Fair Maid of Perth, Anne of Gerstein; Volume 12 -Count Robert of Paris, The Surgeon's Daughterr, Castle Dangerous. Bound in half black leather with gilt embossed decorative design to the spines including gilt embossed thistles between the bands. 5 raised bands to the spine strip wiht gilt embossed tooling. Red leather title blocks… Read More

A. L. Burt,. Cloth Bound. Fair. F+ Solid Set. Includes all 12 volumes. All with name and date on front end page, but interior pages bright and clean, with little foxing or toning. All with light to moderate soiling to covers, light to moderate wear to spine ends and corners. Most with tight and sound bindings, a few with hinges cracked but still intact. The Talisman/Anne of Geierstein has front end page to contents page coming loose and appears to have binding reglued. More images upon request. Carefully packaged and bubble wrapped.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. This handsome edition of The Waverly Novels, known as The Abbotsford Edition (after Sir Walter Scott's home, Abbotford House, where he died in 1832), is in Very Good condition (click on photo), even though the set was published 150 years ago. This set includes 11 of the original 12 volumes and is missing Volume 1 (, which included the novels Waverley and Guy Mannering). The books are bound in a satiny brown cloth with ornate blind-stamped Empire designs on front and rear panels. They have ornate spines as well, with gilt titles and gilt vignette drawings of knights and armour. The books have rubbed and frayed corners and spine tips. Several volumes show spine-cloth chipping, the worst being Volume 11, which also has a split seam between the spine and front panel. The books' interiors are all clean, with secure bindings, and bright pages, with only occasional foxing. Each novel (and there are several novels per volume) has its own engraved… Read More

T.Y. Crowell, New York, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Complete 12 volume set. (27 volumes, bound in 12). Bound in publisher's 3/4 leather over brown linen boards. Top edges gilt. Illustrated frontispieces. Vol.1. has a detached rear board. Ivanhoe has a chip missing from spine. Contents:1. Waverly; The monastery; 2. Black Dwarf ; Legend of Montrose ; Bride of Lammermoor ; Count Robert of Paris; 3. Ivanhoe; The abbot; 4. Kenilworth; The fair maid of Perth; 5. Redgauntlet; Anne of Geierstein; 6. Guy Mannering; Quentin Durward; 7. Woodstock; Old Mortality; 8. Peveril of the Peak, The antiquary; 9. Rob Roy; The pirate; 10. Fortunes of Nigel, St. Ronan's well; 11. The betrothed; The talisman; 12. The heart of Midlothian; The surgeon's daughter; Castle dangerous.

London/New York: George Routledge & Co, 1879. Brown cloth, w/gilt deco lettering on spine, black deco on cover, blind stamped rear boards. New Edition w/Authors Notes. Clean Sound Volumes, w/light rubbing as shown. No names, marks or serious dings. Media Mail Only. Titles: The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Betrothed, St. Ronan's Well, The Fair Maid of Perth, Black Dwarf and A Legend of Montrose, Count Robert of Paris, Anne of Geierstein, The Monastary, Redgauntlet, The Bridge of Lammermoor, Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous/Glossary. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Cruikshank. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY: John Wurtele Lovell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1881. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 12 Volumes Complete. Two volumes are dated 1880, six are dated 1881 and the rest have no date. All volumes in publisher's brown cloth with gilt medallion portrait of Scott on the front covers, embossed gilt leaves on cover and spines, gilt lettering on spine, elaborate floral decoration in black on covers and spine, uncut pages. Each volume has a b&w frontispiece and several illustrations by different artists. . The bindings are rubbed on the surfaces and extremities, with a few that have slight fraying at the heel of the spine, some of the bottom tips are bumped, one volume (Ivanhoe) has a name on the front paste-down and the front hinge is cracked, other hinges intact and other books are free of names and appear to be unread. A nice looking reading set. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 1877. Hardcover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. WAVERLEY NOVELS 48 VOLS COMPLETE by SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART pub by ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK; 1877; EDINBURGH; CLOTH BINDINGS; GOOD TO VERY GOOD 48 volume complete illustrated set 1877 - 1879. This is an unusual set, in the original purple / red boards with the publisher's original white printed paper labels to the spine. It's not common to see a complete set in the original format like this, since most copies were rebound with the original bindings discarded. There is some rubbing and marking to the boards, and the spines are occasionally sunned, but the joints are strong and the hinges aren't cracked. The pages are extremely bright white, and clean throughout. Each vol is 18cm high, 13cm across the boards. The set stretches 155cm along the shelf. There is mottling and marks to some boards, but overall, it's all there in the original format, and it's this that makes them so unusual. There are… Read More

Edinburgh: A. & C. Black. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D.. First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Half burgundy calf over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on one black and one green label in compartments 2 and 4, with gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped double borders on covers, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Each volume is illustrated with a tissue-protected frontispiece and engraved title page. nd (c. 1860). The novels included are:"Waverley; Guy Mannering; The Antiquary; The Black Dwarf; Old Mortality; Rob Roy; The Heart of Midlothian; The Bride of Lammermoor; A Legend of Montrose; Ivanhoe; The Monastery; The Abbot; Kenilworth; The Pirate; The Fortunes of Nigel; Peveril of the Peak; Quentin Durward; Saint Ronan's Well; Redgauntlet; The Betrothed; The Talisman; Woodstock; The Fair Maid of Perth; Anne of Geierstein; Count Robert of Paris; Castle Dangerous; and the short stories: Chronicles… Read More

Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1841. Second Edition thus. Good. The Waverley Novels (complete 48 volumes) : uniformly bound in debossed cloth (except Vol XL which is a slightly different colour of cloth) : all volumes except the XLth published in Edinburgh 1841 by Robert Cadell with extra vignette titles published 1829 - 1833. The XLth volume (Woodstock II) is published by Adam and Charles Black in 1842 without the extra vignette title. Waverley (I & II); Guy Mannering (III & IV); The Antiquary (V & VI); Rob Roy (VII & VIII); Black Dwarf and Old Mortality (IX); Old Mortality (cont.) (X) Old Mortality and the Heart of Midlothian (Xi); The Heart of Midlothian (cont.) (XII); The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor (XIII); The Bride of Lammermoor (XIV); A Legend of Montrose (XV); Ivanhoe (XVI & XVII); Monastery (XVIII & XIX); Abbot (XX & XXI); Kenilworth (XXII & XXIII); Pirate (XXIV & XXV); Nigel (XXVI & XXVII); Peveril of the Peak (XXVIII-XXX); Quentin Durward (XXXI- XXXII); St. Ronan's Well… Read More

1822. The Third Edition. 25 Volumes. Edinburgh, Printed for Archibald Constable, 1822. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). c. 12000 pages including 25 Vignettes of Historical Illustration in steel-engravings on each titlepage by W. Archibald after Alexander Nasmyth. Hardcover . Original, very decorative half - leather with gilt lettering on spine and original spine-labels. All Volumes from the library of a "Robert Barker", with his Exlibris. Minor signs of wear only. All Volumes with some slight foxing and very few with a faded dampstain but all Volumes also firm and in very good or even better condition with some minor signs of wear only. Excellent paper and typography. A wonderful reading experience of classics like Ivanhoe. The 12 Volumes of "Novels and Tales" include: I - Waverley / II - Guy Mannering / III - Guy Mannering / IV - The Antiquary / V - Rob Roy / VI - Rob Roy / VII - Tales of My Landlord - Collected and Reported by Jedediah Cleishbotham - Schoolmaster and Parish-Clerk of Gandercleugh,… Read More

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1850. Frontispieces. 100 vols. Small 8vo (6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches). Bound in full contemporary tan polished calf, gilt spines, contrasting leather title labels, marbled edges. Very Good, some minor rubbing. Frontispieces. 100 vols. Small 8vo (6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches). ONE HUNDRED VOLUMES.