Waverly;Rob Roy;Kenilworth;Woodstock;The Heart of Mid-Lothian;Old Mortality;The Monastery;The Fair Maid of Perth;Anne of Geierstein;The Talisman;The Betrothed;Count Robber of Paris de Sir Walter Scott - no date

Collier. Waverly Novels, vol. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover, no jacket; uniform edition of the Waverly Novels; light wear, clean and bright.

New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Company Book. Poor. Hardcover. First Edition (thus).. One of Sir Walter Scott's classic nineteenth-century novels. Publication date not given, appears to be early twentieth-century Edition and printing not given, presumed First (thus). Hardcover, 491pp., binding separating, some tape reinforcement inside boards, title page excised, the usual ex-lib markings, an 'S' marked on spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Good. 1877 small green book The Handy Volume "Waverly

NY, Cassell, 1907. Very Good/Unknown. 12 mo. The People's library, burgundy flex boards w/gilt spine titles. Tiny tear on upper spine, some foxing else VG. 450 pp. plus list of 120 volumes in people's library. Scott gathered the disparate strands of contemporary novel-writing techniques into his own hands and harnessed them to his deep interest in Scottish history and his knowledge of antiquarian lore. The technique of the omniscient narrator and the use of regional speech, localized settings, sophisticated character delineation, and romantic themes treated in a realistic manner were all combined by him into virtually a new literary form, the historical novel. His influence on other European and American novelists was immediate and profound.

Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk & Co. Third edition, Hardcover, Very Good sans dust jacket as issued,. Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk & Co:. Third edition, Hardcover, Very Good sans dust jacket as issued, 466 pp. A clean and tight copy with very minor spine skew.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Mint Editions, 2021. Paperback. New. 496 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches.

Philadeliphia: Porter & Coates. N.D.. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Corner of free endpaper cut. Owner's name flyleaf. Corners bumped. Corners and spine fraying at edges. Boards have a few scuffs. States "From the last revised edition, containing the author's final corrections, notes, &c." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Edward has been brought up in the family home by his uncle, Sir Everard Waverley, who maintains the family Tory and Jacobite sympathies, while Edward's Whig father works for the Hanoverian government in nearby London. Edward is given a commission in the Hanoverian army and posted to Dundee, then promptly takes leave to visit Baron Bradwardine, a Jacobite friend of his uncle, and meets the Baron's lovely daughter Rose.