[BINDINGS & SETS]. SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). [The Waverly Novels]. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. et al, 1814-1829. 22 works in 70 volumes. STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN. FIRST EDITIONS.
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Lot Description
[BINDINGS & SETS]. SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). [The Waverly Novels]. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. et al, 1814-1829.
22 works in 70 volumes, 12mo (174 x 100 mm). (Some occasional spotting or soiling.) Uniformly bound in half red morocco gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN (some very light scuffing to a few volumes, a few minor stains to sides, slight spotting or offsetting to endpapers). Provenance: Robert J.H. Wyatt (signatures); L. Nicholas (signature); Sidney Robinson (1863-1956), Liberal Party politician (armorial bookplates); J.T Williamson (armorial bookplates).
FIRST EDITIONS, comprising: Waverley. 1814. 3 volumes. FIRST ISSUE with "our" for "your" on page 136 line 1. -- Guy Mannering. 1815. 3 volumes. -- The Antiquary. 1816. 3 volumes. -- Tales of My Landlord. [First Series]. 1816. 4 volumes. -- Rob Roy. 1818. 3 volumes. -- Tales of My Landlord, Second Series. 1818. 4 volumes. -- Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. 1819. 4 volumes. -- Ivanhoe. 1820. 3 volumes. -- The Monastery. 1820. 3 volumes. -- The Abbot. 1820. 3 volumes. -- Kenilworth. 1821. 3 volumes. -- The Pirate. 1822. 3 volumes. -- Peveril of the Peak. 1822. 4 volumes. -- The Fortunes of Nigel. 1822. 3 volumes. -- Quentin Durward. 1823. 3 volumes. -- Redgauntlet. 1824. 3 volumes. -- St. Ronan's Well. 1824. 3 volumes. -- Tales of the Crusaders. 1825. 4 volumes. -- Woodstock. 1826. 3 volumes. -- Chronicles of Canongate. [First series]. 1827. 2 volumes. -- Chronicles of Canongate Second Series. 1828. 3 volumes. -- Anne of Geierstein. 1829. 3 volumes.
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