The Waverley Novels : Centenary Edition 1871-1891 [complete in 25 volumes, with 6 supplementary volumes of poetry, biography and history.]

Edinburgh : Adam & Charles Black, 1871-1891, 1871. Centenary Edition. Hardback. Very good copies finely bound in elaborately gilt-tooled cloth over marbled boards. Spine bands are slighty chipped and worn in places, with varying degress of dulling and wear to the panel edges. Surface wear evident on some of the spine covers. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc., and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 31v. ; fronts. ; 19cm. Notes: This centenary edition of Walter Scott's Waverley novels was published between 1871 and 1891. Each volume includes a frontispiece and added engraved title page. Contents: v. 1. Waverley --v. 2. Guy Mannering --v. 3. The antiquary --v. 4. Rob Roy --v. 5. Old Mortality --v. 6. A legend of Montrose and The black dwarf --v. 7. The heart of Mid-lothian --v. 8. The bride of Lammermoor --v. 9. Ivanhoe --v. 10. The monastery --v. 11. The abbot : being a sequel to The monastery --v. 12. Kenil-worth --v. 13. The pirate --v. 14. The fortunes of Nigel --v. 15. Perveril of the Peak --v. 16. Quentin Durward --v. 17. St. Ronan's well --v. 18. Red gauntlet --v. 19. The betrothed : a tales of the Crusaders and The chronicles of the Canongate --v. 20. The talisman : a tale of the Crusaders and The chronicles of the Canongate --v. 21. Woodstock --v. 22. The fair maid of Perth --v. 23. Anne of Geierstein, or The maid in the mist --v. 24. Count Robert of Paris --v. 25. The surgeon's daughter and Castle dangerous. Supplementary volumes: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott / edited by Wm. Minto, 2 volumes, London : A. & C. Black, 1891. -- Life of Sir Walter Scott / by J. G. Lockart, 2 volumes, London : A. & C. Black, 1892. -- Tales of a Grandfather, being the history of Scotland from the earliest period to the close of the rebellion 1745-46 / by Walter Scott, 2 volumes, London : A. & C. Black, 1892. Subjects: Historical fiction, Scottish -- English literature -- Scotland in literature -- Scottish authors.