Scott, Sir Walter
Waverley Novels, 23 works in first edition [without "Waverley"]
£2,520
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Guy Mannering; or, the Astrologer. Edinburgh: John Ballatyne and Co., for Longman, Hurst... 1815.3 volumes, first edition, second or third state;
The Antiquary. Edinburgh: John Ballatyne and Co., for Longman, Hurst... 1816. 3 volumes, first edition;
Tales of my Landlord. First Series. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1816. 4 volumes, first edition;
Rob Roy. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1818. 3 volumes, first edition;
Tales of my Landlord. Second Series. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1818. 4 volumes, first edition;
Tales of my Landlord. Third Series. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1819. 4 volumes, first edition;
Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 3 volumes, first edition, adverts in volume 1;
The Monastery. Edinburgh/London: Longman, Hurst… & Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 3 volumes, first edition;
The Abbot Edinburgh/London: Longman, Hurst… & Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 3 volumes, first edition; Kenilworth. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1821. 3 volumes, first edition;
The Pirate. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. 3 volumes, first edition;
The Fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. 3 volumes, first edition;
Peveril of the Peak. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. 4 volumes, first edition, some dampstaining to one volume;
Quentin Durward. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. 3 volumes, first edition;
St Ronan's Well. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. 3 volumes, first edition;
Redgauntlet. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. 3 volumes, first edition;
Tales of the Crusaders. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1825. 4 volumes, first edition;
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. 3 volumes, first edition, volume 1 lacking half-title;
Chronicles of the Canongate. [First Series.] Edinburgh: Cadell and Co., 1827. 2 volumes, first edition, volume 2 lacking volume title;
Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. Edinburgh: Cadell and Co., 1828. 3 volumes, first edition;
Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist. Edinburgh: Cadell and Co., 1829. 3 volumes, first edition, with some dampstaining;
Tales of my Landlord. Fourth and Last Series. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1832. 4 volumes, first edition, volume 1 lacking volume title;
All first editions, various states, all with half-titles unless stated, uniformly bound in olive green morocco gilt by Riviere, bookplates of Castlecraig Library (71)
[All in Worthington, Greville. A Bibliography of the Waverley Novels, 1931]
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman