The Waverley Novels Sir Walter Scott English Literature Pre 1900

Forty-four volumes of the incredible forty-eight volume set of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Forty-four volumes of the forty-eight volume set, lacking volumes thirty-four, forty-four, forty-five and forty-eight. With a frontispiece and vignette title to each volume. The Waverley Novels are a collection created by the author to produce a final version of what is considered his Magnum Edition, containing much of the original verse. Originally release between 1814 and 1832, the series is issued with an introduction and notes of adjustments to the text. These novels are said to have played a significant part in the movement to modern historical novels and in rehabilitating public perception of the Scottish Highlands. They were some of the most popular and widely read novels of the time, increasing Scott's reputation to become one of the most recognisable literary names of the Georgian era. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish historian, poet, playwright, and novelist whose works remain classics of European literature This set includes: Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since, complete in two volumes, 1829. Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer, complete in two volumes, 1829. The Antiquary, complete in two volumes, 1829. Rob Roy, complete in two volumes, 1829. Old Mortality, complete across volumes nine, ten, and eleven, 1830. Heart of Mid-Lothian, complete across volumes eleven, twelve, and thirteen, 1830. Bride of Lammermoor, complete in two volumes, 1830. A Legend of Montrose, complete in one volume, 1830. Ivanhoe: A Romance, complete in two volumes, 1830. The Monastery, complete in two volumes, 1830. The Abbot; Being the Sequel to The Monastery, complete in two volumes, 1831. Kenilworth, complete in two volumes, 1831. The Pirate, complete in two volumes, 1831. The Fortunes of Nigel, complete in two volumes, 1831. Peverill of the Peak, complete in three volumes, 1831. Quentin Durward, complete in two volumes, 1831. St. Ronan's Well, volume one only, 1832. Redgauntlet, complete in two volumes, 1832. The Betrothed, complete in one volume, 1832. The Talisman, complete in one volume, 1832. Woodstock, complete in two volumes, 1832. The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, &c., complete in one volume, 1832. Fair Maid of Perth, complete in two volumes, 1832. Count Robert of Paris, in one volume, 1833. Count Robert of Paris Continued & Castle Dangerous, in one volume, 1833. With two leaves of publisher's advertisements bound upside-down to the second volume of Old Mortality. In the original half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light discolouration to the spines with a small tear to the spine of volume nineteen. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers. Bound by Cary Binder, Wakefield. Very Good