Waverley Novels Sir Walter Scott English Literature Pre 1900

The complete "Magnum Opus" collected edition of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels. The complete and authoritative Robert Cadell edition of the Waverley Novels, regarded as the definitive collection edition or "Magnum Opus" edition of Scott's lifetime.Complete in forty-eight volumes.Uniformly bound in half calf, with marbled paper covered boards and decorative gilt to the spines.Each volume adorned with an engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette title page.Based on previous editions and with new introductions and notes by Scott, this edition served as the basis of almost all subsequent editions until the appearance of the standard modern edition (the 30-volume Edinburgh Edition).Prior to the release of Cadell's five-shilling volumes, copies of the Waverley Novels were too costly to collect for the average individual, thus encouraging this monthly and inexpensive format.Comprising the following novels:I - Waverley Vol. III - Waverley Vol. IIIII - Guy Mannering Vol. IIV - Guy Mannering Vol. IIV - The Antiquary Vol. IVI - The Antiquary Vol. IIVII - Rob Roy Vol. IVIII - Rob Roy Vol. IIIX - Black Dwarf; Old Mortality Vol. IX - Old Mortality Vol. IIXI - Heart of Midlothian Vol. IXII - Heart of Midlothian Vol. IIXIII - Heart of Midlothian Vol. III; Bride of Lammermoor Vol. IXIV - Bride of Lammermoor Vol. IIXV - Legend of MontroseXVI - Ivanhoe Vol. IXVII - Ivanhoe Vol. IIXVIII - The Monastery Vol. IXIX - The Monastery Vol. IIXX - The Abbot Vol. IXXI - The Abbot Vol. IIXXII - Kenilworth Vol. IXXIII - Kenilworth Vol. IIXXIV - The Pirate Vol. IXXV - The Pirate Vol. IIXXVI - Fortunes of Nigel Vol. IXXVII - Fortunes of Nigel Vol. IIXXVIII - Peveril of the Peak Vol. IXXIX - Peveril of the Peak Vol. IIXXX - Peveril of the Peak Vol. IIIXXXI - Quentin Durward Vol. IXXXII - Quentin Durward Vol. IIXXXIII - St. Ronan's Well Vol. IXXXIV - St. Ronan's Well Vol. IIXXXV - Redgauntlet Vol. IXXXVI - Redgauntlet Vol. IIXXXVII - The BetrothedXXXVIII- The TalismanXXXIX - Woodstock Vol. IXL - Woodstock Vol. IIXLI - Chronicles of the CanongateXLII - Fair Maid of Perth Vol. IXLIII - Fair Maid of Perth Vol. IIXLIV - Anne of Geierstein Vol. IXLV - Anne of Geierstein Vol. IIXLVI - Count Robert of Paris Vol. IXLVII - Count Robert of Paris Vol. IIXLVIII - The Surgeon's Daughter Uniformly bound in half calf, with marbled paper covered boards and decorative gilt to the spines.Externally, with slight rubbing to the extremities and scuffing to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the title pages to three volumes (X, XXX and XXXII) detached but present. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spotting largely concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Two clippings tipped-in to the front endpapers of Vol I. Very Good