waverly novels quentin durward ronans von sir walter scott (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover Quarter Leather. Zustand: Good. No DJ. Owner bookplate front paste-down page: William and Augusta Dawson. Water stains end pages. No other marks in lightly read book. Binding tight. Hardcover leather spine and corners, edge wear. From title page: [Complete in Twelve Volumes. Printed from the latest English Editions, Embracing the Authorâs Last Corrections, Prefaces, and Notes.] Engravings. 563 pages.

The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Robertson with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, in-text illustrations. In very good condition. A lengthy series of novels by Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for nearly a century. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from Waverley, the first novel of the series released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of Waverley" on their title pages. "Scottâs influence as a novelist was incalculable; he established the form of the historical novel, and the form of the short story" (Drabble, 879).