Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877-1880. Octavo; 58 volumes (vols. 6-7 of Poetical Works are missing); G; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with blue leather to spine and corners and blue cloth to boards, wear to spine caps, hinges, and corners, toning to spine, mild shelfwear to leather and cloth, else clean and strong unless otherwise noted below; Text blocks have gilt top edge, owner label on front endpaper, some volumes with light spotting to fore edge, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; Volumes include frontispieces, engraved title pages, and “with a few exceptions, all the Woodcuts that appeared in the Abbotsford Edition, besides the Steel Plates belonging to the Author’s Favourite Edition”; CONTENTS: THE WAVERLEY NOVELS: v. 1-2. Waverley (v. 1 has cracked hinges front and rear, rear board attached only by binding strings; text block bumped with diagonal crease throughout and with diagonal tear) — v. 3-4. Guy Mannering (v. 4 has some foxing to rear pages) —v. 5-6. The antiquary — v. 7-8. Rob Roy (v. 8 has surface tear to front leather corner) —v. 9-10. Old Mortality (v. 10 has mild shelfwear to cloth front and rear) — v. 11-12. Heart of Mid-Lothian — v. 13. Legend of Montrose (light smudging to cloth on rear) — v. 14-15. Bride of Lammermoor — v. 16-17. Ivanhoe — v. 18-19. The Monastery (v. 19 surface tear to front leather corner) — v. 20-21. The Abbot — v. 22-23. Kenilworth — v. 24-25. The Pirate — v. 26-27. Fortunes of Nigel — v. 28-30. Peveril of the Peak — v. 31-32. Quentin Durward (both vols. have small tear to front hinge) — v. 33-34. St. Rowan's Well — v. 35-36. Redgauntlet — v. 37. The Betrothed — v. 38. The Talisman — v. 39-40. Woodstock (v. 39 has cracked front hinge, surface tears at top of spine) — v. 41. The Highland Widow ; Two Drovers, etc. — v. 42-43. Fair Maid of Perth — v. 44-45. Anne of Geierstein — v. 46. Count Robert of Paris, I — v. 47. Count Robert of Paris, II ; Castle Dangerous, I (surface tear to front corner) — v. 48. Castle Dangerous, II ; The Surgeon's Daughter (surface tear to front and rear corner) ; THE POETICAL WORKS: v. 1-4. Border Minstrelsy (v. 4 has small tear to front corner) — v. 5. Sir Tristrem (uncut pages) — v. 6. [missing] — v. 7. [missing] — v. 8. The Lady of the Lake — v. 9. Rokeby (some uncut pages) — v. 10. The Lord of the Isles (some uncut pages) — v. 11. The Bridal of Triermain (uncut pages) — v. 12. Dramas and Index.
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