SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). Waverley; or 'Tis Sixty Years Since. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1814. 3 volumes, 12°. Contemporary calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. PMM 148: "The first of the forty or so 'Waverley Novels' was the progenitor and has become the archetype of the historical novel throughout the world. At one blow Scott had established a new literary form."
With 66 other volumes of the same author's works in similar bindings (Ivanhoe rebacked). (69)
SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). Waverley; or 'Tis Sixty Years Since. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1814. 3 volumes, 12°. Contemporary calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. PMM 148: "The first of the forty or so 'Waverley Novels' was the progenitor and has become the archetype of the historical novel throughout the world. At one blow Scott had established a new literary form."
With 66 other volumes of the same author's works in similar bindings (Ivanhoe rebacked). (69)
