Waverley novels.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1852 - 1853
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 3138639
Summary
Bibliographic description
48 v. : ill. ; 8vo. Not indigenous. Imperfect: vols. 32-36, 38-39 only. Shelved and uniform with Scott's Poetical works and Lockhart's Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Provenance: stamped in red ink on front and rear free endpapers: 'The National Trust founded 1895'. Embossed bookseller's stamp on second front free endpaper: 'E. Arnold Bookseller 56. Elizabeth St. Melbourne". Manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper in vol. 38: "John Hunter Kerr". Binding: nineteenth-century half maroon morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; spines gilt; marbled edges and endpapers; blue ribbon markers.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), author