"The Waverley Novels" by Sir Walter Scott, published by F.M. Lupton, New York, undated, 1880s. Complete set of Waverly Novels in 12 volumes with several novels in each volume. Each novel has own pagination.

Hard boards; original publisher's dark blue cloth with gold decorations and lettering on spines [a little wear: see photos]; 5" x 7.1/2"; 16.1/2" of shelf space; gilt upper page edges, signature and stamp of the former owner (John Griff Edwards ) is inside covers, front endpapers and title pages [see photos]; c.10 pages in Peveril of the Peak have creases repaired with 'invisible tape'; one page (#159/160) in "Quentin Durward" has a corner damage (see the last three photos), otherwise all volumes are in very good condition.

"The Waverley Novels" are a long series of novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). For nearly a century, they were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.

The volumes are not numbered and were issued separately.

Contents:

Count Robert of Paris, The Betrothed, The Highland Widow

Ivanhoe, The Talisman,
Peveril of the Peak, The Surgeon's Daughter, Castle Dangerous,

The Fair Maid of Perth, Kenilworth,
Quentin Durward, Anne of Geierstein,
The Monastery, The Abbot,
The Fortunes of Nigel, The Pirate,
St. Ronan's Well, A Legend of Montrose, The Black Dwarf, The Bride of Lammermoor

Rob Roy, The Tale of Old Mortality,
Heart of Mid-Lothian, Woodstock,
Waverley, The Antiquary
Guy Mannering, Red Gauntlet



Provenance:

From the library of John Griff Edwards (1870-1912), he belonged to the old established settler families in Virginia. His father and uncles served in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The grandfather, LeRoy Griffin Edwards (1804-1866), was the president of the Confederate Convention of 1864. John's wife, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards founded and led the first of the United Confederate Choirs of America (1907). After that she was elected the "Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Choirs." In 1911 she published a volume titled "Echoes From Dixie A Collection of Songs Used in the South."

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