The Waverley Novels, Kenilworth Edition: Waverley; or, Tis Sixty Years Since / The Antiquary; Quentin Durward / Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist; St. Ronan's Well / The Bride of Lammermoor; The Fortunes of Nigel / The Pirate; Ivanhoe: A Rom…

Original brick red cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, dark green endpapers, engraved frontispieces, title page illustrations, and plates. Each volume includes two full-length works. Includes advertisement and general preface to the Abbotsford edition, and other notes and introductions interspersed. Titles include: Waverley; or, Tis Sixty Years Since / The Antiquary; Quentin Durward / Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist; St. Ronan's Well / The Bride of Lammermoor; The Fortunes of Nigel / The Pirate; Ivanhoe: A Romance / The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders and Chronicles of the Canongate; Peveril of the Peak / The Surgeon's Daughter, Castle Dangerous and Glossary; Rob Roy / Old Mortality; Count Robert of Paris / The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders and The Highland Widow; The Heart of Mid-Lothian / Woodstock; or, The Cavalier; Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer / Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; The Monastery / The Abbot: Being the Sequel to The Monastery. "Waverley is a 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Initially published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, Waverley is often regarded as the first historical novel. The novel became so popular that Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of novels on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley novels". In 1815, Scott was given the honour of dining with George, Prince Regent, who wanted to meet "the author of Waverley". It is thought that at this meeting Scott persuaded George that as a Stuart prince he could claim to be a Jacobite Highland Chieftain, a claim that would be dramatised when George became King and visited Scotland. The Waverley Novels are a long series of books by Sir Walter Scott. They take their name from Waverley (1814), which was the first. Their publication dates span 1814-1829."