The Waverley Novels, Standard Edition from the Last Revised Edition, in 22 Volumes: Waverley or 'Tis Sixty Years Since; The Antiquary; Black Dwarf / Old Mortality; Rob Roy; Heart of Mid-Lothian [Midlothian]; Bride of Lammermoor / A Legend of Montrose; Iv…

Dark brown cloth, gilt titles and rules, brown endpapers. Engraved frontispieces. Includes advertisement and general preface to the Abbotsford edition, introduction to the Boston Sterling edition, and preface to the third edition. Titles include: Waverley or 'Tis Sixty Years Since; The Antiquary; Black Dwarf / Old Mortality; Rob Roy; Heart of Mid-Lothian [Midlothian]; Bride of Lammermoor / A Legend of Montrose; Ivanhoe; The Monastery; The Abbot: Being a Sequel to The Monastery; Kenilworth; The Pirate; The Fortunes of Nigel; Peveril of the Peak; Quentin Durward; St. Ronan's Well; Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders / The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders; Woodstock; The Chronicles of the Canongate; The Fair Maid of Perth or St. Valentine's Day: Chronicles of the Canongate - Second Series; Anne of Geierstein or The Maiden of the Mist; Count Robert of Paris / Castle Dangerous. "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."