[Rarebooks] FS: First ed., 1st issue of Scott's WAVERLY. 3 vols. 1814

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Scott, Sir Walter. WAVERLY; or, ‘Tis Sixty Years Since. In Three Volumes. 
Edinburgh: James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable and Co. et al. 1814. First 
edition, first issue. 3 volumes. 12mo. (4),358,(2);(4),370.(2);(4),372pp. 
Complete with the half-titles, and both final leaves in volumes I and II, which are 
blank except for the 2-line imprint at the bottom of the leaf. Half calf, 
gilt, over marbled boards, circa 1920, morocco spine labels. Some light text 
browning. An attractive set.     $4,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Published in an edition of 1,000 sets, which were quickly sold; three other 
editions appeared by the end of 1814. This set with p. 153 of Volume III signed 
“2G” and p. 323 mis-numbered 32, and with the very scarce final leaf with 
the printer’s name at the end of Volume I. See Todd & Bowden SIR WALTER SCOTT 
#77Aa. PRINTING & THE MIND OF MAN #273, “The archetype of the historical novel 
throughout the world.”

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