THE WAVERLEY NOVELS (48 Volumes)

Sir Walter Scott

Description:

Complete 48 Volume set. With introductory essays and notes to each volume by Andrew Lang. Most novels in two volumes, each with 5-12 fine etchings, by Millais, Pettie, Macwhirter, Raeburn, D.Y. Cameron, etc., in total more than 250 etchings. Bound in maroon cloth with top edges gilt and gilt titles on spines and front boards. Occasional foxing throughout. Some shelf wear to covers, Book plate on front paste-down of each volume. A Good+ to Very Good set.

Free delivery to clients in Gauteng and Cape Town.

Details:

  • Publisher: John C. Nimmo
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1892-94, 1894
  • Edition: Border Edition
  • Jacket Condition: No DJ (as issued)
  • Binding Condition: Very Good+
  • Overall Condition: Good+
  • Size: 8vo
  • Lot No: 433
  • Hammer Price: $200
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 45
  • Estimate: $350
  • Reserve: $200

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  • Name: Richmond Books and Prints
  • Address: 24-28 Loop Street & 15 Spring Street, Richmond, Northern Cape
  • Contact Person: John Donaldson
  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Email: booktownrichmond@hotmail.com
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  • Trade Association: AA Approved
  • Additional Information: A few years ago the town of Richmond in the Great Karoo was established as the first Booktown in the country and on the continent. Richmond Books and Prints is the cornerstone of this endeavour. We specialise in Africana with a focus on early travellers, explorers, hunters and missionaries; South African fauna and flora, fiction, bibliographies, history, the Anglo Boer war and Rhodesia. Apart from our Africana collection, our bookshops in Richmond - which consist of four Karoo-style houses, six converted stables and other outbuildings - house used books ranging from Afrikaans, Art, Aviation, Biographies, Cuisine, English fiction, History, Natural History, Religion, Sport, Trains & Railways, Warfare to Youth literature. We welcome visitors with a love of books to our bookshops and to this unique part of our country. We are open from Mondays to Saturdays from 09h00 – 17h00 and on Sundays by appointment.