THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL

“By The Author Of “Waverly, Kenilworth &c’ / Sir Walter Scott

In Three Volumes

Published in 1822 / Printed For Archibald Constable And Co, Edinburgh; And Hurst, Robinson, And Co., London.

All measure 7 1/4 x 4 3/4” and are bound in leather and marbled paper hard covers with gold spine lettering/ decoration, marbled page tips. Two with label inside front cover: ‘Circulating Library / Williams, Cheltenham, Bookseller’. Pencil notations inside front cover of each. Printed by James Ballantine and Co.

Covers are sturdy with moderate to heavy wear including 3” hinge crack to Vol II, hinges, edges corners spine ends worn with some chipping to spine ends, some corners worn through, and surface wear / soiling to marbled paper. Pages are firmly bound, neatly in place with light age and use wear.

* Vol I 313pp with separately paginated (xlviii) 48pp Introductory Epistle pages following title page

* Vol II 334pp

* Vol III 349pp with 6 pages of Publisher book listings to rear.

“Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He had a major impact on European and American literature.” Wikipedia

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