[Bindings]. Scott, Walter (1771-1832). [Waverly Novels]. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., et al.,

17 works in 45 volumes, 8vo and 4to. (Occasional spotting and toning.) Uniformly bound and stamp-signed in most volumes by Whitman Bennett in half brown morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments, 5 raised bands, all edges uncut (light rubbing and sunning to spines). Provenance: Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), American printer and first president of the Grolier Club (bookplates).

THE ROBERT HOE COPIES OF WALTER SCOTT'S WORKS.

FIRST EDITIONS, primarily Waverly Novels, comprising: The Vision of Don Roderick: A Poem. 1811. First quarto edition, third impression with engraved plate dated 1812. Todd & Bowden, 59Ac. -- Rokeby. 1813. Todd & Bowden, 64Aa. -- Rob Roy. 1818. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 112Aa. -- Tales of My Landlord, Second Series. 4 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 122Aa. -- The Monastery. 1820. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 144Aa. -- The Abbot. 1820. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 146Aa. -- The Pirate. 1822. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 156Aa. -- The Fortunes of Nigel. 1822. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 157Aa. -- Halidon Hill; A Dramatic Sketch from Scottish History. 1822. Todd & Bowden, 158Aa. -- Quentin Durward. 1823. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 167Aa. -- Redgauntlet, A Tale of the Eighteenth Century. 1824. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 178Aa. -- Tales of the Crusaders. 1825. 4 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 181A. -- Woodstock. 1826. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 190A. -- Chronicles of the Canongate. 1827. 2 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 206Aa. -- Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist. 1829. 3 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 227A. -- The Doom of Devorgoil, A Melodrama, and Auchindrane or, the Ayrshire Tragedy. 1830. Todd & Bowden, 239A. -- Tales of My Landlord, A Fourth and Last Series. 1832. 4 volumes. Todd & Bowden, 253A.

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