Book - WAVERLEY PRIZE 1878 TWENTY FOUR VOLUMES, 1874

Physical description

Waverley Novels Pocket Edition.
Volumes 1 -12.
Set of Novels awarded to William Fraser as the Waverley Prize 1878 at the Sandhurst Corporate High School
Volume 1 has a Dark green book plate inserted inside the front cover. Book plate edged in gold and details printed in gold.
First page has an imprint of the Bookseller - R Souter Sandhurst.
The books are covered with a red, blue and orange marbled pattern. This patterned paper is also inside the front and front covers.
The spine and corners are trimmed with dark green leather.
Published by Adam and Charles Black 1873.
The Waverley Novels were a series of more than two dozen historical novels published by Sir Walter Scott between 1814 and 1832.
The Waverley Novels are a long series of novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). For nearly a century, they were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.

Inscriptions & markings

Sir Walter Scott

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