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Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott in two volumes (both here present) published in Edinburgh and for or by David Douglas 1894.
Beautiful full leather binding over boards with raised bands to the spine and gilt decoration to the panels with contrasting labels and gilt lettering. , gilt lines to the board edges with the "University of Glasgow emblem to the front board of both volumes. Marble paper to the pastedowns and end papers. Volume 1 has the Prize bookplate for First prize for Mathematics for 1897. The recipients name has been blanked out.
Volume 1 Half title + frontispiece + title with vignette + xx + 455pp + large fold out hand coloured map to the rear of Abbotsford , as called for.
Volume 2 - Half title + Title with vignette + xv + 435pp,
Minor foxing to the end papers, text blocks very clean and in very good condition. A lovely set.
By 1894, Sir Walter Scott was universally revered as one of Scotland's greatest cultural icons. He essentially invented the historical novel genre with his immensely popular Waverley Novels (such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe)
Despite his massive success, Scott’s later life was plagued by severe financial hardship due to a catastrophic collapse of his own printing and publishing partnerships in 1826. He spent his final years writing at a grueling pace to pay off massive debts, completely exhausting his health before dying at his beloved home, Abbotsford.
David Douglas did not just print Scott's letters—he actively curated, transcribed, and edited them himself. He gained unprecedented access to Scott's private manuscripts, family archives, and papers preserved at Abbotsford.
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