The Pirate & The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott c.1880s Leather Book
 
The Pirate & The Fortunes of Nigel
By Sir Walter Scott — edited by Rev. P. Hately Waddell
Late-Victorian half-leather Waverley Novels binding (c.1883–1916), W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell / Morrison & Gibb, Edinburgh
 
Bibliographic Details
 
Full title: The Pirate & The Fortunes of Nigel (two novels bound in one)
Author: Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
Editor: Rev. P. Hately Waddell (Peter Hately Waddell, 1817–1891) — notes, glossary, biographical & critical notes.
Publisher: W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell (Edinburgh)
Printer: Morrison & Gibb Ltd., Edinburgh
Date: Undated; publisher active 1883–1916; editor deceased 1891 — circa late 1880s (pre-1891)
Format: Half leather (thick leather over spine, board inner edges and corners) with marbled paper boards, marbled page edges, marbled pastedowns/endpapers. No dust jacket.
Illustrations: Black & white frontispiece + illustrated title page for each novel; protective tissue guards present.
Pagination: The Pirate — 376 pp.; The Fortunes of Nigel — 392 pp. All pages present.
Dimensions: approx. 19 × 13 × 3.9 cm
Weight: approx. 711 g
 
Physical / Condition Report 
 
Exterior
Attractive half-leather binding with gilt titles and tooling on the spine, twin black title labels, panelled spine. Marbled boards are bright and well preserved.
Light wear: faint rubbing to leather at corners/edges, a few light surface marks and light fading consistent with age. Overall, a handsome decorative Victorian binding in very good shelf condition.
Interior
Pages evenly toned with light foxing in places (common for age); text clean and legible. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers show some light marks.
Small sticker for A. Brown & Sons, 26, 27 & 29 Savile Street, Hull on the front pastedown. No pen or pencil inscriptions.
Minor defect: a very small rip at the bottom edge of page 304 (and verso) of The Fortunes of Nigel — does not affect the text. Otherwise, no missing pages.
Binding and gatherings remain tight and secure, no loose signatures.
Plates & Illustrations
Both engraved frontispieces and illustrated title pages present and complete, each with protective tissue.
 
Features & Collectible Notes
 
Late-Victorian Waverley Novels uniform binding: attractive for collectors of Scott and decorative bindings.
Editor P. Hately Waddell included (d.1891), giving a reliable late-19th-century date range.
Marbled edges, boards and endpapers — desirable decorative feature.
Complete texts: The Pirate (376 pp) and The Fortunes of Nigel (392 pp).