The Antiquary & Rob Roy by Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated
 
The Antiquary & Rob Roy
By Sir Walter Scott
Edited by Rev. P. Hately Waddell
W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell / Morrison & Gibb, Edinburgh – c.1880s
Half-leather binding with marbled boards, marbled edges and engraved frontispieces
 
Bibliographic Details
 
Full title: The Antiquary & Rob Roy (two novels bound together)
Author: Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
Editor: Rev. P. Hately Waddell (Peter Hately Waddell, 1817–1891) – with notes, glossary, and critical apparatus.
Publisher: W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh
Printer: Morrison & Gibb Ltd., Edinburgh
Date / Edition: Undated; publisher active 1883–1916; editor died 1891, and so circa late 1880s (pre-1891).
Format: Half thick leather over spine, board inner edges and corners; marbled paper boards; marbled page edges; marbled pastedowns & endpapers. No dust jacket, as issued.
Illustrations: Black & white engraved frontispiece and illustrated title page for each novel; tissue guards present.
Pagination: The Antiquary – 336 pp.; Rob Roy – 320 pp. All pages present.
Size & Weight: Approx. 19 × 13 × 3.6 cm; weight approx. 715 g.
 
Condition
 
Exterior:
Attractive half-leather binding with gilt lettering on black spine panels and gilt decorative tooling. Marbled boards remain bright with only light rubbing at corners and edges, a few small marks and fading – all consistent with careful use and age. Binding remains robust and appealing.
 
Interior:
Pages lightly tanned with light, even foxing in places. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers show minor marks. A small binder/retailer sticker for A. Brown & Sons, Savile Street, Hull is affixed to the front pastedown. No pen or pencil inscriptions.
 
Binding faults / paper defects:
A very light, partial crack in the gutter between pages 16 and 17 of Rob Roy is present (binding remains secure). No loose signatures; no missing pages. A very small fold or tiny crease on a few leaves only. No rips affecting text.
 
Notable Features
 
Decorative late-Victorian Waverley Novels binding desirable to collectors.
Editor P. Hately Waddell’s scholarly notes add interest and help date this issue.
Marbled edges, boards and endpapers; engraved frontispieces with tissue guards – all present and intact.