Waverley & Guy Mannering by Walter Scott c.1880s Leather Book
 
Waverley & Guy Mannering
By Sir Walter Scott
Edited by Rev. P. Hately Waddell
W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell / Morrison & Gibb, Edinburgh — c.1880s (late Victorian)
 
Bibliographic Details
 
Full title: Waverley & Guy Mannering (The Astrologer) - two novels bound together.
Author: Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832).
Editor: Rev. P. Hately Waddell (Peter Hately Waddell, 1817–1891) - provides notes, glossary, and editorial material.
Publisher: W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh.
Printer: Morrison & Gibb Ltd., Edinburgh.
Date / Edition: Undated. Publisher active 1883–1916; editor deceased 1891 - dated circa late 1880s (pre-1891).
Format & Binding: Half-leather (thick leather over spine, board inner edges and corners) with marbled paper boards, marbled page edges, and marbled pastedowns and endpapers. No dust jacket.
Illustrations: Black & white frontispiece and illustrated title page for each novel; protective tissue guards present.
Pagination: Waverley - 384 pp.; Guy Mannering - 336 pp. All pages present.
Size & Weight: Approx. 19 × 13 × 3.8 cm; weight approx. 706 g.
 
Physical Description (detailed condition)
 
Exterior:
Attractive late-Victorian half-leather binding with gilt lettering on spine over black panels and gilt decorative tooling. Panelled spine with gilt lines. Marbled boards retain bright colours and patterning.
Overall very good for age with only light wear: small rubbing and minor scuffs at corners and edges, light surface marks and mild fading in places. No dust jacket (as typical for these uniform series).
 
Interior:
Pages evenly and lightly tanned as expected. Light foxing is present in places but the text remains clean and legible. Marbled pastedowns show some light marks.
A small bookseller sticker for A. Brown & Sons, 26, 27, & 29 Savile Street, Hull is affixed to the front pastedown. No ownership inscriptions or pencilling.
Minor paper defects: a few small rips at the inner edge between front free endpaper and flyleaf, a very small rip at the edge of page 292 and verso in Guy Mannering (does not affect text), and protective tissue for frontispiece of Guy Mannering shows small tears. All faults are cosmetic.
Bindings and gatherings are tight and secure. All pages present - complete texts for both novels.
 
Features & Collectability
 
Late-Victorian Waverley uniform binding - desirable for collectors of decorative bindings and Walter Scott sets.
Editor P. Hately Waddell’s notes add scholarly interest (and help date the printing to pre-1891).
Marbled edges, boards and endpapers - attractive collector features.
Complete with engraved frontispieces and illustrated title pages.