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SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771?1832). Waverley; or, ?Tis Sixty Years Since. Edinburgh: by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., et al, 1814. 3 volumes, demy 12mo. Full contemporary calf, spine compartments divided with double gilt fillets, black leather spine labels gilt (occasional pale spotting, some marginal browning). Lacking half?titles and terminal imprints in Vol. I and II. FIRST EDITION, considered the ?archetype of the historical novel throughout the world? (PMM). FIRST ISSUE with cancels present as called?for. PMM 273; Todd & Bowden 77Aa.