$260 · c.1880s — Sir Walter Scott — Three Oxford Edition Volumes

The Abbot · Redgauntlet · The Antiquary Lovell, Coryell & Company This group of three Oxford Edition volumes by Sir Walter Scott brings together The Abbot, Redgauntlet, and The Antiquary in richly colored late-19th-century bindings. Each volume is published by Lovell, Coryell & Company and is undated, but attributable to the 1880s based on the firm’s publishing history. Though not issued as a formal set, these books were clearly kept together by their original owner. The same name appears on the front free endpaper of each volume, and all three share the same Oxford Edition format and proportions. Their bindings—green, red, and navy blue cloth with gold gilt top edge textblocks and gold gilt titles to the spine — all remains vivid and well preserved. Sir Walter Scott is widely regarded as the founder of the historical novel, and these three works span different phases of his career: The Antiquary (1816), celebrated for its character and social detail; The Abbot (1820), set amid the political tensions surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots; and Redgauntlet (1824), one of Scott’s later and more introspective novels, reflecting on the decline of the Jacobite cause. Clean, well-kept, and uniform in presentation, this grouping is rarely encountered together. While not a publisher’s set, it represents a cohesive private library collection—an uncommon survival of three matching Oxford Edition Scott volumes preserved as one. A scarce and visually striking trio for collectors of 19th-century literature, historical fiction, or Sir Walter Scott. Happy to discuss shipping options!