Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland; Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative. "A Companion to the Waverley Novels" [stated on top of all titles but vol. 3].

New York:: Martin, Johnson & Co., Robert Martin, Johnson, Fry and Co., [no date; circa 1853]., 1853. Five volumes (publisher differs). Royal 8vo. vii, [1], 584; 620, [2]; 601, [3]; 602, [2]; 589, [3], 48 pp. Frontis., pictorial half title (only vol. 1), glossary (vol. 5); foxed throughout, small stain on p. 34 of vol. 5. Half gilt-stamped black morocco over gray cloth, a.e.g., spine tail stamped N. Van Vranken in gilt; extremities worn. Bookplate of Sondley Reference Library, blind embossed stamp on titles and elsewhere, few rubber ink stamped numbers. Very good. These five volumes made Scottish writer, John Mackay Wilson, famous. Each volume is packed with numerous tales that are still being published and read today. "Old tales I heard of woe or mirth, Of lover's slights, of ladies' charms, Of witches, spells, of warrior's arms, Of patriot battle won of old, by Wallace bright and Bruce the Bold." –Sir Walter Scott [on title]. The introduction contains a five page author biography. Possibly a mixed set, but uniformly bound for N. Van Vranken.