(Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1824).

RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE PRINTER'S BOARDS, THIS COPY IS IN FULL CONTEMPORARY STATE. It is also one of the author's less commonly seen, though perhaps less well remembered, major works. REDGAUNTLET is one of Scott's Waverley historical novels, and is set in Dumfries, Scotland in 1765. It is in many ways the most autobiographical of his novels as its two young heroes, Alan Fairford and Darsie Latimer, reflect the duality of Scott's own character. The novel describes the beginnings of a fictional third Jacobite Rebellion. While the plot is of course fictional, it was (according to an introduction by Scott written in the 1830s) inspired by a genuine visit by Bonnie Prince Charlie to London in 1750.
One of the highlights of the novel is "Wandering Willie's Tale", which appears frequently as a stand-along short story in Scottish literary anthologies. Wandering Willie is a wandering musician and the narrator of the tale. It is a ghost story with the climax being an encounter between Willie's grandfather, Steenie Steenson and the ghost of his landlord Robert Redgauntlet. Item #34466

3 volumes. First Edition, RARE in original printer's boards. 8vo, original printer's pressed paper boards backed in brown paper, with original printed paper labels on the spines, edges untrimmed. 319; 328; 331, [4 ads] pp. Rare in the publisher's original boards with no hint of sophistication or repair whatsoever. The text untrimmed and very fresh through, near to completely free of foxing and age, the boards quite clean and well preserved, some minor cracking to the brown paper at the joints.