Early, twentieth century collection of short stories for older children. The stories are retold from episodes in four of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott and aimed to encourage young people to read the original novels.  Illustrated with 16 colour plates. Attractive binding:

Red Cap Tales. Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

by S. R. Crockett

Published by Adam and Charles Black in 1908. Reprint.

Stories were based on "Waverley", "Guy Mannering", "Rob Roy" and "The Antiquary" novels.

Hardback, 413 pages, 16  cm by 21.5 cm.

Good condition

No dust jacket. Some marks and wear to the covers. Binding intact. Bookplates and label on the front end paper. The endpapers are browning. There are occasional marks on the inner pages.  All colour plates listed in the contents pages are present. Small loss from the side of the couple of pages.

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