The Antiquary, the third of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, centres on the character of an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. The Melrose Edition with a Glossary of terms. No dust jacket; green boards with gilt lettering; bumping to spine, edges and corners; page edges tanned; inside front and back pages heavily tanned; contents clean and bright but lightly tanned which does not affect/extend to the text.