The pirate
By: by the author of "Waverley, Kenilworth," &c
Publisher: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., London
Published: 1822
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Notes: This first edition (states not discriminated) has press figures in each volume, absent in the second edition. Cf. Worthington.

Signatures: v. 1: pi² a⁴ A-U⁸ X1; v. 2: pi² A-B⁸ C-U⁸ X⁴ Y²; v. 3: pi² A-X⁸ Y⁴ Z1.

Signatures a⁴ & X of v. 1 are found in three settings: in one state, p. ii, lines 12-13 have the reading "la/dy," & p. 321, line 18 ends "loqua-"; in another state, p. ii, lines 12-13 have the reading "cha-/racter", & p. 321, line 18 ends "loquaci-".

In one state, v. 2, p. 17, line 20 has the ending "their"; in another state, it has the ending "there".

In one state, v. 2, p. 331, line 12 has the reading "strong"; in another state, it has the reading "strong,".

Signatures A-N⁸ of v. 3 are found in two settings: in one state p. 26, line 6, p. 84, line 9 & p. 100, line 20 have readings "cured.-", "covey" & "Fair Isle" respectively; in another state they have the readings "cured-", "coveys" & "Fair Isle,".

Signature Z1 of v. 3 is found in two settings: in one state the running title on p. 345 has the reading "The Pirate."; in another state it has the reading: "The Pirate".

Worthington, G. Bibliography of the Waverley novels, p. 121-122

Todd & Bowden. Sir Walter Scott, 156Aa