The Wild Irish Girl: The Life of Sydney Owenson
Lionel Stevenson
1936
Chapman & Hall Ltd
First Edition
8vo
Description:
Rare first edition. Lionel Stevenson's detailed biography of Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan, one of the pioneer figures of nineteenth-century Irish romantic nationalism.Tracing her rise from an impoverished Dublin actress's daughter to a celebrated literary hostess, the biography details how her benchmark 1806 national tale The Wild Irish Girl reshaped British perceptions of Irish culture and history.
Condition:
Good Condition. Green cloth with white lettering to spine. Binding is firm. Frontis is loose. Light foxing to prelims. Boards are bumped to edges. Light fraying to spine edges. Mark to rear board. Light Marking to front end paper.
The Wild Irish Girl: The Life of Sydney Owenson
Lionel Stevenson
1936
Chapman & Hall Ltd
First Edition
8vo
Description:
Rare first edition. Lionel Stevenson's detailed biography of Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan, one of the pioneer figures of nineteenth-century Irish romantic nationalism.Tracing her rise from an impoverished Dublin actress's daughter to a celebrated literary hostess, the biography details how her benchmark 1806 national tale The Wild Irish Girl reshaped British perceptions of Irish culture and history.
Condition:
Good Condition. Green cloth with white lettering to spine. Binding is firm. Frontis is loose. Light foxing to prelims. Boards are bumped to edges. Light fraying to spine edges. Mark to rear board. Light Marking to front end paper.
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