sydney owenson lady morgan miss (5 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG+ DW. Facsimile Edition. Thiis is a 1995 FACSINMILE edition of the 1807 third edition printed with 4 original pages on each page/ bound in one book. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. BUT minor damp mark at top spine very slightly affecting book and slightly marking DW. In loose polythene protector.

Half Leather. Condición: Very Good binding. Early American Edition. An uncommon copy. Not found in Shaw & Shoemaker. The original London edition was published in four volumes; the first American edition was published in two volumes; this edition, published the same year, is all four volumes bound in one. Lady Morgan, née Owenson, gained her fame from The Wild Irish Girl, "a work of genius, though misguided genius" (NB XIII 924), which stirred controversy in Ireland through its openly nationalist sentiments. This work is a romance written soon after her rise to fame, set in Greece and England, which features self-indulgent English aristocrats opposite revolutionary and romantic Greek nationalists. According to the National Biography, this was to be her final novel for some time with an overtly "patriotic Irish subject" (XIII 925). No doubt, the revolutionary themes resonated with the American public at this time. Half bound in red and black morocco, with curling to the corners of the boards and wear to all edges of the spine. Vertical creasing to the spine, with titling and rules stamped in gilt. Rubbing to the marbled paper boards. Previous owner's name written on the front endpaper. Lacking rear endpaper. Foxed and toned throughout. (Dictionary of National Biography, XIII 924-926.). Very Good binding.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Très bon. Edition originale. 4 vol. in-8° ; (3)-415 pp./(2)-416 pp./(2)-439 pp./(2)-503 pp., demi-maroquin à pt coins vert Empire, dos lisse richement orné, tranches mouchetées rouge, rel. de l époque, bel exemplaire. Quérard, La France Littéraire VI, p. 315. Pine-Coffin, 819 (pour l édition originale anglaise, Londres, Colburn, 1821). Édition originale de la traduction française. Provenance : ex-libris de la bibliothèque Giannalisa Feltrinelli. First french edition. Very nice copy.

First edition. Contemporary half morocco over drab boards with gilt to spines. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Corners of volume I bumped and gentle shelfwear to edges of rear board; else a pretty, square, and pleasing set. Armorial bookplate of John Warneford Armstrong (1770-1858), the known atheist and republican heir of landed peer Andrew George Armstrong, to front pastedown of volume III. Ink fingerprints to the margin of page xx of volume I and small closed tear to lower margin of pages 129-130 of volume III, neither affecting text. In all, internally fresh, unmarked and lovely, with pages measuring 170 x 110mm. Collating xxviii, 223, [1]; [4], 272; [4], 192; [4], 290, [2, notes]: bound without the terminal advertisements to volume IV but else complete including half and full titles to all volumes as issued. Intelligent and independent, Sydney Owenson supported herself as a governess turned novelist before her marriage to Sir Charles Morgan, opting to continue as an author after becoming a wife. After all, her parents' penury and her mother's early death had taught her the dangers of women's dependence on men. Therefore, "in her marriage contract Sydney kept her own property separate, and so was always financially independent" (Byrne-Costigan). An incredibly popular novelist in her own time, her works continually emphasized the intellectual and social strengths of female protagonists. The present work was inspired by the suggestion of antiquary William Gell, who recommended several books to her about the cause of liberty in Greece. The result was Woman, or Ida of Athens, a character study that "attempted to delineate perfected feminine character in its natural state and Greece as the perfect setting for doing so -- although the final scenes (with Ida suddenly enriched) take place in London" (ODNB). In addition to lengthy considerations on topics including education, civil and religious freedom, natural beauty, and morality, Owenson infused throughout feminist concerns about women's place and ability to contribute to or benefit from such structures. An early feminist novel, written by an author who enacted those principles in her own life.

First edition in French. In four volumes. xxi, [1], 216; [4], 235, [1]; [4], 223, [1]; [4], 176pp. With half-titles to each volume. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green calf lettering-pieces. Very slightly rubbed, with hairline crack to head of upper joint and small worm-track to foot of lower joint of Vol. IV, else fine. Contemporary armorial bookplates with motto 'Semper vigilat' and recent bookplates of Peter Stewart Young to front pastedowns. A choice set, in contemporary bindings, of the first French edition of author's third and most significant novel, The Wild Irish Girl. Making the name of Lady Morgan, nà e Sydney Owenson (1776-1859), and courting controversy in both Ireland and England for its strong nationalistic overtones, the novel also highlighted the beauty and natural wealth of the Irish landscape. First published by Richard Phillips (London, 1806), the title of the French translation by Pierre- Louis Dubuc (fl.1780-1820) - who was also responsible for translating Morgan's Ida (Paris, 1812) and other works by Jane West and Maria Edgeworth - was replaced, as discussed in the translator's preface, owing to the 'intraduisible' nature of 'le mot Wild', with the name of the eponymous heroine, Glorvina. Rare outside of continental Europe; OCLC and COPAC locate just seven copies worldwide, at Cambridge, NLI, Oxford, Princeton, UCLA, UNC and Yale. cf. Garside, Raven and Schowerling 1806:54. Size: 12mo is 6s.