The Wild Irish Girl. The Life of Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan (1776-1859). London: Chapman, 1936. First Edition. Pp 330. Ex library copy, with ink stamps & with occasional label residue to endpapers. Rebound in green cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. A very good copy.

Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait.

Lady Morgan, born Sydney Owenson in 1776, established one of the most influential literary and social salons in Dublin, which she later transferred to London.

She created an eager and large readership for her novels, such as the very successful The Wild Irish Girl, and was the first writer to be granted a pension (£300 pre annum) for her services to the world of letters.