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Dramatic Scenes from Real Life. Dramatic Scenes from Real Life.

MORGAN, Sydney, Lady, née Owenson. Dramatic Scenes from Real Life. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Saunders & Otley. 1833
Contemp. half calf, black leather labels; spines a little rubbed, hinges with one or two minor repairs. Half title vol. II only. Contemp. signature of Andrew Collyer on leading pastedowns.

¶Not in Loeber, or Sadleir, who claimed to own all her works. Two copies on Copac: St Andrews & Oxford. Copies also located in BL & National Library of Ireland. The New York J. & J. Harper two-volume edition of 1833 is located at Cambridge only on Copac. Three Peacockian works in dialogue form. Volume I: Manor Sackville ( 'a series of scenes from the moving drama of Irish agitation'); Volume II: the balance of Manor Sackville; The Easter Recess or, The tapestry workers; Temper.
Stock #81338
£150


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