Gregory, Lady [ Isabella Augusta ] & Pethica, James [editor] — Lady Gregory's Diaries 1892 - 1902

Colin Smythe, Gerrards Cross 1996 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xxxviii+346pp, b/w frontis, 16pp b/w plates, index, edges of the dustjacket a little rubbed. The diaries of Lady Gregory, written after the death of her husband who was 36 years her senior. Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory [ 1852 -1932 ] Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre. She produced a number of books of stories taken from Irish mythology.