Object details

Accession number

v.2.b.3.6

Creators

• John Buchan (Perth, Scotland, 1875 - 1940, Montreal) - author
• Hodder And Stoughton (established London, 1868) - publisher

Full title

Greenmantle

Creation Date

1919

Language

English

Publication Place

London

Binding Description

green cloth

Description

1 vol., [5] 307 [6] p., 12°

Provenance

Gift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, October 1920.

Marks

Inscribed in pencil (frontispiece): Loan Isabella from G. Warren

Dimensions

18.73 x 12.7 x 2.54 cm (7 3/8 x 5 x 1 in.)

Display Media

Printed ink on paper

Web Commentary

Isabella's friend Gretchen Osgood Warren gave her books that cover a wide range of genres. This book set during World War I is one of a series of mystery novels featuring the character Richard Hannay. The best known Hannay novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, was adapted into film by Alfred Hitchcok in 1935. The inscription on this book notes that it was a loan but as can happen when friends lend books, it was never returned; Isabella kept Greenmantle in the Vatichino gallery.

Permanent Gallery Location

Vatichino

Bibliography

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