Manuscript draft of The Greenstone Griffins by Gladys Mitchell
Manuscript draft of The Greenstone Griffins by Gladys Mitchell, including manuscript contents page and dedication to Ruth Sheath. Paginated, with a further seven pages of additions.
Also includes pristine first edition printed copy of The Greenstone Griffins.
Dates
- Creation: c.1983
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 21797].
Shelfmark:
MS. 21797
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21797
Abstract
Manuscript draft of The Greenstone Griffins by Gladys Mitchell, c.1983.
Biographical / Historical
Gladys Mitchell was known for writing detective novels and won the Crime Writers' Association silver dagger award in 1976. For full biographical detail see entry for Mitchell, Gladys Maude Winifred (1901–1983), novelist, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library with the support of the Roy Davids Fund from Blackwell's Rare Books, 2022.
Bibliography
- Gladys Mitchell, The Greenstone Griffins (1983, Michael Joseph, London).
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of manuscript draft of by Gladys Mitchell, c.1983
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Date
- 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
Repository Details
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