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193117083230Near Hughenden Buckinghamshire: Sheed & Ward 1931. No binding. Fine. Gill Eric. Prospectus only octavo size 4 pp. "TYPOGRAPHY" was the first book printed at Pigotts the partnership between renowned printer and artist Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Rene Hague his daughter Joanna's husband; this prospectus includes a reproduction of pp. 8-9 and a short essay on typography in the arts-and-crafts mode. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Off-white sheet folded twice to make four pages printed in black; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine clean and without wear. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 21. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Sheed & Ward unknown books
193117082112Near Hughenden Buckinghamshire: Sheed & Ward Publishers 1931. No binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. Prospectus only duodecimo size 4 pp. "TYPOGRAPHY" was the first book printed at Pigotts the partnership between renowned printer and artist Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Rene Hague his daughter Joanna's husband. The prospectus includes a reproduction of p. 37 and a short essay on typography in the arts-and-crafts mode. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream-coloured sheet folded once to make four pages printed in black with wood engraving by Gill "Tree and Dog" P734 on the front page; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine clean with only very slight wear to the edges. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 21. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Sheed & Ward, Publishers unknown books
194560374Montgomery AL: The Committee 1945. First edition a reproduced typescript. 4to. 1 2 9 5 8 6 10 3 pp. printed rectos only. The committee was composed of Gill a physician and state health officer Clark a professor of food hygiene and health and Tucker a nutritionist; it inspected each of the state's prisons Kilby Draper Atmore and Julia Tutwiler women's the state Cattle Ranch and all of its road camps paying particular attention to medical and dental services rehabilitation work and food services and nutrition noting many deficiencies in all areas and making recommendations for remediation in detail. The races were largely segregated but seemed to have shared fairly equally the poor conditions but with African Americans bearing the brunt of the road camp work. The "History of the Alabama Department of Corrections" on that organization's website makes no mention of this report and none of its findings or recommendations are included in the ADOC website timeline. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Some age soiling else very good. Brad-bound at top final leaf with tear at brad. #7545. <br/><br/> The Committee unknown books
1934604838<p>1934. "Eric Gill" in black fountain pen ink Jerusalem June 13 1934. 8" x 10". 1 page recto only. Very good. To Mr. Sutcliffe: In full: "Many thanks for your letter of June 4. I shall be back home in July & will come and see you about the matter as soon as possible. . ." Probably the London book binder George Sutcliffe.</p> unknown books
1923WRCLIT57677Ditchling Sussex: Saint Dominic's Press 1923. Pictorial linen. First collective edition of these two essays with revisions. Printed in Caslon Old Face type on Batchelor handmade paper. Binding slightly bowed and smudged otherwise a very good copy. GILL 10. Saint Dominic's Press unknown books
1934239328London: Golden Cockerel Press 1934. No. 191 of 500 copies. Title vignette full-page frontispiece and wood-engraved initial capital by Eric Gill. 24pp. Printed by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press. 1 vols. 4 1/2 x 9 inches. Cream buckram lettered in gilt on upper cover from Gill's design. Fine. Gill Eric. No. 191 of 500 copies. Title vignette full-page frontispiece and wood-engraved initial capital by Eric Gill. 24pp. Printed by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press. 1 vols. 4 1/2 x 9 inches. According to the colophon this book was "the first in which the Press made use of Eric Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types." Gill 26 Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
193412241London: Golden Cockerel Press 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.cream basket-weave cloth. Near fine. Gill Eric. 16 pages. 9 x 4 1/2"with a frontispiece engraved on wood by the author. Limited edition copy 13 of 500 printed on Arnold paper in Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic type.The first book to appear in the new 14pt. version of this font. CHANTICLEER 92. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1934193178London Golden Cockerel Press 1934. 1934. Tall narrow 8vo. Title page vignette and full-page illustration by the author. Original gilt stamped cream cloth uncut light soiling. No signatures on bookplates. Very good. #23/500 numbered copies printed by Christopher Sandford et al at the Golden Cockerel Press. First use by the press of Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types. Hardcover. [London] Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. hardcover books
1878317555London: John Murray 1878. With a Map. liv 285pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters modern brown polished calf and marbled boards red leather title label. Fine. With a Map. liv 285pp. 8vo. Life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish Astronomer David Gill to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. John Murray unknown books
19187029Ditchling: Douglas Pepler 1918. First Edition. Slim octavo; buff printed wrappers; 21pp 4pp publisher's ads. Covers trimmed short see note below; mild wear and creasing to wrapper edges still Very Good or better. Apparently a mixed issue: covers are Gill's third variant without the crossed-out price but title page rules and pagination p.5 conform to the earlier state. Since the wrappers on our copy are undersized by about 1/4" it seems plausible that this copy may have been made up using a remainder of the earliest state of the text with the later issue wrappers. Scarce Gill item; GILL Bibliography 5. Douglas Pepler unknown books
200819731London: Nobody and Archive Of Modern Conflict 2008. Accordion folded text block laid into fine screenprinted boards housed in publisher's blind stamped near fine clamshell box lightly rubbed. Print fine in envelope. Deluxe Edition. Quarto in slipcase. SIGNED by the photographer. Number 98 from an edition of 100. Series of photographs of crumpled betting slips all collected in and around the betting shops in the borough of Hackney in Northeast London. Book conceived as a traveling exhibition: text block is accordion folded and perforated along the top edge so that the the full collection can be hung along a single wall. Accompanied by a stencil of the exhibition's title and an original bromide print SIGNED and dated on the verso. London: Nobody and Archive Of Modern Conflict unknown books
2007153475London: Nobody / Archive of Modern Conflict 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Self published artist book. Number 3 of only 100 copies. A collection of color photographs by Gill and with an afterword by Iain Sinclair. A fine copy in boards and in a fine cloth clamshell box. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and numbered by Gill on the title page and additionally signed by Sinclair as well. Includes an original c- print of an image by Gill that is signed by him on the reverse side. Nobody / Archive of Modern Conflict unknown books
198350832Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton 1983. Edition limited to 1435 copies this one of 1350 on Mohawk Superfine large 4to pp. xxiv 545 3; contains reproductions of 1074 of Gill's wood engravings 3 folding plates some of the illustrations are in color; fine copy in original cream shelf-backed black cloth boards embossed with a Gill image of three nudes publisher's slipcase. A virtually complete catalogue of all Gill's wood engravings notes by the publisher and "Eric Gill: A Personal Record by Douglas Cleverdon." With a publisher's slip laid in as issued regarding the binding structure. <br/><br/> Christopher Skelton hardcover books
17083258n. p. n. d. No binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. Print of Eric Gill's wood engraving "Dress 1920" P186 on very thin tissue paper; the engraving was used in "Welfare Handbook No. 7" 1921. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream leaf of tissue paper approximately 11.75" by 9.25" with 3.5" by 3" engraving printed in black. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine with light crimping to edges. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. unknown books
17083260n. p. n. d. No binding. Very good . Gill Eric. Print of Eric Gill's wood engraving "Girl Sleeping" P334 on very thin tissue paper; the engraving was created for "Song of Songs" 1925 but not used. The gentle scene is created with delicate line work to delineate a figure in repose; Gill demonstrates his mastery of the craft with clean illustrative marks and balanced areas of black and white. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream leaf of tissue paper approximately 11.75" by 9.25" with 1.5" by 3.5" engraving printed in black. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good plus with light creasing to the edges and two small spots of foxing. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. unknown books
17083257n. p. n. d. No binding. Very good . Gill Eric. Scarce woodblock print of Eric Gill's "The Purchaser" P40 on tissue paper initialled "E. G." in the block; the engraving was used in "The Devil's Devices" and elsewhere. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream leaf of tissue paper approx. 11.75" by 9.25" with 5" by 3.25" print in black. <br/><br/>___CONDITON: Very good plus with light crimping to the edges and a few faint spots of foxing. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. unknown books
193117082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society.<br/><br/>Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill 22. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover books
193417041003London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 197 of 500 octavo size 16 pp. "The Lord's Song" is a sermon composed by the inimitable Eric Gill 1882-1940; it is a call to reaffirm free will as well as an acknowledgement of sin and spiritual responsibility in an age dominated by an industrial work force. This volume is the first book in which the Golden Cockerel Press has made use of Eric Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types and Gill contributes wood engravings to accompany his text in a combination of spiritual and social criticism.<br/><br/>This copy has a rather remarkable provenance as evidenced by the prior owners' bookplates to the paste-down endpapers: A. M. Albert Mayer Cohn bibliographer of George Cruikshank whose bookplate features Cruikshank's "Connoisseurs at a Book Stall" and a Ditchling address label; Evelyn and Lowell Kerr creators of one of the principal collections of Algernon Charles Swinburne in the U.S.; and the bookseller's ticket of Philip Duschnes renowned New York bookseller and publisher of "The New Colophon".<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full white buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board wood engraving of "St. Thomas' Hands" P382 used on books containing writings by Gill to title page plate of "The Lord's Song" P856 facing page 5; Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types Arnold and Foster's pure rag paper octavo 9" by 4.5" pagination: 1-4 5-15 16 one of 500 copies this number 197.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and the only prior owner markings we see are the bookplates mentioned above; the white buckram has light overall soiling spine is lightly sunned and there is slight foxing to front and rear endpapers.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 26 Chanticleer 92.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
191517083308London: The Hampshire House Workshops 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Gill Eric. No. 28 of the first 200 copies of this edition designated "proof" copies duodecimo size 136 pp. signed by both Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler. Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Douglas Pepler 1878-1951 worked together for many years founding the St Dominic's Press and creating numerous splendid works of art and writing. This collection of essays takes a look at the society of the time examining the relationships among people situations of work and the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Eric Gill provides woodcuts to illustrate the text several full-page images and several in-text; with a simplistic approach to detail Gill creates scenes of both acute observation and satire.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with red paper boards lettering and woodcut by Eric Gill in black on the front board black lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges rough cut frontispiece a woodcut of a sword with lettering down the blade by Eric Gill title page with same woodcut as the front board six full-page woodcuts including title page by Gill others set in-text P36 - P44 P46; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vi vii-viii 1-123 124-128 one of 200 copies this number 28 signed by Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler on the limitation page.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is very good with clean boards corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges and the interior is clean and bright; light rubbing to the paper on the front and back boards some rubbing to the top edges of the boards corners are gently bumped spine slightly cocked and faintly sunned rear hinge is starting to crack but is still strong and there is a prior owner name in pen on the front paste-down endpaper with the date of July 1916.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill 259.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Hampshire House Workshops hardcover books
1954D4506London: Neville Spearman 1954. Limited Edition of 100 copies. Hardcover. Very Good. White faux morocco; thin 4to; with 24 reproductions of sketches by Gill. Number 1 from a limited edition of 100 copies signed by the artist's son Gordian Gill. Covers a little soiled. Publisher's compliments slip laid-in. <br/><br/> Neville Spearman hardcover books
1912134652Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Spine panel tanned a very good copy. #134652 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
1912130812Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Cloth rubbed at upper spine end spine panel tanned endpapers and page edges just a bit tanned a very good copy. Penciled signature of A. Langley Searles noted fantasy enthusiast and publisher of the long-running fanzine FANTASY COMMENTATOR dated 1944 on front paste-down. An attractive copy. #130812 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
20786All on white card stock sold as a lot. Fine. A Happy Christmas. 11 x 9 cm. Skelton P158 After a drawing by Elizabeth Gill. Happy Christmas. 9.5 x 7 cm. Skelton P82. Christmas Greetings. 10.5 x 7.3 cm. Skelton P76 with same image without Christmas type: 5.8 x 5 cm. Merry Christmas. 10.2 x 7 cm. Skelton P70. Who Were The First To Cry Nowell Animals All As it Befell. 8 x 8 cm. Skelton P50. A Happy Christmas. 10.5 x 7 cm. Skelton P79 with the same image without Christmas type: 7 x 5.8 cm. Ergo Qui Natus Die Hodierna Jesu Tibi Sit Gloria: Patris Aeterni Verbum Caro Factum Venite Adoremus Venite Adoremus Venite Adoremus Dominum. 12.8 x 9 cm. Skelton P113. unknown books
191819071903Ditchling Sussex: Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler 1918. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. Good . Gill Eric and Beedham R. John. One of 240 copies duodecimo size 126 pp. "Woodwork" contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by the inimitable Eric Gill 1882-1940; a highly regarded printmaker sculptor and typographer as well as a complicated man Gill provided illustrations for numerous fine press publications by the Golden Cockerel Press and the Saint Dominic's Press as well as with Pepler under the imprint of the St. Dominic's Press.<br/><br/>An informative look at the art of carpentry by craftsman-woodworker Arthur Romney Green 1872-1945 who like Gill and Pepler was influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Although the book is stated as "Volume I" no further volumes were issued.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Brown paper wraps black lettering on the front wrap fore- and bottom edges uncut title page with black-and-white wood engraving a total of thirty-one wood engravings in the text throughout: twenty-one wood engravings of carpentry tools by Eric Gill ten wood engravings by R. John Beedham; Caslon O. F. type Batchelor handmade paper duodecimo size 7.75" by 5" pagination: i-iv v-xvi 1 2-110 one of 450 copies this number 161.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Better than good with clean wraps a strong square text block the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; overall minor edgewear to the wraps some loss to the paper at the spine exposing parts of the gatherings however text block still solid small loss to the bottom fore-edge corner of the title page.<br/><br/>___CITATIONS: Gill no. 269; Taylor and Sewell no. A31.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler unknown books
1880401565London: John Murray 1880. Second edition inscribed by David Gill. Hinges split; top corner of front free endpaper wanting—despite these faults still a nice copy. 8vo. liv 285 pp. with 32 pp. of ads dated September 1888 bound in at rear. Frontispiece map and with tables and figures in the text.Publisher's brown cloth stamped in black and in gilt. Inscribed by David Gill on half-title: "To Annie Maclear/with best wishes/from David Gill/1890 Nov 18". Four-page manuscript poem "In Memoriam" pinned to front free endpaper. An account of Isobel Sarah Black Gill's 1848-1919 life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish astronomer Sir David Gill 1843-1914. The purpose of this 1877 expedition was to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. In his introduction to his wife's book he details the various historical attempts at this same endeavor. Among his many achievements David Gill was a pioneer in the field of astrophotography he photographed the Great Comet of 1882 and he served as the director of Lord Lindsay's later 26th Earl of Crawford private observatory. Also the Carte du Ciel project-an international effort to catalogue and map the stars-was continued largely due to Gill's support. His expedition to Ascension Island was partially funded by the Royal Astronomical Society where he later served as president from 1909-1911. Despite Isobel's claim that the book is an "unscientific account" in Chapter I she wrote a very knowledgeable description of her husband's work which relied upon objects such as knitting needles and lengths of fabric to explain the measuring of astronomical distances and angles. David Gill was once asked if his wife knew anything about astronomy to which he replied "Not a word thank God!" Inscribed to Annie Maclear 1868-1945 the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Maclear 1794-1879 an Irish astronomer known for his work recalculating the dimensions of the Earth and also a friend of David Livingstone. Both Maclear and Gill spent much of their careers in South Africa and both served as Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope from 1833-1870 and 1879-1907 respectively. When they first moved to Ascension Island Annie Maclear was one of the Gills' first visitors and became a dear friend. On December 28 1890 in Cape Town South Africa Annie married Harold Jacoby 1865-1932 an American astronomer and an assistant of Gill's. This book was perhaps an engagement or wedding gift as the inscription is dated a month before the wedding. Laid in is a fair copy of a lengthy poem in honor of Maclear entitled "In Memoriam" "Died at Mowbray on the 14th July 1879. Sir Thomas Maclear late H. M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope in his 86th year." that is signed by Gill although her name appears to be misspelled "Isabel". The poem appears to be unique as we can find no mention or trace of it and to our knowledge it remains unpublished. A footnote explains that Maclear was totally blind in his last years and the poem ends appropriately with the lines "The weary eyes that rested here/Preparing for a purer light/Have opened far beyond the stars/And endless day succeeds the night." In a letter to the English mathematician and astronomer Sir George Airy notifying him of Thomas Maclear's death David Gill wrote that though he had only met him a few times he was deeply impressed by Maclear's work and hoped to "produce much valuable metal from the ore which Maclear has collected.". <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
