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1880157305London: John Murray 1880. Deluxe presentation copy inscribed to the author's sister and ardent supporter Rare publisher's deluxe edition presentation copy of this classic travel narrative touchingly inscribed on the first blank of volume one "Fanny Gill with the best love of her brother William Gill". In 1883 following Gill's premature death in Sinai Frances "Fanny" Gill 1842-1930 was the driving force behind the creation of the RGS's Gill medal and John Murray's publication of a condensed memorial edition of the text. Captain William Gill 1843-1882 who served with the Royal Engineers between 1864 and 1876 was inspired to explore the relatively unknown Chinese hinterland by the earlier travels of Thomas Blakiston and Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen. In July 1876 Gill visited Berlin to consult with von Richthofen about preparations for the journey and then set sail for Asia. After several months spent visiting Peking Shanghai Chengde Jehol and the sea terminus of the Great Wall he began his expedition in 1877 following the Yangtze to the city of Chongqing in the company of Evelyn Colborne Baber. In Sichuan province he ventured into the remote Min mountains - becoming the first European to explore the region - and then undertook a four-month journey westwards with William Mesny to Yunnan and Tibet following the course of the Jinsha "Golden Sand" river the name given to the upper stretches of the Yangtze. "From Tachienlu Dajianlu 8340 feet he ascended to the summit level of the great Tibetan plateau continuing his journey by Litang 18280 feet to Batang 8546 feet in a tributary valley of the Kinsha; and then crossing that river he turned south travelling parallel to the river to Talifu Dalifu the western capital of Yunnan" ODNB. The scientific results from Gill's epic expedition were first made public in 1878 in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society with Gill awarded the RGS's gold medal the following year and the gold medal of the Paris Geographical Society in 1880. Fittingly Murray's 1883 condensed edition was edited by his fellow traveller Baber by now Chinese Secretary at the British Legation in Peking. While the number of deluxe copies of the first edition is unknown we have traced only one other example which appeared at Sotheby's in 1989 and again in 2014. 2 vols octavo. Engraved frontispieces 2 folding plates including colour illustration not called for after the original brass memorial plaque to Gill Professor Edward Palmer and Lieutenant Harold Charrington installed in the Nelson Chamber in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral 8 folding maps linen-backed general map of China showing author's route unfolding to 450 x 452 mm in rear pocket of vol. I engraved vignettes on title pages. With tissue-guarded portrait of Gill after an etching by Theodore Blake Wirgman 1848-1925 sometime extracted from 1883 edition of present work and laid down on vol. I frontispiece verso. Original full vellum black and red spine labels lettered in gilt spines with gilt vignettes of Tibetan monastery and gilt rolls and tools boards with double-ruled gilt frames and gilt corner devices gilt vignettes of two opium smokers and a tea drinker to front covers board edges and turn-ins rolled in gilt combed marbled endpapers edges red. Early 20th-century ownership signature of one J. A. Barnes in both vols. Binding bright with just a little soiling and rubbing internally clean plates and maps well-preserved folding plate in vol. II slightly proud at top edge where sometime carelessly refolded. A handsome near-fine copy. Howgego III Continental G19; Yakushi G57. hardcover
185128279Adelaide: Penman & Galbraith 1851. Print. An extraordinarily rare set of four of S. T. Gill's Adelaide views no. 1-3 i.e. Views in Adelaide No. 1. Hindley Street from King William St.; No. 2. Hindley Street Looking East; No. 3 Rundle Street Looking East; with a variant second copy of No. 3 which is black & white. The images are held at the Art Gallery of South Australia; the State Library of New South Wales the National Library of Australia and some a the City of Adelaide. There are tinted lithographs some with a tinted border others not and black & white lithographs as well. The street images appear to be the same in all the recorded prints consistent with these four- there are some minor variations which are noted. The three tinted lithographs are mounted on polished cloth. The period cloth mounting is unusual. It is not known if these were a reference set or perhaps proofs.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 1./ Hindley Street from King William St./ Published by Penman & Galbraith Adelaide/ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G 1851. Tinted plate with no tinted border outline. Image 17.5 x 22.5 on paper 18 x 23.5 cm. AGSA 684G11; SLNSW nmQdoR5n. SLNSW image has tan border outline this copy does not. Mounted on cream cloth trimmed outside the catty corners with margins.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 2./ Hindley Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G indistinct date. Tinted plate with a faint tinted border outline. Image 18 x 23.1 cm on paper 18.3 x 24 cm. AGSA 684G12; SLNSW 9PQ8kDxn; Nat Lib ID 7566602 Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3544/B. Slt. foxing on left lower margin. Mounted on saffron cloth trimmed outside the catty corners with margins.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 3/ Rundle Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G 1851 S inverted. Tinted plate with tinted border outline. Image 18 x 22.8 on paper 18.2 x 23.4 cm. AGSA B 2430; SLNSW Yj7djR39 for 3 print set which is colored and without border outlines. Mounted on saffron cloth trimmed outside the catty corners with margins.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 3/ Rundle Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G 1851 S inverted. Black and white plate with no tinted border outline. Image 18 x 22.2 on paper 20.9 x 25.8 cm. AGSA B 2430; NLA Lib ID 7566601 Nan Kivell NK3544/C. Printed on cream paper some watermarks.<br /> <br /> A rare set of images by one of the master artists of this period in Australia. Penman & Galbraith unknown
186847087Paris. 1868 - 1871. Red calf-backed red buckram boards titles gilt to spines some splitting to hinges. 2 vols. Folio. 444 x 340 mm. Pictorial cover with large illustration with additional colouring by hand printed text in French in triple columns and numerous monochrome vignettes throughout occasional double-page central illustrations also with additional colouring by hand from the 'Quatrième Année' many of the illustrated rear covers also with additional colouring; supplements as applicable title pages for the individual volumes and 'Designations des Charges' listing the satirical cover illustrations. A very good set with some occasional minor spotting or creasing. An excellent unsophisticated extensive run of this celebrated satirical journal with the coloured illustrated covers titles and tables as well as a large number of 'bis' issues.L'Eclipse was founded by Polo after the suspension by the censor of the journal La Lune and was to become the base for the great talents of caricaturist André Gill. It was Gill who produced the majority of the colour caricatures which illustrate the front covers of each issue of L'Eclipse. Together with Gill other leading caricaturists produced work for L'Eclipse including Paul Hadol Albert Humbert Alfred Le Petit Moloch Gedeon Lorentz etc.The range of the journal's visual ridicule was wide and encompassed all aspects and personalities of French society from literature musicals and the theatre to the politicians and the miltary. As well as one of Gill's favourite targets the French president Adolphe Thiers many other renowned figures found themselves on the front covers of L'Eclipse: Alexandre Dumas Ponson du Terrail Emile Zola Jules Valles Charles Monselet Edouard Manet Richard Wagner Victor Hugo Alphonse Daudet Theophile Gautier Edmond de Goncourt Offenbach Barbey d'Aurevilly Henry Monnier Napoleon III the President of the United States Grant Bismarck Gambetta Proudhon and many others.As well as the numerous 'bis' issues listed below this set includes the scarce supplement for issue 119 'Belisaire' and the 5 supplements issued at the end of the 'Troisième Année'.An extensive number of 'bis' issues were published together with some numbers published with duplicate numbers i.e. not strictly 'bis' numbers but issues with matching numeration listed here in brackets and this set includes the following: 14 bis 15bis 29 bis 37 bis 44 bis 46 bis 49 bis 51 bis 53 bis 55 bis 59 bis 71 bis 87 bis 92 bis 98 bis 99 bis 103 bis 105 bis 106 bis 114 bis 116 bis 127 bis 128 bis 129 bis 132 bis 133 bis 134 bis the five supplementary issues published at the end of the 'Troisième Année' 149 bis 151 bis 156 bis 160 bis 164 bis. hardcover
18426710Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. First Edition. First Edition. 12mo. 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches. Original beige printed wrappers with border design front cover. The first separate appearance of Dickens’ speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes’ ‘Song’ p. 33. The dinner was sponsored the “Young Men of Boston’ a committee extending invitation to Dickens before he left England. The dinner was held in Papanti’s Hall and assisted by Oliver Wendell Holmes & Nathan Hale Jr. Present to name a few: Josiah Quincy Sr the president of Harvard Washington Allston poet & artist; George Bancroft the Historian & Richard Henry Dana Jr. Letters were read from Prescott Washington Irving William Ellery Channing Judge Story and others regretting their inability to be there. A luminous speech Dickens introduced the subject of International Copyright one of the first criticisms in a battle that was to wax on for decades. Boston publisher Mr Fields wrote shortly thereafter “Was there ever such a night before in our staid city†and he would later become a staunch friend to and publisher of the ‘Inimitable’. cf. Johnson. DICKENS pp. 374-376. Very scarce. Only 2 cc at auction in the past 25 years in the original wrappers. the last being 1998. Custom red cloth chemise with leather title label to spine. Ownership inscription. Faint tide lines to text upper margin. A very good copy with two bookplates ‘Frank Maier’ & ‘Thomas Wallace’. Price: $950.00. William Crosby and Company unknown
1842317198Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. First edition. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed biscuit wrappers. Some light spotting to edges faintest soiling to wrappers. Fine copy in black morocco-backed slipcase and cloth wrapper. First edition. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "It is not easy for a man to speak of his own books. I dare say that few persons have been more interested in mine than I ."<br/>An account of this dinner celebrating Dickens' appearance in New York by two reporters from The Morning Post. Dickens's speech on the occasion is given on pp. 10-15. Gimbel B112. Provenance: book label of Frederick Spiegelberg his sale Anderson Galleries 3-4 November 1937 William Crosby and Company unknown books
1842317198Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. First edition. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed biscuit wrappers. Some light spotting to edges faintest soiling to wrappers. Fine copy in black morocco-backed slipcase and cloth wrapper. First edition. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "It is not easy for a man to speak of his own books. I dare say that few persons have been more interested in mine than I ."<br /> An account of this dinner celebrating Dickens' appearance in New York by two reporters from The Morning Post. Dickens's speech on the occasion is given on pp. 10-15. Gimbel B112. Provenance: book label of Frederick Spiegelberg his sale Anderson Galleries 3-4 November 1937 William Crosby and Company unknown
1842738L2Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. First edition. Fine Binding. Fine. 7" by 4.5". None. A fine example of this uncommon work regarding a dinner hosted in Boston where Charles Dickens gave a speech on International Copyright. This work was published following Dickens' first trip to America. He visited many locations including Virginia Missouri and New York. He enjoyed the city of Boston which is where this celebratory dinner was held. It is a faithful account of the speeches made that evening. In attendance at the dinner were Oliver Wendell Holmes Washington Allston George Bancroft and Nathan Hale Jr among many noted literary figures. Dickens' own speech is recorded to pages 10-15 and he introduces the subject of International Copyright. A truly fine copy of this uncommon work. In a finely bound full morocco binding. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Spotting to the first and last few pages. Scattered spots to the fore-edge. Not affecting the pages. Fine William Crosby and Company unknown
1865129583London: Published by Paul Jerrard & Son for the Proprietor Messrs. Newbold & Co 1865. Very Good. London Published by Paul Jerrard & Son for the Proprietor Messrs. Newbold & Co. after 1865. Two hand-coloured lithographs individually framed and glazed at a much later date matted just outside the printed border obscuring the series title and plate number above the upper border; visible image sizes approximately 210 × 260 mm; external dimensions 422 × 447 mm. Hand-colouring a little faded; light uneven tanning to the 'Bushrangers' plate; overall in excellent condition but not examined out of the frames. The complete series comprises twelve views of the Australian goldfields in the manner of S.T. Gill; the set 'was probably issued loose without any title or wrapper' Wantrup page 327. The two plates on offer are 'The Lost Bushman or The Unfortunate Digger That Never Returned' Number 2 and 'Bushrangers waiting for the Mails in New South Wales' Number 5. The title is printed beneath the image along with four lines of explanatory text; the 'Lost Bushman' plate also has an additional four lines of verse. <p>Wantrup suggests a date of publication after the appearance of Gill's 'Australian Sketchbook' in 1865 due to the numerous similarities between the two works. Complete sets of this series and probably individual plates too are clearly rare: Wantrup refers to incomplete sets selling at auction in 1977 and 1982 and the only addition to the book auction records since then is the incomplete set in the 2008 Davidson Collection sale when 11 framed and glazed plates sold for $18640 against an estimate of $6000-8000. <p>Ferguson 15738b; Wantrup 255. 2 items. Published by Paul Jerrard & Son for the Proprietor Messrs. Newbold & Co unknown
188478633Portland Oregon:: J. K. Gill & Co. 1884. folded into gilt-lettered cloth portfolio as issued. Very fine original condition. Approx. 24 x 30 inches. Lith. in pastel colors by L. M. Snyder & Co. Chicago. J. K. Gill & Co., hardcover
1890141145Adelaide: E.S. Wigg 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890. Oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page by E.C. May 14 full-page tinted lithographic views with tissue-guards the 3-page list of 181 subscribers and the key to plate 5 between plates 4 and 5. Original gilt-decorated half maroon morocco and gilt-lettered brown cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities impacting a little on the top corner of the textblock; minimal light foxing and occasional mild signs of age and use; a very good copy with the plates in excellent condition. Ferguson 9924e but we have seen any number of bindings identical to ours and none as described by Ferguson. He also states that 'The Mitchell Library copy has a pencil note: 200 printed in George Robertson's hand-writing'. In spite of this comment and the 181 subscribers' names in our experience the book is not as rare as these figures would suggest. The fact that this item is essentially the same as Ferguson 9807 with the Galbraith imprint under the gold blocking carrying the Wigg imprint and the Wigg binder's label on the rear pastedown leads us to suspect that the answer has something to do with this change of publisher after the book was printed. Correspondence on this matter is welcome . <p>Provenance: Rodney Davidson 1933-2016 lawyer National Trust luminary and book collector with his 'M. & R. Disney Davidson' bookplate on the front pastedown. E.S. Wigg hardcover
1890112995Adelaide: E.S. Wigg 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890. Oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page by E.C. May 14 full-page tinted lithographic views with tissue-guards the 3-page list of 181 subscribers and the key to plate 5 between plates 4 and 5. Original gilt-decorated half maroon morocco and gilt-lettered brown cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly bumped on the rear corners; cloth lightly flecked; inner hinge a little loose at the title page; minimal light foxing; essentially a fine copy. Ferguson 9924e but we have seen any number of bindings identical to ours and none as described by Ferguson. He also states that 'The Mitchell Library copy has a pencil note: 200 printed in George Robertson's hand-writing'. In spite of this comment and the 181 subscribers' names in our experience the book is not as rare as these figures would suggest. The fact that this item is essentially the same as Ferguson 9807 with the Galbraith imprint under the gold blocking carrying the Wigg imprint and the Wigg binder's label on the rear pastedown leads us to suspect that the answer has something to do with this change of publisher after the book was printed. Correspondence on this matter is welcome. E.S. Wigg hardcover
184227245.2Boston: William Cosby and Company 1842. 1st separate appearance BAL 8735n; Gimbel B112; Kitton 1; Tilton p. 560. Original buff printed wrappers. Custom red cloth chemise with leather title label to spine. Period pos 2. Faint tide lines to text upper margin. A respectable VG copy. Case - VG with two bookplates 'Frank Maier' & 'Thomas Wallace'. 2 66 pp. Dickens' speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes' 'Song' p. 33. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>This dinner was sponsored by a committee of 'Young Men of Boston' who had extended their invitation to the also young but already famous author before he left England. The dinner was held in Papanti's Hall with Josiah Quincy Jr as Chair who was ably assisted by Oliver Wendell Holmes & Nathan Hale Jr; the young James T. Fields was a guest. Also in attendance was "Josiah Quincy Sr the president of Harvard Washington Allston the poet & artist; George Bancroft the Historian & Richard Henry Dana Jr. . Letters were read from Prescott Washington Irving William Ellery Channing Judge Story and others regretting their inability to be there." In his remarks Dickens introduced the subject of International Copyright a topic dear to his heart if not those in attendance. This was one of the first salvos in a battle that was to rage for decades and the local papers were not slow to respond saying Dickens' remarks were in bad taste for a social gathering & charged him with creating a "huge dissonance". Evidently the future prominent Boston publisher Mr Fields thought Nevermind with respect to the copyright issue for he is known to have written shortly thereafter "Was there ever such a night before in our staid city" and he would later become a staunch friend to and publisher of the 'Inimitable'. cf. Johnson. DICKENS pp. 374-376. After the dinner Dickens wrote Forster "It was a most superb affair and the speaking admirable." Per Fielding Dickens "left Boston on 5 February with happier memories of his visit there than of anywhere else in America when four months later he returned to England." Fielding. SPEECHES Of DICKENS. p. 22. Scarce. Only 2 cc at auction in the past 25 years the last being 1998. This only the second copy we've ever been able to offer in the 20 years we've been handling Dickens material. William Cosby and Company hardcover books
18477193London 1847. First printing. Handsome hand-colored lithograph of Adelaide plate 41 from "South Australia Illustrated." <br /> This is one of the two prints featuring the town of Adelaide the other being "The Departure of Capt. Sturt. August 1844". "George French Angas painted some of the earliest views of South Australia. Arriving in Adelaide in January 1844 he rapidly set about an extensive series of journeys to the Murray Lakes Barossa Valley Fleurieu Peninsula and the South East capturing his impressions of the young colony-its landscapes its inhabitants and the flora and fauna. After a trip to New Zealand he returned to South Australia in 1845 and travelled to Port Lincoln. With his impressive portfolio of water colours he then sailed for London and in 1847 published the magnificent folio South Australia illustrated which has served ever since as a glowing snapshot of South Australia in 1844. The book contains 60 plates with accompanying text." <br /> <br /> Folio size print image size 16x12 1/2" on wide margined paper. Period hand color. The classic early depiction of Adelaide. A hint of brown underneath the title but overall in very good condition.<br /> <br /> State Library of South Australia website. unknown
1878D21051London: Chatto and Windus 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition revised and enlarged. 4 iii-vi xi-xiv 9-347 1 blank 36 ads pp. Eighteen plates complete some folding. A fine presentation copy inscribed by the Author to Wilkie Collins. "Wilkie Collins/ with the regards/of the Author" on verso of front free endpaper and an apparently extra printed leaf following the title-page on which is printed: "Inscribed to Wilkie Collins." Original green cloth decoratively stamped in gilt on spine and front cover and blind-stamped on back cover. Lacking two preliminary leaves pp. vii-x. Housed in a quarter green morocco clamshell case. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover
188877283Portland Oregon:: J. K. Gill & Co. 1888. folded into 12mo cloth portfolio as issued. Fine; unrestored. Approx. 21 x 27 inches. Counties delineated in color. Lith. L. M. Snyder & Co. Chicago. J. K. Gill & Co., hardcover
1842WRCLIT67037Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. 66pp. 12mo. Gilt calf and marbled boards a.e.g. Binding worn and boards neatly detached internally very good bound without wrappers. First edition Dickens's speech on the occasion appears on pp. 10-15 in company with the toasts greetings or messages by the Danas both elder and younger Holmes and many others. Uncommon. BAL 4437 633 8735n etc. ECKEL p.233. GIMBEL B112. WILSON II:480. CURRIER & TILTON p.560. William Crosby and Company hardcover books
1878001389Paris 1878-1881. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 4to 29n by 19 cm. A complete run of 142 weekly installments of four page brochures of the most famous Frenchmen of the day and a few others such as Garibaldi each with a color lithograph caricature on the front page followed by a three page loose biography and appreciation. All of this is attractively bound in quarter red calf over marbled boards. Beginning with Victor Hugo figures covered include Leon Gambetta Sarah Bernhardt Alphonse Daudet Andre Gill himself Georges Clemenceau Louis Blanc Ferdinand DeLesseps and on and on. They come from all spheres of professional activity. Many are now obscure but even if you don't know the indvidual you can appreciate and enjoy the visual send-up of him. Tight and clean. A little shelfwear along edges of the boards. Minor scuffing of the calf and boards. <br/><br/> unknown books
1878oqbcJohn Murray 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. the boards have been professionally re-cased retaining most of the original front and rear boards and the spine. new end papers. it is now very sturdy and attractive. the map is present. age related marks and a previous owner's neat signature and book plate under the front board. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. John Murray hardcover
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
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
18783982H84169NY/London: W.J. Widdleton/Chatto and Windus. Good. Hardcover. 1878. W.J. Widdleton/Chatto and Windus hardcover
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
186419507Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1864. Very good overall. Lithograph printed on thick wove paper and depicting a man in western attire leaning against the hut door frame flanked by his dog and conversing with two seated Aborigines as another approaches carrying firewood on his shoulder. S. T. G. printed at the lower left. From Gill's scarce work "The Australian Sketchbook". Ferguson 9924f; Wantrup 251. General foxing. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4" Hamel & Ferguson unknown
185525031855. Lithograph. 140mm by 220mm sheet. From Sketches in Victoria published in Melbourne by James J. Blundell & Co 1855-56.<br /> ST Gill 1818-1880 was one of the most important colonial painters and chroniclers of life during the gold rush. Represented in all major art gallery collections.Faint handling creases. A couple of small spots. unknown
1867106101Melbourne: Charlwood and Son Booksellers Stationers and Printers 1867. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Melbourne Charlwood and Son Booksellers Stationers and Printers July 1867. Duodecimo 167 × 108 mm 4 pages plus the wrappers. Original blue title-wrappers with advertising on all three other sides of the covers; a very fine copy. Trove has enabled us to established beyond doubt the date of publication - Saturday 20 July 1867 - according to the advertisements in the 'Argus' on that and the previous day. Ferguson 9927 noting a curious variant with the four text pages numbered 3-6 as per the digitised Petherick copy available online; in our copy they are numbered 1-4. Gill's magnum opus is still pretty funny contemporary political correctness aside; for that reason we'll skip quoting from the first page and a half. By this stage in the timeline responsible government has been achieved but the Battle of Eureka has yet to be fought thus between January 1851 and December 1854. Here the author 'will pass over a lapse of years during which nothing of any importance occurred - except the introduction of meat or fruit pies all hot and the unlimited consumption of two ales - and come to the period when Charles I. surnamed Hotham ascended the throne'. Accompanying the item is a photocopy of a four-page manuscript key to personalities and events alluded to in the screed; this is originally written signed and presumably compiled by Edward Edgar Pescott 1872-1954 horticulturalist naturalist author bibliographer and book-collector of some consequence. Charlwood and Son, Booksellers, Stationers, and Printers paperback
