GILL, Eric & Mary; HARRISON, Austen Barbe.

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From the Jerusalem Diary, dedication copy, and two copies of From the Palestine Diary; together with a collection of correspondence to the dedicatee. A remarkable collection, including the dedication copy of the From the Jerusalem Diary, inscribed by the editor, Mary Gill, Eric Gill's widow, "To Austen St B. Harrison, with happy memories, from M.E.G.", with the Eric Gill-designed bookplate of Austen St Barbe Harrison to the front pastedown. Harrison, a close personal friend of Gill (1882-1940), was the architect with whom he collaborated on the design for the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem. In 1934, Gill was commissioned to carve ten panels for the museum, sculpt the fountain in the Central Court, and carve the English, Arabic, and Hebrew letters of the inscriptions throughout the building. Gill's designs symbolized "the civilizations of that have most affected the history of Palestine, together with the tympanum over the main entrance". The extracts from the diary he kept during his time there were published posthumously by his widow.It was preceded by an earlier version, From the Palestine Diary, printed by the Hague & Gill Press in 1949, of which two copies are here present. The Palestine Diary was subsequently abandoned, and only a small number of copies of the aborted edition now survive. René Hague, Gill's son-in-law, co-founder of the Press, and master printer, initally printed the sheets for the Harvill Press. However, "delays occurred and cancel title pages were pri

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