Thomas McWilliam — The Passing Days and Other Verses

Aberdeen, William Smith and Sons, 1917. Cloth. A signed and scarce collection of poetry from a loving father who recently lost his son to the First World War. The signed Passing Days and Other Verses, a scarce poetry collection written by Thomas McWilliam, the minister of Foveran parish in Aberdeenshire. Published William Smith and Sons in 1917.In the publisher's original purple cloth, with a photographic frontispiece of Foveran Parish Church and The Auld Mill Dam at the Manse of Foveran. Author's signed inscription to the front free end paper.Written to the memory of his son, Lieutenant Charles McWilliam, who was killed near Arras in 1916, this collection offers insight into how a loving father views the war in which his son fought and died in. The first half of the collection contains war verses, while the second half contains miscellaneous poetry on youth and maturity. In the publisher's original purple cloth. Externally, smart, with small signs of shelf wear. Fading to the spine, and to the extremities. A couple of small spots to the front board, near title. End papers are generally bright and clean with very faint signs of browning to extremities. Internally, firmly bound, with very slight wear between leaves pp.18-19. Pages are bright and clean, with very faint spotting to the extremities of the occasional leaf. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .