Douglas Cleverdon

He then set up a bookshop in Bristol, modelled on the shop Birrell & Garnett in London, with signboards designed by Eric Gill and Roger Fry.

He married Elinor Nest Lewis in 1944; she was a secretary at the BBC, and they provided a social focus for producers and performers.

[7] Other books published include Vigils by Siegfried Sassoon, Uncle Doherty by T. F. Powys and Art and Love with engravings by Gill.

The Man Who Collected Sounds was produced by Cleverdon in 1966, with music composed by George Newson with resources from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

[19][20] After leaving the BBC, he was involved with a fine publishing imprint, Clover Hill Editions, which he had established with Will Carter.

Grave of Douglas and Nest Cleverdon in Highgate Cemetery
The Soul and the Bridegroom, from Engravings by Eric Gill (1929)