- Butler/Section 2 (II)/4/3
- File
- 1911
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
One paperback copy. [Duplicate copies at IV/3/13.]
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
One paperback copy. [Duplicate copies at IV/3/13.]
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Featuring 'In Memoriam H. R. F. February 14th, 1895', a facsimile reproduction of a manuscript of Samuel Butler's poem, with a prefatory note by Henry Festing Jones (pp.9-10).
Revised proofs of 'The Note-Books of Samuel Butler'
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Proofs of the first edition, published by A.C. Fifield, with revisions and corrections in the hand of Henry Festing Jones.
Autograph manuscript of 'Alps and Sanctuaries'
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Volume 3 of the autograph manuscript of 'Alps and Sanctuaries' by Samuel Butler, subsequently bound in three hardcover volumes. Inserted at the end are additional loose sheets of manuscript notes by Butler, entitled 'More Italian notes for a possible second Alps & Sanctuaries'. Also included in the volume: a list of illustrations, with pagination, in the hand of Henry Festing Jones; examples of printed title pages for the published work; tracings of the covers and spine of the published volumes; a copy of the publisher's prospectus for the work; autograph manuscript draft of R.A. Streatfeild's 'Introduction to the new (third) edition', dated April 1913; typescript, with MS additions by Henry Festing Jones, of chapter XXVI ('Fusio Revisited'); typescript, with MS additions by R.A. Streatfeild, of the last few pages of chapter X ('S. Ambrogio and Neighbourhood'), beginning at 'Among our fellow-guests during this visit was a fiery-faced eructive butcher from Turin'.
L'Origine Siciliana dell' Odissea / Samuel Butler (Acireale: Donzuso, 1893)
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Reprint from Rassegna della Letteratura Siciliana, Anno I, No. 3-4. Possibly presented to the Library by Samuel Butler. [Duplicate copies at II/3/7.1 and II/8/8.]
The Strange Notes of Samuel Butler / John W. Gunn (Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1923)
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Little Blue Book series, No. 224. Two copies, paper covers: one copy presented to the Library by Henry Festing Jones in 1928.
The New Quarterly, No. 1, November 1907
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Featuring extracts from 'The Note-Books of Samuel Butler' with an introduction by Henry Festing Jones (pp.135-64). Inscribed on cover 'Henry Festing Jones 120 Maida Vale W', and on title page 'Lilian Jones from Desmond MacCarthy Nov 17th 1907'. A cutting from The Times of 23 March 1911, featuring the notice 'New Academician: Mr. MacWhirter's place filled by Mr. Parsons', is enclosed.
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Autograph manuscript of Samuel Butler's short essay [first published in the Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler, Vol. XVIII (1925)]. Bound in a notebook.
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Pressed copy of the autograph manuscript by Samuel Butler. A note on the title page reads: 'I sent the first six pages of this article to the Shrewsbury School Magazine "The Salopian", But Moss did not consider it quite suitable for a school magazine.' Bound in a notebook.
Part of Samuel Butler Collection
Typescript, with manuscript title page and autograph corrections, signed by Samuel Butler. Bound in a notebook.