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Printed publications and typescripts of works by and about Samuel Butler.

Printed publications relating to Samuel Butler and his works.

Printed publications and papers relating to Samuel Butler and his works.

Printed publications, mainly Italian; autograph letters from Samuel Butler to his Italian acquaintances; miscellaneous publications and manuscripts relating to Samuel Butler and his acquaintances.

Photograph album containing 19 double-sided leaves of mounts. Brown mock-leather binding with embossed pattern and gold-coloured detail. The album is three-quarters full and contains various photographic portraits of Samuel Butler's relatives and acquaintances, a few landscape photographs and a few photographic postcards and reproductions of artworks. A number of the family portraits are labelled in the hand of Henry Festing Jones, and a few photographs are labelled in Butler's hand.

Account ledgers relating to Samuel Butler's personal and business accounts.

Transcripts and copies of letters from Samuel Butler to various recipients.

Miscellaneous photographic prints and reproductions, showing people and places associated with Samuel Butler.

'Snap-Shots taken by Samuel Butler Esq.' Five albums, containing a variety of black and white photographic prints, arranged chronologically (with the exception of Album 5, which spans the whole period covered by the other albums). The collection includes numerous scenes from Butler's travels in England and Europe, street and rural views, images of architecture and works of art, and informal portraits of Butler's friends and acquaintances. The prints in Albums 1-4 are labelled, with title and date, in the hand of Alfred Cathie (Butler's valet, friend and photographic assistant). Some of the prints in Album 5 have been retrospectively labelled by Henry Festing Jones.

Press cuttings, mostly relating to editions of Samuel Butler's published books and collected works.