Printed books and published works
- 2021/1
- Ffeil / File
- 1899-1923
Printed books comprising: copies (three volumes) of The Mabinogion translated by Lady Charlotte Guest (1902); two copies of The Scent of the Rose, a series of romantic poems by 'Y Rhosyn Du' (a pseudonym of Arthur Owen Vaughan) (1899); a copy of the preliminary volume of The 'Matter of Wales' by Arthur Owen Vaughan (1913).
All three volumes of The Mabinogion are annotated in Vaughan's hand.
One copy of The Scent of the Rose bears the signature of academic, songwriter and poet J. Glyn Davies (for whose correspondence with Vaughan, see J. Glyn Davies Papers at NLW), the date '30-6-'03' in Vaughan's hand and the annotation 'A romance in verse by Owen Rhoscomyl' also in Vaughan's hand; both copies additionally annotated in Vaughan's hand.
The 'Matter of Wales' contains a pencil note on the end-page, ?possibly in J. Glyn Davies' hand.
Printed proof copy (according to Vicki Matthew's notes) of Arthur Owen Vaughan's novel The House of the Twisted Sapling, which appears to have been published in instalments in a magazine or periodical. Text includes some annotations and corrections in Vaughan's hand.
Printed publicity leaflet with details of Arthur Owen Vaughan's novels Isle Raven (1908), Vronina (1906), Old Fireproof (1906) and Sweet Rogues (1907).