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An imperfect volume of medical and veterinary recipes. A few 'englynion', in the hand of David Jones, Trefriw, have been entered on the blank space of one page. Also bound in the volume is a text of 'Cerdd Elix Euron' ('nis gwn i pwy ai gwnaeth').

A collection of two hundred and eleven numbered, but unattributed, hymns ('Casgliad o Hymnau ar amriw achosion'), with a few additions in a later hand. At the end are a list of subjects of the hymns ('Crynhoad O Destynau yr Hymnau') and a metrical table ('Eglurhad O hydau'r Tonau . . .').

A mutilated manuscript of John Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy') containing arithmetic and numeration rules and exercises, and a few transcripts of Welsh poetry (among them a fragment of the interlude 'Pedair Colofn Gwladwriaeth' by Thomas Edwards, 'Twm o'r Nant') and collects.

A list [in the hand of J. T. Evans] of publications printed by David Jones and his successors at Trefriw and Llanrwst and offered for sale by O. Evans-Jones & Co., printers, stationers, &c., Llanrwst. The volume is thumb-indexed and the publications are entered in alphabetical order of first lines. Among a few insets and items bound into the volume are two lists of publications ('Rhestr o Lyfrau' and 'Rhestr o Ganiadau') printed and sold by O. Evans-Jones & Co.

A volume, largely blank, in the hand of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), containing a list of subscribers to W. J. Roberts: Y Murmuron. . . (Llanrwst, 1868), and a list, 1867, of persons to whom 'Wallia Curiosa', no. 3, and in two instances no. 4, had been sent by post. On the inside upper cover is a list of books entitled 'Yn Abertawe'.

The holograph manuscript of W[illiam] Lloyd (Yspytty [Ifan]): Pregeth ar 'Iawn Ymddygiad yn Nhy Dduw' a draddodwyd yn Ngherrig y-druidion ar Wyl Undeb Eglwysig Uwchaled . . . (Llanrwst, n.d.)

The tune book of William Jones, 1800, containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes, anthems, etc., by Hugh Jones, Pen y Bwth, Llandwrog, W[illia]m Hughes, Bryn y Beddau, John W[illia]ms, Dolgellau, Robert Griffith, Caernarvon, John Evans, Ty mawr, Llanddeiniolen, and John Jeffreys. Many of the pieces are unattributed. Written on the inside covers and elsewhere are a metrical psalm by W[illiam] Williams, Llandegai, and unsigned hymns.

A small collection of psalm-tunes, etc.

One hundred and thirty holograph letters and imperfect letters, 1845-1864 and undated, written by J[ohn] Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy'), together with some additions by his wife [Jane Jones]. The majority of the letters are written to his son Evan, printer, Portmadoc, but a few are addressed to others of his children, namely Catherine, Edward, Jane, Owen E[van(s)], and Eliza[beth Margaret]. Among the topics discussed by the writer are printing processes and the purchase of equipment; printing estimates; publications by the writer and by his son Evan; news of relatives and friends; money matters, with copious references to negotiations for loans; an invitation to Dublin Exhibition (1853); the purchase of writing slates; travelling booksellers; the exchange of publications with other publishers; an address by Kossuth; a legal action against Evan Jones; the revival of the Rifle Corps at Llanrwst; a lecture on Garibaldi by W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog']; the writer's decision to discontinue the publication of books; the writer's health; the writer's gardening and farming activities; the boy Hartwell [i.e., Griffith Hartwell Jones, rector of Nutfield, Surrey]; etc. Also included in the volume are a holograph letter from D. O. D., Baptist Printing Office, Llangollen, from Bala, to [ ], 1852 (the writer's career as a printer, a recommendation for the bearer as a printer's apprentice); a holograph letter from O. Evans, Bethesda, to O. E. Jones, Llanrwst, [18]56 (personal); a holograph letter from Robert [ ], Llanrwst, to [Evan] Jones, Porthmad[o]c, undated (Llanrwst eisteddfod, the clearing of the office, personal); and a series of five 'englynion' [? to Evan Jones].

Four holograph letters from Edw[ar]d Jones ('Iorwerth Ceitho'), Peckham Rye, London, to [Evan Jones, Portmadoc], 1908 (information concerning David Jones, 'Dewi Fardd', John Jones, 'Pyll [Glan Conwy'], and others towards the writer's Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion o Enwogion Cymreig yn ystod 1700-1900, references to Dr. Hartwell Jones and to the London National Eisteddfod of 1909); together with a biographical note on John Jones ('Pyll') by [Evan Jones].

Six autograph letters from And[rew] W[hite] Tuer, Leadenhall Press Ltd., London, to Evan Jones, Llanrwst and Portmadoc, 1894-1896 (the collection of specimens of Welsh alphabet boards, and the gift of a printed book in appreciation of the recipient's assistance), together with one copy reply; and a few printed items, including a prospectus of Andrew W. Tuer: History of the Horn-Book [London, 1896], Extracts from The Leadenhall Press Book List [c. 1894], etc.

Dyddiadur; neu, Gydymaith i'r Almanac, 1821, with farming accounts and memoranda in the hand of Owen Owens, Pentir Isaf [Bangor]. One entry, dated 7 August, reads: 'Siôr y IVdd yn y Plas Newydd swudd fôn Am 2 ddwrnod Tys[t]iolaeth am Llygaid fy hyn . . .'. Inset is a brief account of sales of Seren Gomer, 1821.

John Jones ('Idris Vychan'): Hanes ac Henafiaeth Canu Gyda'r Tannau ([ London] 1885), with manuscript additions and insets by W[illiam] Williams, Plas Llecheiddior, Llanrwst, W. O. Roberts, P[las] D[ulyn], Llanbedr y Cenin, and J. T. Evans, relating to harpmaking in Llanrwst, to Evan Jones, harpist, of Y Gorlan, Llanrwst, and to a harp by John Richards, Llanrwst, in the possession of the family of Jones, printers and publishers, Llanrwst.