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Carbon copy of NLW MS 2l535C, typescript of Rhys Davies's autobiography, 'Print of hare's foot'. On f. 1 is a note by the author explaining that this was the first corrected typescript, i.e., the revision in NLW MSS 2l535C and 21537C was copied from this MS. Paper; iii + 286 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 9.

Typescript of Rhys Davies's autobiography, 'Print of hare's foot', with slight revision partly in the author's hand and partly in another, all deriving from the revision first made in NLW MS 21536C. Includes a final chapter 'Country' that was omitted in the book. Paper; ii + 286 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 8.

Another carbon copy of NLW MS 2l535C with the author's revision, together with the preliminary matter of the volume, omitting the chapter 'Country'. Paper; vi + 272 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 10.

Advance proof copy in wrappers of Rhys Davies's autobiography, 'Print of hare's foot', with author's pencil corrections. Paper; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 11.

Autograph first pencil draft of the novel Nobody answered the bell (pub. 1971), described by the author in a note on fo. 1 as 'a very rough outline of parts of this novel, used as a preliminary sketch or blueprint'. Paper; i + 97 ff. (autnor's foliation 1-98, fo. 56 wanting) ; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 12.

Autograph second pencil draft of Nobody answered the bell. Several series of foliation numbers by the author provide evidence of expansion and rewriting within this draft. 228 Leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 13.

Autograph fourth pencil draft of Nobody answered the bell, foliated by the author 1-226, many sections are now wanting; some of them to be found incorporated in NLW MS 21543C, ff.154-157 (numbered by author 22-25), seem to represent a draft of the novel coming between NLW MSS 21541 and 21542C. Paper; 157 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 15.

Autograph third pencil draft of Nobody answered the bell. Paper; 191 ff. (ff. 27-28 of the author's foliation are wanting); unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 14.

Autograph fifth pencil draft of Nobody answered the bell. A note by the author on f. 1 refers to this as the 'final' draft 'for typist'. Paper; 263 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 16.

Typescript with some pencil revision of Rhys Davies's novel, 'Nobody answered the bell', together with preliminary matter for the book. Paper; viii + 193 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 17.

Carbon copy of NLW MS 21544C with the same pencil revision. Paper; ii + 193 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 18.

Autograph and typescript drafts of two magazine articles:. Pencil draft of 'The god on the oven door', pub. in House & garden (USA), Oct. 1963 (ff. 1-10);. Typescript of 'The god on the oven door' (ff. 11-18);. Typescript of an earlier version of the ending of 'The god on the oven door' (ff. 19-20);. Pencil draft of 'Anna Kavan', pub. in Books & bookmen, March 1971. The article is an appreciation of the writer, a friend of Rhys Davies (ff. 21-36);. Typescript of 'Anna Kavan' (ff. 37-46). Paper; 46 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 19.

Autograph and typescript drafts of stories collected in the volume The Chosen One (1967): typescript of 'The Chosen One' with slight pencil revision (ff 1-45); printed version of 'The Chosen One' taken from The New Yorker with slight revision not in the author's hand, mainly to remove Americanisms (ff. 46-61); letter to Rhys Davies from The New Yorker, 1967, concerning the following item (f. 62); typescript of 'The Little Heiress' with slight pencil revision (ff. 63-88); galley proofs of 'The Little Heiress' with slight pencil revision (ff. 89-110); letter to Rhys Davies from The New Yorker, 1967, concerning the following item (f. 111); typescript with slight pencil revision of 'I will keep her company' (originally published under the title 'The company he kept') (ff. 112-142); typescript of 'Betty Leyshon's Marathon' with many sections rewritten in pencil (ff. 143-186); pencil draft of 'The Shriving of Gwenny Treharne' with the title 'A Turning point in Gwenny's life' (ff. 187-293); typescript of the preceding (ff. 294-335); pencil draft of a later version of 'The Shriving of Gwenny Treharne' with the title 'Evensong' (ff. 336-399); typescript of a later version than the preceding, with the title 'Evensong' (ff. 400-437); final typescript of 'The Shriving of Gwenny Treharne' with slight pencil revision (ff. 438-479); typescript with slight pencil revision of 'Love kept waiting' (ff. 480-505); typescript of the preliminary matter of the volume (ff. 506-511); publisher's queries arising from the typescript of the collection, with the author's replies (ff. 512-516). Unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 3.

Correspondence, 1930-1978, of Rhys Davies, comprising some twenty-five letters to various correspondents (ff. 1-31), including his brother Arthur Lewis Davies, 1933-1955 (ff. 1-12), his sisters Gertie E. Davies and Gladys Davies, 1960-1978 (ff. 13-18), and his friend and patron Louise Taylor, 1975-1977 (ff. 20-30); together with some twenty-seven letters to Davies from various correspondents (ff. 32-78), including G. F. Adam, 1947 (f. 32), John Fernald, 1954 (ff. 34-37), John Gawsworth, 1946 (f. 38), James Hanley, [1950s] (f. 40), Anna Kavan, [early 1960s] (f. 44), Keidrych Rhys, 1946 (f. 47), Flora Robson, 1954 (ff. 50-53, copies), Valerie Taylor, 1955 (ff. 56-70), and his sister Peggie Williams, 1945 (ff. 74-75).
Also included is a group of correspondence relating to the dramatisation of Rhys Davies's short story 'Gents Only', 1948 (ff. 79-82), and to the estates of Alice B. Toklas and Louise Taylor, 1978 (ff. 83-86).

Some eighty-nine letters and cards, 1940-1956, from Rhys Davies to his friend Louis F. Quinain, containing mainly personal news and comments on the progress of his work; also included are a copy of The Welsh Nationalist, July 1941, with a few jottings by the writer, and brief notes for a story in the hand of his brother, A. Lewis Davies.

Autograph draft of parts II-IV of Rhys Davies's novel Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (London, 1941), completed in June 1941 (see NLW MS 20897E, f. 54ii).

Final typescript draft of Rhys Davies's novel, Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (London, 1941), with a few autograph corrections and a pencilled note by the author at the end of part I (f. 142) of the projected development of the narrative and estimated date of completion (NLW MS 23108C); together with an incomplete carbon copy of the same typescript with author's amendments (NLW MS 23109C).

Manuscripts of Rhys Davies, including autograph and typescript drafts of his novels and stories.

The series comprises diaries, 1958, 1966-1969, 1975, 1978, containing few entries, mainly about his appointments and the price of theatre tickets.

Papers, 1940-1956, of Louis F. Quinain, comprising letters, 1940-1956, to him from his friend Rhys Davies, together with drafts of Davies's novel Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (London, 1941).