Janus: The Papers of the Hayward Bequest of T.S. Eliot Material

King's/PP/HB contains:
H	Miscellaneous collections assembled, listed, and bound by J.D. Hayward
V	Verse
D	Drama
P	Prose
L	Letters
M	Miscellaneous
B	Books from T.S. Eliot's Library
PH	Photographs

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The Papers of the Hayward Bequest of T.S. Eliot Material

Title	Books from T.S. Eliot's Library
Reference	HB/B
Creator	Various
Covering Dates	1862–1953
Extent and Medium	22 volumes and 9 envelopes; paper

Content and context

This series is composed of printed works by others owned by T.S. Eliot, most of which were annotated by him.

King's/PP/HB/B contains:

'Metamorphoseon Libri XI'. Recensuit J. van der Vliet, Lipsiae, 1897. Signed 'T. S. Eliot, 1907'. Contains a few pencil notes, T.S. Eliot's bookplate and a pencil note inserted offering the volume to John Hayward.
Creator: Apuleius, Lucius.
1 volume; paper.

1897

'De Anima Libri III'. Recognovit Guilelmus Biehl. Editio altera. Curavit Otto Apelt. Lipsiae, 1911. Profusely annotated by T.S. Eliot, with a note on the fly-leaf: 'Copy used in 1914-15 with notes made during R. G. Collingwood's explication de texte, and extracts from Pacius' commentary on the De Anima, which Joachim made me read. T.S. Eliot Presented to John Hayward Esqre 3.x.51.'.
Creator: Aristoteles.
1 volume; paper.

1911

'Gazette of the Grolier Club'. Vol. II, No. 7, Feb. 1947, containing W. H. Auden's Address on Henry James on pp. 208-225. Inscribed 'Tom Eliot from Wystan Auden, 18/5/47'.
Creator: Auden, W. H.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

Feb. 1947

'London and its environs'. Leipzig, 1908. 'T. S. Eliot' has been written on the fly-leaf, and one leaf of manuscript notes inserted.
Creator: Baedeker, Karl.
1 volume; paper.

1908

'Bible' (Authorised version). Oxford University Press, undated. Inscribed 'T.S. Eliot' on title-page.
1 volume; paper.

'Espace Américain'. Paris, 1948. With the original wrappers. 'Inscr. pour T. S. Eliot, ces quelques pages érites en hommage au Monde Nouveau et à l'homme de toujours. Avec toute l'admiration du coeur et de l'esprit. R. Caillois. 2 fév. 49.'.
Creator: Caillois, Roger.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1948

'Reading as One of the Fine Arts'. Oxford, 1949. Inscribed on title 'from David Cecil', with a pencil note from T.S. Eliot to J.D. Hayward on the cover and several notes by T.S. Eliot in text.
Creator: Cecil, Lord David.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1949

'Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America'. Sixth edition. New York, 1902. Inscribed in his mother's hand 'Thomas Stearns Eliot. Sept. 26th 1902', with an additional note, 'In my mother's handwriting. A much coveted birthday present on my 14th birthday. T. S. Eliot. 18 June 1928'.
Creator: Chapman, Frank M.
1 volume; paper.

1902

'The Spiritual Letters'. ed. Dom R. Hudleston, O.S.B. Skeed Euward, second edition, 1935. Contains T.S. Eliot's signature on the flyleaf, as well as sidelines and one marginal note (p. 104) in his hand.
Creator: Chapman, Dom John, O.S.B.
1 volume; paper.

1935

Addresses and poetry by W. G. Eliot and C. C. Stearns Eliot in one volume. This volume contains: . Eliot, William G. and Charlotte C. 'Inaugural ceremonies of the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln', Washington City, 14 Apr. 1876, Saint Louis, 1876; . Crow, Wayman and Eliot, William G. 'Inaugural addresses delivered before the government and alumni of Washington University', 29 Feb. 1872, St. Louis, 1872; . Eliot, William G., 'Loyalty and Religion. A discourse delivered in the Church of the Messiah, St. Louis, 18 Aug. 1861', St. Louis, 1861; . Eliot, William G., 'Emancipation in Missouri. A discourse delivered in the Church of the Messiah, St. Louis, 5 Jul. 1863', St. Louis, 1863; . Eliot, William G., 'Washington's Birthday. Patriotism', undated;. Eliot, William G., 'A discourse delivered before the members of the "Old Guard"', St. Louis, 1862; 'Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, Mo.' [preface by W.G.E.] Cambridge, 1864; . Newspaper cuttings of other addresses by W.G.E. and of poems by C.S.E. 1 volume, black cloth, the upper cover stamped in gilt, 'Thomas S. Eliot'.
1 volume; paper.

1862–1876

'La Danse devant l'Arche'. Paris, 1921. Signed, 'T. S. Eliot (from Pierre Maury) 1946'.
Creator: Franck, Henri.
1 volume; paper.

1921

'Le bleu de l'aile, traduit par Rena Char et illustré de trois eaux-fortes par Henri Laurens'. Paris, 1950. Contains an inscription from the author to T.S. Eliot in Greek on fly-leaf, with a carbon of T.S. Eliot's letter of thanks, 23 Sep. 1950, inserted.
Creator: Ghika, Madame de Tiggie.
1 volume; paper.

1950

'Un Roi sans divertissement'. Paris, 1947. With original wrappers. Inscribed by the author: 'à T. S. Eliot tres [sic] honoré de l'avoir acceulli [sic] Jean Giono, Manosque. Avril 48'.
Creator: Giono, Jean.
1 volume; paper.

1947–1948

'Dichtung und Dasein: Gesammelte Essays'. Orig. cl. Berlin, 1950. Inscribed 'Mr. T. S. Eliot verehrungsvoll Hans Hennecke März 1950.' Contains an essay 'T. S. Eliot (Der Dichter als Kritiker) 1936'.
Creator: Hennecke, Hans.
1 volume; paper.

1950

'221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes' Privatliv'. (Privately printed in Denmark, Sep. 1949). Inscribed by T.S. Eliot for F.V. Morley on upper wrapper.
Creator: Henricksen, A. D.
1 volume; paper.

1949

'Blick ins Chaos: drei Aufsätze'. Berne, 1921. Original boards. Signed 'T. S. Eliot Berne Dec. 1921.' J.D. Hayward's note: This is the copy used by T. S. Eliot and from which he quoted in 'The Waste Land'. v. p. 20. [see note to 11. 366-376 of 'The Waste Land'.].
Creator: Hesse, Hermann.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1921

'The Odyssey with notes for the use of schools and colleges'. By John J. Owen. New York, undated. Signed 'Thomas S. Eliot'.
Creator: Homer.
1 volume; paper.

'Harold Henry Joachim, 1868-1938'. Original wrappers from 'Proceedings of the British Academy', vol. xxiv. Inscribed 'For T. S. Eliot. These pages in which we have so much in common. His friend M.B.'.
Creator: Joseph, Horace William Brindley.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1938

'Le Pas de Porte'. Port-Louis Mauritius, [1951]. Original wrappers. One of 100 copies. Inscribed 'Au grand écrivain T. S. Eliott (sic) au philosophe, au poète. André Masson 7/1/51'; in T.S. Eliot's hand [to J.D. Hayward?] 'Could you let me have a précis of this, on which I cd base an appreciative letter to the author'?.
Creator: Masson, André.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1951

'Une Dynastie Millénaire. S. A. S. Rainier III Prince Souverain de Monaco.'. Monaco, 1949. With a few pencil notes by T.S. Eliot.
Creator: Ollivier, Gabriel.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1949

'Studies in the history of the Renaissance'. Contains a signed note by T.S. Eliot: 'The notes in pencil, on the margin of the Conclusion, were made by me, comparing the text with the later edition. This volume was bought for me by my mother at a sale of surplus books of the Mercantile Library, St. Louis, U.S.A., for 10 cents.' Letter to T.S. Eliot from Montgomery Belgion, 8 Aug. 1929, on the text of Pater inserted: T.S. Eliot bookplate.
Creator: Pater, Walter H.
1 volume; paper.

1873

'Saturae et Liber Priapeorum'. Quartum edidit Franciscus Buecheler. Berolini, 1904. Contains T.S. Eliot's notes in margins and on inserted slips, with T.S. Eliot's bookplate.
Creator: Petronius.
1 volume; paper.

1904

'Enneades'. Edidit Ricardus Volkmann. 2 vol. Lipsiae, 1883. Contains T.S. Eliot's notes in margins and on inserted slips, with T.S. Eliot's bookplate.
Creator: Plotinus.
2 volumes; paper.

1883

'Poems 1951'. The Prize-winning Entries for the Festival of Britain Competition, with an introduction by J.D. Hayward. Original wrappers. Penguin Books, 1951. Inserted at the end is a typed letter from R. H. H. Lechmare, Penguin Books, sending the volume to T.S. Eliot. 30 Oct. 1951. Contains T.S. Eliot's pencil notes in J.D. Hayward's introduction.
1 volume; paper.

1951

'The Spirit of Romance: an attempt to define somewhat the charm of the pre-Renaissance literature of Latin Europe'. London, J. M. Dent, undated. Contains T.S. Eliot's bookplate.
Creator: Pound, Ezra.
1 volume; paper.

'Wood Song'. Florence, 1951. One of 44 copies printed for the author (one of 10 on Sicilian paper). Inscribed 'For T. S. Eliot. A Merry Christmas from Frederic Prokosch'.
Creator: Prokosch, Frederic.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1951

'Opera'. Recognoverant J. van Vloten et J. P. N. Land. Editio Altera. Tomus Primus. Hague Comitum, 1895. Contains a few pencil notes and T.S. Eliot's bookplate.
Creator: Spinoza, Benedictus de.
1 volume; paper.

1895

Booklet in Russian. Original wrappers. Paris, 1953. Inscribed S. TART DU NOUVEAU SUR LE SON (en Russe). Pour Monsieur T. S. Eliot poète-protagoniste du XXe siècle, hommage de l'auteur S. Tart. Paris, le 1er Août 1953.
Creator: Tart, Savely.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1953

'Upanishads, The Twenty-Eight. (Isha and Others)'. Printed and published by Tukaram Javaji, Bombay, 1906. Inscribed on fly-leaf 'Thomas Eliot, Esq., with C. R. Lanman's kindest regard and best wishes. Harvard College, May 6, 1912'. Includes one page of manuscript notes by C. R. Lanman, 22 May 1912, inserted. Pencil note by T.S. Eliot on front free endpaper.
Creator: Phansikar, Vasudev Laxman Shastri.
1 volume; paper.

1906

'Av Denna Jord'. Stockholm, 1935. Original wrappers. Contains a long inscription from the author to T.S. Eliot on half-title 'from a fellow poet, whose interior corresponds badly with his neutral exterior', Stockholm May 1942.
Creator: Wilhelm, second son of Gustav V, King of Sweden.
1 volume; paper.

1935