The Charles Williams Collection features a variety of books and articles by and about Williams. It also includes letters and typescripts written by Williams, in addition to rare and first editions of his books.Last Updated: June 25, 202

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The Charles Williams Collection features a variety of books and articles by and about Williams. It also includes letters and typescripts written by Williams, in addition to rare and first editions of his books.Last Updated: August 29, 202

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 1  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends Taylor University (765) 998-4690 cslewiscenter@taylor.edu 236 W. Reade Avenue Upland, IN 46989   Title of Collection: Charles Williams Collection   Date Range: 1917-2006  Linear Feet: 4.56  Finding Aid Created By: Kendra Smalley, Special Collections Assistant  Last Revised: June 25, 2021   Collection Description The Charles Williams Collection features a variety of books and articles by and about Williams (1886-1945). It also includes letters and typescripts written by Williams, in addition to rare and first editions of his books.  Related Collections C. S. Lewis Collection Inklings Collection  Using the Collection Rights Statement Copyright restrictions may apply.  Citation Information In addition to standard citation information, please include the item’s Ref. ID and Series number as well as “Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends, Taylor University” in each citation.   2  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University  Collection Inventory  Table references to Charles Williams are abbreviated to CW   “n.d.” indicates publication date unknown  “n.a.” indicates author name is unknown  Series 1: First and Rare Editions Authored by Williams This series consists of various original and special editions of works by Charles Williams, including books and published booklets. This series is organized by date published.  Series 2: Letters and Typescripts This series contains documents handwritten or typed by Charles Williams, in the form of drafts and letters. This series is organized into two subseries by types, and within the subseries items are organized by date. Series 2A: Letters Series 2B: Typescripts  Series 3: Articles, Essays, and Serial Contributions by Williams This series contains various news clippings, introductions, anthologized essays, and published poems by Charles Williams. Books edited or compiled by Williams are also included here. This series is organized by date published.  Series 4: Scholarship and Secondary Sources about Williams This series contains various essays, reflections, biographies, and analyses of the life and works of Charles Williams. Reviews of his published works written by his contemporaries are also included here. This series is organized by date published.    Series 1: First and Rare Editions Authored by Williams 3  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Series 1: First and Rare Editions Authored by Williams Book Title Date Additional Information Ref. ID The Place of the Lion n.d.  618 Religion and Love in Dante: The Theology of Romantic Love n.d.  1346 The Silver Stair n.d. Inscribed by CW 604 Windows of Night n.d.  610 Poems of Conformity 1917 First edition; inscribed by CW 594 Poems of Conformity 1917 First edition 593 Divorce 1920  572 A Book of Victorian Narrative Verse 1927  568 The Carol of Amen House 1927 Private printing; words by CW 606 A Myth of Shakespeare 1928  588 The Masque of Perusal 1929  1347 Heroes & Kings 1930 Number 112 of 300 copies; inscribed by CW 624 Poetry at Present 1930  595 Victorian Narrative Verse 1930 Impression of first edition 1218 War in Heaven 1930 First edition 612 Many Dimension 1931 Inscribed by CW 586 The Place of the Lion 1931  591 The Place of the Lion 1931  592 Three Plays 1931 First edition 608 The English Poetic Mind 1932  573 The Greater Trumps 1932 First edition; inscribed by CW 578 Bacon 1933  567 Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind 1933  597 Shadows of Ecstasy 1933  601 James I 1934  583 The New Book of English Verse 1935  589 Rochester 1935 First edition 599 Queen Elizabeth 1936 First edition 596 Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury 1936 First edition 609 Cranmer of Canterbury 1936 Inscribed by CW 1344 Series 1: First and Rare Editions Authored by Williams, continued 4  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Henry VII 1937 First edition 580 Descent into Hell 1937 (Sept)  570 Charles Williams 1886-1945: Selected Poems 1986  1348 He Came Down from Heaven 1938 First edition 579 He Came Down from Heaven 1938 Owned and inscribed by Dorothy L. Sayers 522 Taliessin Through Logres 1938 First edition 607 The Descent of the Dove: A Short History of the Holy Spirit in the Church 1939 First edition 1214 The Descent of the Dove: A Short History of the Holy Spirit in the Church 1939 First edition 571 The Passion of Christ: Being the Gospel and Narrative of the Passion with Short Passages Taken from the Saints and Doctors of the Church 1939  590 Judgment at Chelmsford 1939  (Sept 23) Includes leaflet and three handwritten pages “for Owen Write” 584 Witchcraft 1941 (Mar) First edition 611 The Forgiveness of Sins 1942 First edition 576 The New Christian Year 1942 Second impression 587 The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante 1943 First edition 574 The Region of the Summer Stars 1944  598 All Hallows’ Eve 1945 First edition 566 The House of the Octopus: A Play in Three Acts 1945 First edition 1215 The House of the Octopus: A Play in Three Acts 1945 Second impression 581 Flecker of Dean Close 1946 First edition 575 Arthurian Torso: Containing the Posthumous Fragment of the Figure of Arthur by Charles Williams and a 1948  851 Series 1: First and Rare Editions Authored by Williams, continued 5  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Commentary on the Arthurian Poems of Charles Williams by C. S. Lewis Seed of Adam and Other Plays 1948  600 All Hallows’ Eve 1948 (Nov) Second printing 615 Descent into Hell 1949 First American edition 616 Many Dimensions 1949 First American edition 617 War in Heaven 1949  620 The Greater Trumps 1950 Reprint edition 1209 Shadows of Ecstasy 1950  619 The Greater Trumps 1954 British edition 1223 The Image of the City, and Other Essays 1958  582 Outlines of Romantic Theology 1960  625 Collected Plays 1963  569 Taliessin Through Logres 1969  605 The Greater Trumps 1969 (Oct)  577   Series 2: Letters and Typescripts 6  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Series 2: Letters and Typescripts Series 2A: Letters Addressee Date Ref. ID Sansom 1936 (Aug 7) 261 Sansom 1937 (Mar 3) 262 Witteredge 1945 (Apr 18) 259   Series 2B: Typescripts Title Date Additional Information Ref. ID Apologue on the Parable of the Wedding Garment n.d.  260 For H. S. M. 1917-1939 1939 (Sept) Unpublished poem to Sir Humphrey Milford 258    Series 3: Articles, Essays, and Serial Contributions 7  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Series 3: Articles, Essays, and Serial Contributions Title Date Format Additional Information Ref. ID A Short Life of Shakespeare with the Sources 1933 Book CW’s abridgment of Sir Edmund Chambers 602 The London Mercury  1935 (Dec) Serial Vol. 33, no. 194; CW short story “Et in Sempiternum Pereant” 614 Theology: A Monthly Review 1939 (May) Serial Vol. 38, no. 227; CW essay “Sensuality and Substance” 144 Theology: A Monthly Review 1939 (Dec) Serial Vol. 39, no. 234; CW poem “Divites Dimisit” 148 Theology: A Monthly Review 1940 (Apr) Serial Vol. 40, no. 238; CW review of F. M. Ford’s “The March of Literature” 150 Theology: A Monthly Review 1941 (Jan) Serial Vol. 42, no. 247; CW review of C. S. Lewis’s “Problem of Pain” 152 Theology: A Monthly Review 1941 (Mar) Serial Vol. 42, no. 249; CW review of George Every’s “Christian Discrimination” 154 The Poetry Review 1941  (May-Jun) Serial Vol. 32, no. 3; “Deportment in Criticism” note by CW in “Controversial Correspondence” section 111 Theology: A Monthly Review 1941 (Aug) Serial Vol. 43, no. 254; CW review of “The New Testament in Basic English” 155 Theology: A Monthly Review 1941 (Sept) Serial Vol. 43, no. 255; CW poem “On the Sanctissimum: With an Epilogue” 140 Grand Theatre & Opera House, Croydon 1942  (Dec 14) Program Includes CW’s play “The House by the Stable” 199 Series 3: Articles, Essays, and Serial Contributions, continued 8  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Socratic Digest 1943 (Jun) Serial No. 1; CW article “Are There Any Valid Objections to Free-Love?” 118 The Letters of Evelyn Underhill 1944 Book Edited by CW 585 The Grasshopper Broadsheets 1944 (Oct) Pamphlet No. 10, series 3; CW poem “To Michal: After Marriage” 257 Solway Ford and other poems 1945 Book First edition; poem selection by CW 613 Theology 1948 1948 Serial  1071 Nine: A Magazine of Literature and the Arts 1950 (Dec) Serial No. 6; ad for books by CW 504 The Evelyn Underhill Reader 1962 Book Published edition of Underhill’s letters edited by CW 1249   Series 4: Scholarship and Secondary Sources 9  | Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends: Charles Williams Collection | Taylor University Series 4: Scholarship and Secondary Sources Title Author Date Format Additional Information Ref. ID Britain To-Day n.a. 1945 (Aug) Serial No. 112; C. S. Lewis poem “On the Death of Charles Williams” 315 Essays Presented to Charles Williams Multiple 1947 Book Inscribed by Owen Barfield 907 Modern Verse for Little Children Williams, Michal 1955 Book Author is wife of CW 621 Charles Williams Lewis, C. S. and Dorothy L. Sayers 1955 (May 10) Newspaper Clipping Article calls for tribute to CW on 10th anniversary of his death 159 A Divine Geometry Young, Kenneth 1958 Newspaper Clipping Review of “Image of the City, and Other Essays” by CW 115 An Introduction to Charles Williams Hadfield,  A. M. 1959 Book Robert Hale Limited 623 Encounter n.a. 1963 (Jun) Serial Vol. 20, no. 6, issue 117; ad for CW “Collected Plays” 165 Charles Williams: Starmont Reader’s Guide Spencer, Kathleen 1986 Book Starmont House 603 The “Other” Inkling Howard, Thomas 2006 Lecture Thomas Howard’s address at Lewis & Friends Colloquium, 2006 289  

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