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The Royal Asiatic Society has produced a Journal from the early years of its formation and continues to do so. This material covers the records made in the production, administration and distribution of the Journal.

The Gibb Memorial Trust was established in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a largely self-taught Arabic, Persian, and, above all, of Ottoman Turkish, died age 45 in 1901 and his mother established the Trust. These papers mainly cover the period 1927-1951 and consists of governance, finance and publication documents, produced mainly as a result of Charles Ambrose Storey's involvement as a Trustee of the Trust.

The Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey are mainly concerned with gathering material for his research into Persian Literature. They include his own notes and draft publications and additional notes by people who subsequently worked with his research.

Letter from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to inform that due to the agreement to increase wages and reduce hours of work in the printing industry the Press must increase its charges for composition, presswork and binding. He is unsure how this will affect Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt but will inform when this is known. On this letter Storey has written a copy of his reply in which Storey writes that he had assumed that there would be an increase in cost but is trying to minimise this by copying as much as possible of the manuscript in his own hand to increase the legibility.

Letter from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to thank for his letter stating their tender for Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt had been accepted. They ask for Storey to inform of the number of proofs required and suggest leaving the question of paper to see if the current controls will be relaxed. On this letter Storey has written a copy of his reply in which he suggests that he will need four to five sets of proofs some of which he will airmail to the editors in India. He thinks they will require only 500-600 copies but will consult with his colleagues to confirm this.

Letter from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to express their willingness to provide an estimate for Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt and asks for a complete manuscript in order to provide the estimate. They are setting a specimen which will be in Monotype cast.

Letter from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to inform Storey that the man from Luzac had compiled 50 copies of the work with the exception of sig.26. After completing this he had to leave.

Letter from Patrick Tickell, Cambridge University Press, to Terence Armstrong in which Tickell informs Armstrong that both volumes of Allen's Embassies should be published between January and February 1970. Dated: 28 March 1969.

Letter from Diane Blake, Cambridge University Press, to W.E.D. Allen in which Blake writes of a misunderstanding of her comments regarding the captions of the illustrations. Dated: 2 March 1970.

Letter from Brooke Crutchley, University Printer, to C.A. Storey to inform of their experiments in setting up Arabic mechanically in Monotype cast for Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt and to provide an estimate of the costs for printing.