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Correspondence between Abraham Poliak and the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Diana Crawford, concerning the proposed reprint of Poliak's publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanon 1250-1900 which had been published through the Society's Prize Publication Fund. There is also a small amount of correspondence from a Library in Lebanon who are requesting further copies of the original publication.

Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Fine Books Oriental concerning a catalogue for the offprints of the Society's Journal. The file contains both agreements and correspondence between the two parties as well as internal communication within the Royal Asiatic Society and administrative documents concerning preparation for a launch party for the catalogue. The correspondents include Valery Gibson and Gordon Calver for the Royal Asiatic Society and J.I. Somers for Fine Books Oriental. During this period Fine Books Oriental came under the Luzac's umbrella but continued to act independently.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform Storey that he has received 25 bound copies of Mathnawi IV.7 and 12 bound copies of Kitab Al-Badi N.S.X. from Cox & Allen. He also sends Luzac's Sales Account to December 1941. He writes that Dow & Lester have despatched the brasses but they have not yet been received. With this letter is a copy of the Luzac Sales Account.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a letter from Luzac and to enquire whether he should ask Luzac to approach the Ministry of Supply. With this letter is a copy of the letter from Luzac to W.L. and E.G. Raynes regarding the binding of the books and that a concession might be made as the books are required for export which would be a means of obtaining foreign currency.

This collection contains correspondence between Abraham Poliak and the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society (Diana Crawford), concerning the proposed reprint of Poliak's publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and the Lebanon 1250-1900. This was originally published in 1939 funded by the Society's Prize Publication Fund.

Due to Poliak's death in 1970, the proposed reprint never came to fruition, The collection also contains three notebooks of draft amendments made by Poliak.

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.

Postcard from Luzac & Co. to C.A. Storey to state that they have received instructions to send copies of some of the Gibb Fund Volumes to Dr Reser. Luzac wanted to check who had sent the request, Storey or Raynes, but as the request was marked urgent they felt it important to inform Storey they can only partially complete the order as they are still waiting for Volumes from the binder.