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Purchases and Stocks
GB 891 OTF-OTF/4 · Series · 1863 - 1935
Part of Oriental Translation Fund

The series contains correspondence with Bernard Quaritch concerning purchases, and a stock book detailing stock supplies.

Quaritch Bernard 1819-1899 book seller
Publishing Reports
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/6-RAS JOUR/6/3 · File · 1991 - 2019
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

These reports are produced by Cambridge University Press to give details of the Journal's performance. There is a Publicity Report for September 1991 and Publishing Reports for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for April 2007, May 2008, 2010-2011, 18 June 2012, 16 April 2013, 17 March 2014 (electronic), 6 May 2015 (electronic), 27 April 2016 (electronic), April 2019 (electronic) 2017-2019 (electronic). There are also Circulation Summaries for 1997-2005.

Cambridge university press
Publicity Material
GB 891 RAS LEC4-RAS LEC4/7-RAS LEC4/7/2 · Subseries · 2000 - 2010
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

Publicity material for lectures and book launches in the period 2000-2010:

2003-2004

  • 13 November 2003: Notice that the lecture, 'The Universe in Miniature: Tombs in Ancient China' by Professor Jessica Rawson, would be held at the Society of Antiquaries.

    2004-2005

  • 9 June 2005: Tim Mackintosh-Smith, 'The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah'. Various documents: Advertising leaflet, 2 copies; Book of tickets for the event, 1 printed book; administrative correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, The British-Yemeni Society, The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, The Royal Geographical Society, and Clarence House, 11 pieces.

    2005-2006
    Notice of the April and May lectures for 2006:

  • 6 April, the Dr Greville Freeman-Grenville Memorial Lecture by Professor Ulrike Freitag, 'Linking East Africa and the Middle East: Networks of Commerce and Culture;
  • 10 May, Dr Ali Ansari, 'Persia in the World Imagination'.

    2006-2007
    Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

  • 12 December 2006: Chris Howard, 'Screening of "Gohatto" (Taboo) Japan, 1999, Director: Nagisa Oshima'.
  • 16 January 2007: Mark Strange: 'Sima Guang on 4th Century Chinese foreign Policy'.
  • 24 April 2007: Dr. Sophie Gordon, 'Visions of Asia: Photographs from the Royal Photograph Collection'.

    2007-2008
    Publicity posters for Lectures:

  • 11 October 2007: Dr Kate Teltscher, 'The Scotsman, the Lama and the Gosain: the First British Expedition to Tibet 1774-5'.
  • 8 November 2007: Professor Ebba Koch, 'Jahangir as Sir Francis Bacon's ideal of the king as an observer and investigator of nature'.
  • 13 March 2008: François de Blois - the Professor Mary Boyce Memorial Lecture, 'Professor Mary Boyce and the Quest for Zoroaster'.
  • 10 April 2008: Professor Shail Mayaram, 'James Tod and the trajectory of Indian nationalism: an assessment after two centuries'.
  • 12 June 2008: Professor Zeren Tanindi, 'Illustrated and Illuminated Works of Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi'.

    Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

  • 25 October 2007: Abhishek Amar, 'Foundations of Buddhism: Investigating Bodhgaya and other Buddhist Monastic sites in Early Historic Gaya'; and Malini Roy, 'Provincial Mughal painting at the court of Nawab Shuja ud-Daula of Awadh (r.1754-75) and Asaf ud-Daula (r.1775-97)'.
  • 15 November: Shino Ariswana, Keiko Kitamura, Michael Coxall, 'Sankyoku: Lyrical Music from the Edo period'. With the poster is a programme of the music played.
  • 6 December 2007: Wing-Fai Leung introduces the film, 'Comrades, almost a Love Story' directed by Peter Chan, 1996.
  • 17 January 2008: Benedetta Lomi, 'Bato Kannon: the Japanese Transformation of an Esoteric Deity'; and Tullio Lobetti, 'Memories of the Flesh: Body and Ascetic Practices in Contemporary Japanese Religious Contexts'.
  • 21 February 2008: Bulat Tynybekov and Botagoz Tynybekova in a 'Concert: Kazakh Classical Music'. With the poster is the programme of music, biographies of the performers and an entrance ticket.
  • 27 February 2008: Jonathan Black and Brenda Martin, 'Dora Gordine: Sculptor, Artist, Designer', book launch.
  • 19 June 2008: the film, 'The Warrior, India', directed by Asaf Kapadia, 2001.

    2008-2009
    Publicity posters for Lectures:

  • 9 October 2008: Dr Ravinder Kaur, 'On Distinctions: Citizens, Refugees and Post-Colonial State in India's Partition'.
  • 11 December 2008: Professor Edhem Eldem, 'The Ottoman Culture of Death: A Vision of Modernity and Change'.
  • 12 March 2009: Professor Timon Screech, 'Power and Magic in the City Planning of Edo (Tokyo) 1590-1657'.
  • 16 April 2009: Professor Huw Bowen, the Professor Cyril Philips Memorial Lecture, 'C.H. Philips and the East India Company'.

    Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

  • 20 November 2008: Joint meeting with the Royal Society for Asian Affairs - Peter Cole, 'Exploring a Local Identity in Yemen'; Hannah Warren, 'Female Weavers in a Village in Madya Pradesh, North India: A Photographic Study'; and Dr Alasdair Pinkerton, 'Radio and the Raj: Broadcasting in British India'.
  • 10 December 2008: Film, 'The Angry Monk', Director Luc Schaedler, 2005.
  • 18 March 2009: Scheherazaad Cooper, 'Odissi - Indian Classical Dance', dance and talk.

    Publicity posters for Book Launch:

  • 12 November 2008: John O. Hunwick, Alida Jay Boye, and Joseph Hunwick, 'The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Historic City of Islamic Africa', 2 copies.

    2009-2010
    Publicity posters for Lectures:

  • 8 October 2009: Dr Andrew Peacock, 'End of Empires: the Turkish Conquest of the Middle East, 11th Century AD'.
  • 11 February 2010: Professor Owen Wright, 'How French is Frenkçin?'.
  • 15 April 2010: Dr Laura J. Newby, 'The Chinese Emperor's New Copper Plates: Art and Politics in the Late 18th Century'.

    Publicity posters for Student Series lectures:

  • 21 April 2010: Tara Mayer, 'Clothing the Imperial Image: Dress, Identity and Authority in later 18th to early 19th Century North India'; and Amanda Phillips, 'Ottoman Velvets and Imitations: Viral Style in the 17th and 18th Centuries'.

    Book Launches:

  • 7 July 2010: Invitation to the launch of 'Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah of Firdausi' by Barbara Brend, printed card, 2 copies.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 RAS ALL8-RAS ALL8/3 · Series · [1984] - 1999
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
  • "Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, Publication List" for June 1984, June 1986, June 1988, 1989-1990, 1995-1996.
  • Notice of Publication of "Korean Shamanism: Revivals, Survivals, and Change", edited by Keith Howard, publication date October 1998.
  • "New Publications for January 1999" listing the latest publications available from the Korea Branch.
  • "Books about Korea" - printed leaflet, undated.
  • "Your invitation to join the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch" - printed leaflet, two versions, undated.
  • "Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, its Past and Present by H.H. Underwood" - photocopy of article from Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XXXI, 1948-9.
  • "A History of the First Fifty years of the Library of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1900-1950" - Photocopy of article by Harold M. Otness, unknown source.
  • "Seventy years of the Royal Asiatic Society in Korea" by Lak-Geoon George Patik. Photocopy of article from Transactions of the Korea Branch, Vol. XLVII, 1972.
Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland Korea branch