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"The Value of Oriental Studies at the Present Time" with motto "Woodpecker". Prizewinning essay by J.L. Young. Handwritten, 19 sides.

The up and the down of a word, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

The Turning Point, draft translation and notes concerning a poem about asagao (morning glory) in a haiku.

"The Turanians in the Aveste" - essay submitted by Peter Khoroche. Handwritten, 19 pages. With it is an identifying note countersigned by I.B. Broadbent, Tutor, King's College Cambridge, dated 24 July 1967.

The notebook includes the complete translation of the Jāliya sutta and the incomplete translation of the Kassapa sutta. The text is written in Gogerly's hand and covers 45 pages. One sheet is loose. Translated from Sinhalese to English. The Jāliya sutta addresses the question of whether body and soul are one and the same, whereas the Kassapa sutta contains the thoughts that came to Kassapa Buddha, before his Enlightenment, on the nature of becoming, of cessation, etc. 20.3cmX16.4cm.

Single copy of the article taken from its publishing magazine.

"The Traders of Ku Bua" by Elizabeth Lyons, photocopy of an article from the Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America Vol. 19 (1965), pp. 52-56.

"The Tombs of the Amalekites by Capt. Newbold" containing information as to the description and the purpose of the tombs which he visited in April 1846. Note informs the paper was read at the Society on 21 April 1849.

"Professor E.H.S.Simmonds" Obituary notice on page 23 of the newspaper.

The Times Literary Supplement containing a review of Dennis J. Duncanson's 'Government and Revolution in Vietnam', page 199.