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Letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes in reply to Raynes letter (GMT/1/3/6). He is glad the minute book has been retrieved. Storey does not know who could undertake the cataloguing of the 11000 books belonging to Ellis but suggests it is desirable to consult Nicholson. He writes of hearing of 6000 in the library of a British Arabist had been acquired by a library at Philadelphia but realising this was not the Ellis volumes.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer and Sons Ltd. to acknowledge their letter, to arrange their meeting and give a list of the volumes.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to send the list of books to be bound.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to rearrange a meeting at the boathouse.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to inform Heffer that the wording is now satisfactory. He asks Heffer to send 100 copies to Luzac and Co. when they are ready.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to send a draft for the lettering of the spine for the Gibb Memorial Volume "Tadhkirat al-mulūk" by Vladimir Minorsky. He asks whether they would like him to bring them other Memorial Volumes in order for them to match the patterning. A copy of the lettering for the binding is with this letter.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to thank for sending the specimen volume of "Tadhkirat al-Mulūk". He agrees the lettering should be raised but suggests the title to be spread over 2 lines.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to inform them that he has asked by Mr Raynes to examine the parcels sent to Heffer from Dow & Lester so the Trust will know what exactly is in the parcel. He asks for Heffer to enable him to do this.

Letter from C.A. Storey to Vladimir Minorsky to inform Minorsky that he has received galleys 40-7 but has noted only a few misprints about which he didn't think he needed to write to Minorsky. Nicholson has informed him that he thinks the facsimiles were deposited with the University Press, where he thinks they should remain until needed by Heffer. He sends an example of the title page for Minorsky's approval.

Letter from C.A. Storey to Vladimir Minorsky to inform Minorsky that he thinks it is inadvisable to bring out extra copies without the Persian text and that supplying him with offprints to give out would further dilute the market. 500 copies are likely to supply the demand for many years. He thanks Minorsky for providing a reference for him.