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Envelope titled with "Letters to Thomas Manning; Miscellaneous letters from various person in China". And crossed out "Letter from Beckford Law". Further annotated in a different hand: "Letter from Dobell; Nothing much in Mis. Letters"

Envelope in which the letters were originally contained, listing the letters and stating that a Richard Burton letter had been removed to the Burton archive and that the Wilson letter was give by H.G. Quaritch Wales in June 1974.

Envelope from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen with postmark of 17 December 1965.

An empty envelope addressed to Stanley Bishop at Badulla, Ceylon; handwritten by T.W.R. Davids. Has two postal stamps at the right corner. 9.5cmX12cm.

An empty envelope addressed to Stanley Bishop at Tangalle, Ceylon; handwritten by T.W.R. Davids. Has two postal stamps at the right corner. 9.5cmX12cm.

An English translation of "Entwurf einer Grammatik der Herero Sprache", the work by Karl Hugo Hahn, that was supposed to be undertaken with the linguist Wilhelm Bleek. As this was not possible, due to circumstances, Hahn delivered his own version of the book to Riga in 1854. It is the first grammar of the Herero language spoken by the Herero people in Southern Africa.

The manuscript of 208 pages is heavily corrected and the translator is not identified. There is a note on a torn piece of paper which states "Presented ... Sir Bartle Frere K.G.C.B., C.S.I. by the Translator, Cape Town, January 19th 1880.

Each essay had to be submitted anonymously - the entrants providing their identifying details and the endorsement of a member of their University faculty. There are three such identifiers of non-prizewinners - those of Michael Hobsley (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge), R.C.H. Briggs (New College, Oxford), Muriel M. Rees (St Hugh's College, Oxford), and the identifier for the winner, George Bennett (New College, Oxford). Seven items, all handwritten.

News report of the arrival in London of the Mongolian Ambassador to Britain from The Times, 16 September 1969.

Metal engraving plate for the book plate to go in each prize book. Has a banyan tree design and wording "Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland School Prize Founded by the Generosity of HH the Raja of Cochin K.C.S.I., the Maharaja Gajapati Rao C.I.E., the Raja of Parlakimedi and other Chiefs and Gentlemen of Southern India. With the plate is its paper cover which bears a print of the plate.

English identificatory documents. These are:

• 'Original letters of the Poona government in the possession of Nana Furnaveese at his death. Presented to Colonel Briggs at Satara by his widow".
• A piece of paper created into a sleeve for the letters and sealed with a wax seal.
• Blue lined paper with the note 'Sundry papers in Mahratta appertaining to the family of the Great Minister Nana Furnevees and his cotemporaries on subjects connected with his administration till his death in A.D.1799 presented to Col Briggs in 1825 by his widow'.
• Letter from John Briggs to the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society to state that he wished to present to the Society a 'specimen of the art of portraiture at the Court of Bijapura A.D. 1579' and 'the collection of original letters and other documents in the Mahratta language'. Three sides, dated 18 September 1874.