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Shuang diao xin shui ling 雙調新水令 - Copy of pages in Guan Hanqing xiquji 關漢卿戲曲集.

Shubra - Shabra - concerning Mackenzie's journey from The Pass of Nathu-La to the Tung-La Pass overlooking the Shubra-Shabra stream of "Whispering Waters". Typed draft with some handwritten edits.

"A kabit verse on Benares", Shόbhit anang ari bhushit bhuang ang… With translation: The foe of the bodyless (Kám Déo)… Signed Rámgharíb Chaubé. Handwritten, 2 sides, undated.

"Siam and Burma, January 4 - February 26, 1972. By H.G.Q.W and D.C.W." - typed itinerary of their tour, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Material from the interaction of the Siam Society and the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

• Letter from the President, Royal Asiatic Society, to H.H. Prince Dhani Nivat, President, Siam Society, to congratulate the Siam Society on its Jubilee. Typed, dated 18 February 1954.
• "Siam Society - 75 years" - printed pamphlet produced to mark the 75th anniversary of the Siam Society in 1979.
• Letter from D.J. Duncanson, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to The President, Siam Society, to send the commemorative publication celebrating 150 years of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 27 May 1980.

Notebook, large hardcover, blue with black binding containing at the front Siamese Royal Ceremonial Cuttings, 1930 and at the back of book, pressed flowers labelled "Grindlewald & Engleberg Alpine Flora, June 1953".

"Siamese Theory and Ritual connected with Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy" by H.G. Quaritch Wales, from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol. LXIII, July-December 1933, pamphlet with green soft cover.

This is a Gogerly translation of the Sidath Sangarawa - a grammar of the Sinhalese language. Handwritten by Gogerly, in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. Blue paper, brown ink. The manuscript consists of 20 loose sheets, and includes text in English and Sinhalese. The Sidath Sangarawa was written in the 13th century to describe and analyse the grammar of the Sinhalese language. This book is one of the most important one on the subject, and has been taught in the monasteries in Sri Lanka for centuries. 21.3cmX17cm.

"Sifán and Hórsók Vocabularies, with another special exposition in the wide range of Mongolian affinities and remarks on the lingual and physical characteristics of the family. - By B.H. Hodgson, Esq." Offprint from the Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1874, without cover. Annotated by Hodgson. Printed material, 31 pages, with handwritten annotations, 1874.

The end-of-year accounts for the Society. Many are signed accounts. These cover the dates: 1942-1946, 1949-1951, 1953 -1960, 1962-2019.

Also with these accounts is a 'Note on the Financial Condition of the Royal Asiatic Society' a typed document, 6 pages, dated 1920.