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Letter from Judith Lowy to RAS to submit her title, "The Qarmathian Movement: Its Rise and Development" for approval for the Prize Essay Competition. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 3 June 1971.

Four Letters:

• Letter from D.R.G. Beattie to (Mr)Crawford, RAS Secretary, to propose the title, "The Book of Ruth as a source of Early Israelite Law" for approval for the Essay Competition. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 31 May 1971.
• Letter from D.R.G. Beattie to Miss Crawford, RAS Secretary, to inquire when he may know about the results of the Essay Competition. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 1 November 1971.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to D.R.G. Beattie to inform him that she hoped that the results would be available sometime next month. Typed, 1 side, dated 5 November 1971.
• Letter from RAS Secretary to D.R.G. Beattie to inform that his Essay had been unsuccessful in the Competition. Typed, 1 side, dated 4 February 1972.

Five Letters:

• Letter from Max Wilcox, Head of Religious Studies Department, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Miss Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to ask if she would forward the particulars of the Prize Essay Competition to Miss Diana Rowland. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 23 November 1970.
• Letter from Max Wilcox to Diana Crawford to thank her for sending the details of the Competition and to inquire what exactly was meant by the term 'members'. Typed, 1 side, dated 12 May 1971.
• Letter from RAS Secretary to Max Wilcox to answer his inquiry regarding the term 'members'. Typed, 1 side, dated 24 May 1971.
• Letter from Diana Rowland to RAS to submit her title, "The Jewish Communities of Palestine under the Ptolemies" for approval for the Prize Essay Competition. Typed, 1 side, dated 31 May 1971.
• Letter from RAS Secretary to Diana Rowland to inform her that she had been unsuccessful in the Essay Competition. Typed, 1 side, dated 4 February 1972.

The series consists of two items of correspondence and the prize-winning essay.

Letter from Richard Burton to A.G. Ellis concerning obtaining "Scott's tale" and regarding the Christian names of Mr Blumhardt. Handwritten from Sauerbrunn-Rohitsch, dated 14 September [1887]. Also original envelope and annotated transcription.

Letter from Isabel Burton to Mr Cotton to send him an advance copy of Arabian Nights. Handwritten from 23 Dorset Street, Portman Square, London, dated 4 November 1886. The letter is addressed to "The Academy".

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. First edition. (London: printed for the Hindoo Kama Shastra Society, 1883.) Parts I, III, V, VI and VIA. Grey and beige paper covers. Accompanying label concerning parts that are present

"A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry by Richard F. Burton, author of 'A System of Bayonet Exercises' (1853)". (London: William Clowes & Sons 1876.) Red cloth binding, gold lettering on front with crossed swords.

The Episode of Dona Ignez de Castro The Lusiads of Camoens, Canto III, stanzas 118-135. Printed by Harrison and Sons, St Martin's Lane, London (1879) for private circulation. Note with pamphlet: “This is an alternative translation by Burton: privately printed It is very rare.”

Scoperte Antropologiche in Ossero [Now Osor, Croatia]. Archeogrefo triestino, 1877, Vol. 5, No.2, pp. 129-134. Typed Copy of Pamphlet originally in the Kensington Library (now in the Huntington Library, California).