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3 Journals, hardcover, blue, titled, "The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book", containing pencil notes and drawings.

Collins' Royal Diary for 1938, bound in red, hardback, containing some information regarding his ongoing excavations.

The Greek verb "to Be" and the Concept of Being" by Charles H. Kahn. Draft with annotation "For A.C. Graham, best regards, C.K." (Kahn presented "The Greek Verb 'To Be' and the Problem of Being" to the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy at its meeting with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in New York in 1965. It was published as "The Greek Verb 'To Be' and the Concept of Being" in Foundations of Language 2.3 (1966) 245-265).
With this article is a letter from Charles Kahn to Angus Graham to send a paper of his conclusion (not attached). He promises to send a revised draft of the rest of the material once he has typed it, dated 30 December 1965.

The Guide-Book. A Pictorial Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Including some of the more remarkable incidents in the life of Mohammed, the Arab Lawgiver by Richard F. Burton, Author of “A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah”. (London, William Clowes & Sons, 1865.) Appears to have been written to accompany a magic lantern show prepared by the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street, London (1837-1881). The illustrations do not appear in the book. The frontispiece is a portrait of Burton signed ‘W J Allen del. J Cooper St’ The artist is presumably Walter James Allen (fl. 1859-1891). Green card cover with black lettering.

The hard road to Shu, draft of poem.

Transcription and transliteration in Hebrew characters of the inscription with translation and further notes upon the inscription.

A translation into the Braj Bhasha dialect of Hindi of Raja Niti, a version of the Hitopadesha, a series of fables. The translation was undertaken for John Gilchrist by Lallūjī Lāl Kavi and the scribe was Siva Prasanna Diivedi. it is dated to V.S. 1858/ Sāka 1825 which equates to 1802-3. The work was made for John Gilchrist when he was principal of Fort William College, Kolkata.

Pasted inside the front cover is a handwritten explanation of the Hitopadesha taken from 'Colebrooke's Preface to the "Hitopadesa" in the original Sanscrit'. The last front paper bears an English description of the work, the signature of John Romer, dated 1804, the Royal Asiatic Society stamp, and that the work was presented to the Society by John Romer. Also within the volume is a more modern label giving identification details and where it is noted as being a very early edition of the work.

Please note that the boards and some pages are loose from the binding and the book spine is no longer present. The boards are covered in red leather.

Text of petition from the Royal Asiatic Society to the Privy Council concerning a change in the Charter.

"The Iconography of the Prajñāpāramitā" - an offprint of Conze's article published in "Oriental Art, Autumn 1949". The cover bears the inscription "with the compliments of the author, Edward Conze, 14.1.50".

The Illustrated London News for 23rd July 1938 containing the article by Quaritch Wales 'New light on Buddhist art: Bronzes from Malayan Tin-Mines' on p.173.