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Fasti Sacri Ecclesiae AEthiopicae - concerning sacred feasts in Ethiopia. Written in Amharic script with Latin title and note "Codice MS. to F. collato cum codice C."

In 1993 the Society sold its Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings of Malacca. The money raised by the sale was reinvested and used to help keep the Society solvent. These lists, dating from 2000, identify how some of the money had been used and proposed spending of it. Two copies of each of three lists.

"Farming on the Permafrost" by Terence Armstrong. Reprinted from The Geographical Magazine, March 1968.

Drawing of Chinese Gentlemen with some Chinese characters. Pink paper with evidence of previous insect damage (宋=Sòng 生=Mister 行=to go 劉=Liú 軍官=General 拜=bye;pay respect. Mr.[Sòng ]is leaving and General Liú bids him farewell )

"Far Eastern Visit, January-March, 1964. Transcription of Diary" - typed itinerary of their tour, 4 pieces, 4 sides.

Letter from Dr Subhadra Kumar Sen to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to ask if the Society could send a copy of the announcement made in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of his late father's award, and a list of past recipients. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 5 November 1993.

This material consists of correspondence regarding possible Visiting Fellowships for Angus Graham at the Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra.

'Facsimiles of three Muhammedan Gold Coins, found on the Coast of Malabar with some remarks upon them'. The three coins described were thrown up during a heavy gale on the beach at the mouth of the Balliaputtan river, five miles from Cananow on the Coast of Malabar in 1818. One of them is dated AH301 and appears to have been struck at the mint of Constantine near Cordova, the Capital of a province of the same name in Andalusia, under the reign of Abdurrahman the third. The other two are dated AH407 and bear the name of Abd ul Hussein Ali. The coins were presented to the Madras Literary Society by Thomas Hervey Baber. There are a number of papers with the facsimiles. These are:

• Letter from Thomas Hervey Baber to Mr Anderson, Acting Secretary of the Madras Literary Society, dated 25 November 1818.
• A list of the Moorish Kings of Andalusia.
• A list of Khalifs. An extract from the Arabic Dictionary entitled 'Kamood'.
• Facsimiles of the coins.
• A letter from J. Stokes containing remarks on the coins.
• Facsimiles of the coins with Malayalam translations of the inscriptions.
• A letter from Mr Anderson acknowledging receipt of the coins.

All these items and their descriptions are listed in the handwritten Catalogue of English Manuscripts in the Royal Asiatic Society. However there is also further material within the file:

• Facsimiles of the coins with English translations of the inscriptions
• A list of the names of the Princes of the Dynasty of a Fatimites
• Original label identifying their listing in the Catalogue of English Manuscripts.

A printed facsimile of Book Six of the Chinese classical book Book of Documents (Shujing) in the format of a scroll, with added typographical marks in red. This version of the text was originally copied and annotated by Nakahara Yasutaka in 1330, and this facsimile was published by Toyo Bunko in 1939. This scroll is number 255 of a limited edition of 300 copies, and is accompanied by a thread-bound booklet containing explanatory text of the reproduction and the book.

The cardboard case in which the scroll was originally stored contains a printed title label and is inscribed ‘No 660 Shu Ching (BK 6. Facsimile reproduction)’. This refers to number 660 in Shelly Wang’s Chinese catalogue. The case has disintegrated into two pieces.

The scroll measures 930cm (w) x 25cm (h).

'"Face" and Freedom in Asia' by Quaritch Wales from The NATION, 6th November 1943, pp.519-520.