950 books on bibliography, history, law, religion, ethnography, archaeology and fine arts of Indonesia, 629 books relating to the languages of Austronesia and some manuscripts, including transcripts of a collection of Sudanese manuscripts.

Books on music and printed music published in Britain from the mid-17th century to the 20th century.

4000 books, 6000 pamphlets and sets of 40 periodicals published between about 1620 and 1940, including the works of the major English, Scottish and Irish political economists and writers. 

Negatives, transparancies, photographs, books, serials, personal papers and oral history interviews related to motorcycles, races and vintage cars.

5482 titles published 1564-1965 and written in Latin, Greek, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. They cover a wide range of subjects, mostly related to religion, philosophy and the Society of Jesus.

553 books from the 19th to mid-20th century with a particular strength in botany and gardening, among many other subjects.

453 books, pamphlets and leaflets in French or Latin that had been condemned and suppressed by ecclesiastical and civil authorities, as well as commentaries on those writings.

About 360 titles, particularly strong in first editions of English poetry and novels published in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

Our James Cook collection showcases the Library’s most famous item - Cook’s HMS Endeavour journal.

1011 plays and libretti published in Italy between about 1720 and 1900 including a number of Italian translations of plays written by French, German and other European dramatists.

Large collection of papers from the politician William Morris Hughes including correspondence, official papers and reports, diaries, notebooks, newspaper cuttings, speeches, invitations and more.

Books illustrating the history of printing in Europe and Australia, plus a medieval manuscript, and personal papers of Brian Hone.