Indian Fisheries: 11 Reports relating to the Fisheries in India and East Pakistan.
Madras, Delhi, Dacca. Government Press, inter alia. 1931- 1956. Stock ID #173201 A fascinating assemblage from the collection of T.W. Burdon, one-time Deputy Director of Fisheries, Colony of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya (several with his initials). When referring to this item please quote stockid 173201.
11 Government reports and offprints (by date of publication):
Sundara Raj, B. Report on a Systemic Survey of Deep-Sea Fishing Grounds by S.T. "Lady Goschen" 1927-1928. Excerpt from Report III of 1929, Madras Fisheries Bulletin, Vol. XXIII, pp 153-187. Government Press, Madras, 1931. Three large folding maps, folding chart, errata slip, 34 pp, title wrappers, toning to lower edge of front wrapper, 25 x 15.5cm;
Agricultural Marketing in India. Preliminary guide to Indian fish, fisheries, methods of fishing and curing. Manager of Publications, Delhi, 1941. 57 plates, black and white line drawings and engravings, many full colour natural history plates, paper title-wrapper (lacking back wrapper), half-title, charts, spine label worn with loss, i-vi, corrigenda, 1-152, 24.7 x 16.5 cm;
Agricultural Marketing in India. Report on the Marketing of Fish in India. Manager of Publications, Delhi, 1946. Photographic plates, line-drawings, charts, map, table of contents, introduction, appendix and glossary, i-v +1-117, 24.5 x 16.5 cm;
Setna, S.B. Bombay Fisheries Ingenuity. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol. 48 No. 3, August 1949.). Photographic plates, and five text illustrations, title-wrappers (browned), 10pp, 24.6 x 17.3cm, with the author's signature to front-wrapper;
Ganapti S.V. and Chacko, P. I. The Madurai Municipal Sewage Fish Farm. Reprinted from the Indian Geographical Journal, Madras, Vol. XXV. Nos. 3&4, 1950 (drop title), pp 35-36, 39-44. Chart and large folding plan, 8pp, paper booklet 24.9 x 17 cm;
Jones S. and Sujansingani K. H. The Hilsa Fishery of the Chilka Lake. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 50. No. 2 December 1951) pp 265-280. Map, photographic plates, charts and diagrams, paper title wrappers (browned), errata slip, i + 15pp, 24.5 x 17.2cm;
Burdon, T.W. A Consideration of the Classification of Fishing Gear and Methods. Reprinted from Section II of Proceedings of Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council, 1951 but this an offprint separately paginated, Diocesan Press, Madras. Tables, double-column, 23pp, pink paper title-wrappers;
Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Madras Rural Piscicultural Scheme. Progress Report. (drop title), Government Press Madras, 1951. Charts, Appendix, paper wrappers (age-worn), 75pp, 24.5 x 15.5cm;
Chacko, P.I and George, S. Fisheries of the Kadamba Tank Tirunelveli District. Government Press, Madras, 1952. Table, references, paper title-wrapper (discoloured but sound), 6pp, with the author's compliments' slip affixed, 24.8 x 15.8cm;
Ahmed, Nazir. Fishing Gear of East Pakistan. East Pakistan Government Press, Dacca, 1956. 45 black and white text illustrations (a few photographic), 35pp, tan paper-wrappers (marked), 24.5 x 16.4cm;
Chopra, B. N. (editor). Indian Fisheries. Handbook of Indian Fisheries prepared for the Third meeting of the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council. Survey of India Office, New Delhi, [1951]. Folding maps and charts, text illustrations (some photographic), Contents, List of Plates, references, 127 pp, decorated stiff card covers with a photographic inset, (slightly soiled) 25.5 x 18cm.
Price: $175.00 AU