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November 17 2007
United Publishers
Krishan Kumar of United Publishers (associates
of 'Modern Book Depot' ) who have bookshops in Calcutta, Shillong and
Guwahati and have been in business for more than half a century. Krishnan has advised us that they have
now branched out to cover both distribution and publishing of books and in
particular books about Tea
Krishan found on the www.koi-hai.com
website that Cathie Campbell wanted
a copy of Forgotten Frontier which they had
reprinted some years ago. Krishan was pleased to read that someone has helped
her with a cop, and he points out that we have stock of this title and many
others on Indian tea as well, some of which are listed below:
The
World Tea Economy-- by Sarkar
Economics
of Tea Industry in India (with spl Ref to Assam)-- by Awasthi
In
the Forest, the Songs and Shackles by-- Uma Kant Sharma
In
Villages and Tea Gardens by-- O.L.Swanson
Hammer
Blow by-- Arup Dutta
Life
and Times- Story of an Assamese Tea Baron by-- Wasbir Hussain
The
Hot Brew- the Assam Tea Industry's most turbulent decade
by-- Niitin Gokhale
The
East India Company Book of Tea by-- Antony
Wild
The
Time of Tea (2 vols Collector's Edition set) by-- Pasqualani& Suet
Chai-
The Spice Tea of India by-- Diana Rosen
Book
of Tea by-- Annie Perrier-Robert
Green
Tea- The delicious everyday Health drink by-- Peter Oppliger
Tea-
The Perfect Brew
by-- Jane Campsie
The
Story of Tea
by-- T.Damu
Tea,
Legend Life and Livelihood of India
by-- G.N.Baroowah
The
Book of Tea --
Preface by-- Anthony Burgess
Krishan also mentioned that during the forthcoming India
International Tea Conference later this month they will release a major new book
on Indian Tea entitled Adventure and Romance in
Indian Tea by Gurpreet Singh as well as 2 Map Guidebooks on
Guwahati and Shillong. We are also planning to reprint The
Assam Railways and Trading Company and some others such as A
History of the Assam Company - A History of the Jorehaut Company as
well as Assam
Planter by Rumsden.
Krishan offers to take other suggestions and proposals in
this regard and advises that they will
receive our serious consideration.
The Editor is pleased to pass on this information to our
readers and if you mention www.koi-hai.com
you would be entitled to a discount on book purchases
The Company details are as follows.
United Publishers
Panbazar Main Road, Guwahati-781001
Assam.
Tel: Office (0361) 2517059 Tel/Fax
(0361) 2544791 Mobile
+91 98640-68121
Mobile +91 94350-48891
email : unipub@bsnl.in
OR : kkumarguw@dataone.in
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Some of the books can be found on www.amazon.com
or www.abebooks.com
BELOW IS A LIST OF THE BOOKS THE PICTURE OF COVERS CAN BE FOUND
ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE
Forgotten Frontier
by Geoffrey Tyson
Dated March 1945
Printed by in British India by The Times of India press, Bombay
Published by W.H.Targett & Co Ltd 4 Lyons Range Calcutta (Price
Rs 8)
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Till the Sun Grows Cold; A mother's
compelling memoir of her daughter by Maggie McCune
paperback at #6.99--ISBN0747261423
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Missy Baba to Burra Mem"-
a life of a Planter's daughter in Northern India 1913 - 1970
by Joan Allen - ISBN
0-907799-60-4 - publishers BACSA priced at £10.50
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"River Dog--a Journey Down the Brahmaputra"
by Mark Shand
Hardback - ISBN
0-316-86035-2 - publishers Little, Brown - originally £17.50 - from
Amazon.co.uk now available from Abebooks at #3.25
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"Queen of the Elephants"
by Mark Shand
Hardback - ISBN
0-224-03544-4 - publishers Jonathan Cape - originally £15.99 - obtainable from
Amazon.co.uk also available from Abebooks at #1.99
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Sister Sahibs
by Marian Robertson
Abebooks --ISBN 0863322859 at #10.00
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Minto Nurses
By Emma Wilson
details not currently available
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Castes and Tribes
This was produced by the Tea Labour association in
1924 and the table of contents gives
Caste & Occupation, Religion (Animism, Hinduism, Pantheon, Hindu Festivals,
Hindu sects, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Muhammadism). Then marriage and
races and their origin. The largest part is then castes and tribes--then medical
opinions,Statistics and much more
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To the Elephants Graveyard
by Tarquin Hall
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Naga Path
by Ursula Graham Bower
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Thirty Years in Assam
By Padre Wyld
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'Empire
Families: Britons and late Imperial India'
by Elizabeth Buettner
published by Oxford University Press at £25 ISBN 0-19-924907-5.
the link reference for the book for Oxford University Press:
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-924907-5
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Through the Jungle of Death
A boy's escape from Wartime Burma by
Stephen Brookes
How to obtain details to follow
Circumventing the Mahseer
by A. St. J. Macdonald
How to obtain details to follow
A History of the Joint Steamer companies
by Sir Percival Griffiths
How to obtain details to follow
Assam Planter: Tea Planting and Hunting in Assam
jungles--
by A.R. Ramsden
The book was published by John Gifford Ltd, 125, Charing Cross Road , London in
1945
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"Assam Shikari" by Frank Nicholls
How to obtain details to follow
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"Tea Planter Sahib" by Philip
Longley
How to obtain details to follow
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Events in the Womb of Time: A Damn Fool Career
by J.L.C. Strang
Three Volumes
To obtain a copy of these books--they are available from Mrs Strang at a price
of £ 15 plus postage.
For security reasons Robin Gregory has kindly
agreed to act as point of contact--
his e-mail is indiatco@iinet.net.au
His postal address is P.O.Box 93 Guildford WA
6935 WA Australia
and his fax number is Fax: 61 8 93772807
The books are despatched from the UK by Mrs Strang and the
Postal costs (Economy Air Mail) as are as follows
Within the UK One book £1.92 , Two books - £4.25, Three books
- £4.75
Africa & America One book £5.85 , Two books - £9.63, Three books - £16.02
India, One book £5.85 , Two books - £11.43, Three books - £16.19
Aust & NZ One book £6.81 , Two books - £12.81, Three books - £20.81
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"Journey Through Tea" -
ISBN0952754916 by
Liz Handy
Available through contact with Liz Handy's website www.lizhandy.com
or by phone to Liz at 0208 788 1610 The price is £ 15 and is also
available through Amazon.com The author kindly donates the profits from this
book to the "Sir Percival Griffiths Tea Planter's
Trust"
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Tea tales of Assam
by W.Kenneth Warren
How to obtain details to follow
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Green Gold : The Empire of Tea by Iris and
Alan Macfarlane
published in 2003 Ebury Press Random House 2003 ISBN 1883091
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"Tale of a Tea
Planter" by Jim Glendinning
This book was privately published by Jim . the
details as in the front page is
"Privately Printed - copyright Jim Glendinning 1990"
Available from www.abebooks.com
or www.abebooks.co.uk
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The Early
British Coffee and Tea Planters and Their Way of Life. 1825-190-------
"The
Pioneer-----Author:
John Weatherstone
Published by Quiller Press Ltd.
46. Lillie Road London
SW6 1TN
First published 1986 reprint
1991 Recco Retail Price 20 pounds sterling
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