EASTERN WINDOWS F. D. OMMANNEY LONGMANS: LONDON 1960 First edition, with a signed letter from the author to the original owner. 22 x 14 cm. 245 pp + b/w photo plates. HB/DJ F. D. Ommanney's last two books, THE SHOALS OF CAPRICORN and ISLE OF CLOVES, in which he described his fishery survey of the Indian Ocean and the two years he subsequently spent in Zanzibar, are among the finest travel books to have appeared in recent years. Now, in EASTERN WINDOWS, he gives a picture of the Far East which has all the vividness, beauty of description, humour and shrewdness of comment that have characterised his previous writing. It was primarily on a scientific mission, fishery research in the China Seas, that F. D. Ommanney was sent by the government to the East. In this book he gives a superb picture of it as it is today, seen from an English viewpoint through a window in Singapore during the last days of British rule; a window in Tokyo, metropolis of the New Japan, recovering rapidly from defeat and charming her way back into the family of nations; and a window in Hong Kong, now thriving and thrusting energetically from a mere trading post to an industrial entity in its own right. He describes his homes and work in these places, the people he has to deal with, local customs and conditions, and gives a particularly fascinating account of his trips aboard the Manihine, the specially equipped fishery research vessel placed at his disposal by the government. F. D. Ommanney is an outstandingly gifted and entertaining writer. Sharply individualistic and humorously observant, he adds to travel-writing an autobiographical dimension which makes his books exceptionally enjoyable.

EASTERN WINDOWS

F. D. OMMANNEY

LONGMANS: LONDON
1960

First edition, with a signed letter from the author to the original owner.

F. D. Ommanney's last two books, THE SHOALS OF CAPRICORN and ISLE OF CLOVES, in which he described his fishery survey of the Indian Ocean and the two years he subsequently spent in Zanzibar, are among the finest travel books to have appeared in recent years. Now, in EASTERN WINDOWS, he gives a picture of the Far East which has all the vividness, beauty of description, humour and shrewdness of comment that have characterised his previous writing.

It was primarily on a scientific mission, fishery research in the China Seas, that F. D. Ommanney was sent by the government to the East. In this book he gives a superb picture of it as it is today, seen from an English viewpoint through a window in Singapore during the last days of British rule; a window in Tokyo, metropolis of the New Japan, recovering rapidly from defeat and charming her way back into the family of nations; and a window in Hong Kong, now thriving and thrusting energetically from a mere trading post to an industrial entity in its own right. He describes his homes and work in these places, the people he has to deal with, local customs and conditions, and gives a particularly fascinating account of his trips aboard the Manihine, the specially equipped fishery research vessel placed at his disposal by the government.

F. D. Ommanney is an outstandingly gifted and entertaining writer. Sharply individualistic and humorously observant, he adds to travel-writing an autobiographical dimension which makes his books exceptionally enjoyable.

22 x 14 cm. 245 pp + b/w photo plates.

Very good condition. Dust jacket slightly edge worn and with a little foxing. Previous owner's details on the front free endpaper and note on the rear pastedown. Some light foxing to the page edges. Handwritten letter from the author to the previous owner who knew each other in Malaya






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