Middle-East Window + Typed letter signed by the author. This item is unavailable.Middle-East Window + Typed letter signed by the author

A very good copy in d/w. An engaging book of memories of life in the Middle East over a long period pre WWII. Together with an original letter dated 1945 signed by Humphrey Bowman relating to a an appointment selected by Bertram Thomas. Map end papers. 346pp black & white illustrations and portrait frontispiece. Introduction by Sir Ronald Storrs. Humphrey Ernest Bowman (1879 - 1965) worked in the Education Departments in the British Protectorates in Egypt from 1903 to 1911 and Sudan from 1911 to 1913. He served in the British Army from 1914 to 1918. He became Director of Education in Mesopotamia in August 1918, and left in August 1920 to return to Egypt. Subsequently he became Director of Education in Palestine].