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Thomas Cotton’s Oriental Roundabout 1957

Posted: February 19th, 2025 | No Comments »

A rare and rather obscure self-published book by Thomas Cotton called Oriental Roundabout and published in a limited edition of a few hundred copies in 1957. It appears to be reminiscences of Cotton’s cruise around Asia some time post-war. “Oriental Roundabout” was a popular name for post-war cruises to Asia offered by travel agents in Britain…. If anyone has a copy I’d be interested to know if there’s anything of particular in it worth knowing about?

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