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	ARZT, DITA / NOSTRADAMUS Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original - in English for the First Time ) Toronto: Vasita Pub, 1998. First Thus. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 0968602207 1998 Softcover 1st . Brand new from publisher... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked. Gift Giving quality .176 pages. Author Dita Arzt says of this book : " From my early youth, I was drawn to his name like a magnet, not knowing why ... So often during my young age I would gaze in awe at the stars, searching for the images they created, find them and proudly call them by name. Especially then, I felt somehow connected to him, In 1953, a friend of mine introduced me to the German edition of the Nostradamus Dream Interpretation book. I was as fascinated with the book then as I am today, and was saddened to learn that it was no longer available in print. About 20 years later, while on a trip to Germany, I had not forgotten my desire to possess that book. By chance I tracked down my friend, only to be told by her son that she had passed away. In my sorrow I asked him about the existence of the dream book. He told me to wait while he retrieved it from the attic. As he gave it to me he said, "I know Mother would have given this to you because she liked you very much and knew how desperately you wanted ift for yourself." Overwhelmed, I returned to Canada, clutching my treasure tightly. In those 25 years since it has been mine, the book has truly enhanced my life through its accurate predictions and interpretations of my dreams. I am certain that fate has afforded me the opportunity to preserve Nostradamus' unique contribution to the world of dream interpretations. I am privileged to be able to provide the first-ever English translation of this book" . " Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original ) " published in English for the first time by Vasita Publications , Toronto 1998 softcover, in English only *. New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5886 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	ARZT, DITA / NOSTRADAMUS Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original - in English for the First Time ) Toronto: Vasita Publications, 1998. 1998 Printing. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 0968602207 1998 Softcover . Brand new from publisher. Gift Giving quality. Never opened , Never owned , Never marked. 176 pages. Author Dita Arzt says of this book : " From my early youth, I was drawn to his name like a magnet, not knowing why ... So often during my young age I would gaze in awe at the stars, searching for the images they created, find them and proudly call them by name. Especially then, I felt somehow connected to him, In 1953, a friend of mine introduced me to the German edition of the Nostradamus Dream Interpretation book. I was as fascinated with the book then as I am today, and was saddened to learn that it was no longer available in print. About 20 years later, while on a trip to Germany, I had not forgotten my desire to possess that book. By chance I tracked down my friend, only to be told by her son that she had passed away. In my sorrow I asked him about the existence of the dream book. He told me to wait while he retrieved it from the attic. As he gave it to me he said, "I know Mother would have given this to you because she liked you very much and knew how desperately you wanted ift for yourself." Overwhelmed, I returned to Canada, clutching my treasure tightly. In those 25 years since it has been mine, the book has truly enhanced my life through its accurate predictions and interpretations of my dreams. I am certain that fate has afforded me the opportunity to preserve Nostradamus' unique contribution to the world of dream interpretations. I am privileged to be able to provide the first-ever English translation of this book" . " Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original ) " published in English for the first time by Vasita Publications , Toronto 1998 , in English only *. New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5886a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID First Eden, the Mediterranean World and Man Boston: Little Brown, 1987. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 8 x 10 " 0316057509 Hardcover in DJ American 1st ... Very Good condition in Very Good Plus jacket ... previous owner's bookplate inside ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... Nice clean gift giving quality ... 230 pages + biblio + index ... illustrated throughout, with many color photos, painting repros, photos of antiquities & artifacts, & contemporary & color maps ... David Attenborough has been making natural history films for more than 30 years for the BBC , British Broadcasting Network, in England .... This is an excellent companion volume to his enormously popular television shows that have run on PBS in America .... " The First Eden - The Mediterranean World and Man " ... by David Attenborough ... published by Little Brown, Boston 1987 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket *. Very Good/Very Good Plus . USD 15.00** [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 17a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	BEYLERIAN, ONNIG / JACQUES LEVESQUE , EDS. Principal Powers and International Security Institutions After the Cold War 1989 - 1999 - Inauspicious Beginnings Montreal / Toronto: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004. First. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 0773526269 2004 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 311 pages ... At the end of the Cold War many experts expected organizations such as the UN, U.N, United Nations and NATO to play a major role in preventing and ending conflicts ... But despite major humanitarian disasters in the 1990s, the principal powers failed to create a more efficient system of security ... As a consequence, the United Nations Security Council has been incapable of responding efficiently to challenges, with its relevance further questioned by the United States Unilateral occupation of Iraq in 2003 ... Inauspicious Beginnings shows why and how principal powers resorted to international security institutions and points to why, in the end, they adopted a minimalist stance towards the development of these institutions ... " Inauspicious Beginnings - Principal Powers and International Security Institutions after the Cold War 1989 - 1999 " ... edited by Onnig Beylerian & Jacques Levesque ... published by McGill - Queen's University Press , Montreal / Toronto ... in English only *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5039 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	DOVAZ, MICHEL Bordeaux, the Great Wines - Encyclopedia of . . . The Classified Growths Paris, France ( English only ): Julliard, 1981. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos, Maps. 8-1/2 x 12-1/2 " 226000279X 1981 Hardcover in DJ imported from Paris ... all in English only ... Nice Clean Book was a gift and appears unopened and unread , with very clean outside and inside ... sm bump top edge ... 1981 Gift inscription from original owner inside in burgundy ink , and stock number inside front free endpaper ... Glossy Jacket has seen better days, but still protects the book ... dj has some wrinkling on back and edge closed tears all around ... we'll put it into a New , non-stick clear Mylar sleeve for you, to protect it, and so the edge splits won't be as noticeable ... 254 pages with index ... profusely illustrated with color photographs of the chateaux , maps of the Bordeaux region, and charts and tables showing the vintage years ... This is a big beautiful book ... 8-1/2 x 12-1/2" in size ... burgundy cloth over boards, with gold titles impressed on the front and spine, and matching burgundy endpapers ... The information is brilliantly laid out ... with each chateaux in the Bordeaux region of France , photographed in color ... a section on the grapes grown ... the cultivation and vinification ... a chart of the vintages of the wines ... and technical information about the wine and grapes and vintners in the area ... There is an extensive index ... and all text is in English only in this edition ... There is a recommendation for the ideal meal to accompany each of the wines, as well as a recommendation of the 'perfect' year for that particular wine, if you are buying a gift of wine for someone, or treating yourself, or just want to amass a knowledge of good wines ... There is a general map of the region, along with some general information about wine growing and the vintners arts in the introduction ... This is difficult to find this book printed in English ... This book is dedicated " To those who make the wine, and to their accomplices who imbibe it " ... " Encyclopedia of the Great Wines of Bordeaux - The Classified Growths " ... by Michel Duvaz ... publishers list price $95.00 ... published by Julliard, Paris , 1981 Hardcover in Dustjacket *. Very Good/Good . USD 60.00** [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 5681 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	HOUGH, RICHARD Potemkin Mutiny, the - a Dramatic Blow-By-Blow Account of the June 1905 Mutiny Aboard the Russian Battleship Battle Ship Potemkin Maryland: Bluejacket Pub. 1961 / 1996, 1996. First Thus. Soft Cover. 6 x 9" 1557503702 1996 Softcover ... published on the 35th anniversary of the publication of the 1961 book; 90 years after the event itself ... Brand new from publisher ... Gift Giving quality ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked .... 190 pages ... Hailed an an important contribution ... both to history and to sea literature ... when first published in 1961 ... this book gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the June 1905 mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin ... " The Potemkin Mutiny " ... by Richard Hough ... published by Bluejacket Pub. Maryland ... 1996 softcover *. New . USD 13.95** [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1231] Book number: 3438 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	LOPEZ, CLAUDE-ANNE / REF: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin and the Ladies of Paris - Mon Cher Papa - 1990 Edition with New Preface New Haven Connecticut / London: Yale University Press 1966 / 1990, 1990. First Thus. Soft Cover. 5 -1/4 x 8 -1/2 x 1-1/4 " 0300047584 Softcover , First 1990 Edition, from the 1966 Edition, with New 1990 Preface by the author ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... tiny tiny faint shelf bend small part glossy orange cover, not noticeable ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 404 pages illustrated with B&W reproductions of famous paintings , engravings , portraits of Franklin + chronology of Franklin's dealings with France + Biographical notes to his years in Paris ... Benjamin Franklin ... and Paris ... together , in the 18th century .... What a tale to tell ... and it is all true ... The beloved Ben Franklin was America's first ambassador ... a goodwill envoy ... a wise and published author ... and ... a notorious womaizer .... Of course, in that genteel era, they were considered ' romantic conquests ' ... and he had them by ... if not score, then quite a few ... and broke a lot of hearts along the way ... Madame Brillon ... La Contesse d'Houdetot , spectacularly unattractive, but inspiring great and long-lasting passions and known rougishly to schoolboys in America as " The Countess Hot-to-trot " ... Reading of his dalliances with some of the famed ladies of Paris, one could think it is no wonder that he stayed there so long ! ... But this book is so much more than that ... if offers a broader picture of Franklin's friendships as well ... with artistocrats and bourgeoise ... with scientists, philosophers, artists, and everyday people ... and provides essential psychological, social and biographical background for an understanding of the astounding accomplishments of his years in France ... Showcases Ben's own wit, wisdom, and understanding and love of people ... with numerous B&W reproductions of some famous paintings of Franklin ... biography / American history / European history - France ... " Mon Cher Papa - Franklin and the Ladies of Paris " ... by Claude-Anne Lopez , ( editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin and coauthor of The Private Franklin : The Man and his Family ) ... published by Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut / London ... 1996 ... New 1990 edition , with a new Preface by the author ... Softcover ... *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6061 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MILLER , STUART Painted in Blood - Understanding Europeans, the European Mind and Character - Unravels & Explains the Mystery of Europe New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 0689115318 1987 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edition ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 255 pages ... This book provides a unique insight into the European mind & character ... and unravels the mystery of Europe ... to explain it to Americans and others ... It explores Europe's violent past to show how the historical necessity to defend themselves still conditions the way Europeans think ... drive ... converse ... shop ... and conduct business ........ Essential reading for anyone interested in knowing Europeans and for North Americans who are interested in clarifying some of the roots of their own identities ... " Miller is convincing as he posits a coherent world view that influences Europeans' behavior so as to make it very different from that of Americans, and often not understandable to us. Using personal anecdotal evidence, Miller shows how Europe's continuous experience of war and its static hierarchical past account for Europeans' behavior and outlook. He contends that this leads to desirable and undesirable traits which Americans can learn from and must learn to live with." .... " Painted in Blood " ... by Stuart Miller ... published by Atheneum , New York ... 1987 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 141a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MILLER , STUART Painted in Blood - the European Mind and Character - Unravels & Explains the Mystery of Europe New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 0689115318 1987 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edition ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 255 pages ... This book provides a unique insight into the European mind & character ... and unravels the mystery of Europe ... to explain it to Americans and others ... It explores Europe's violent past to show how the historical necessity to defend themselves still conditions the way Europeans think ... drive ... converse ... shop ... and conduct business ........ Essential reading for anyone interested in knowing Europeans and for North Americans who are interested in clarifying some of the roots of their own identities ... " Painted in Blood " ... by Stuart Miller ... published by Atheneum , New York ... 1987 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 25.95** [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2290] Book number: 141b Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	OSBORNE, ROGER / LUCRECIA DE LEON Dreamer of the Calle de San Salvador , the - the Dreams of 19 Year Old Lucrecia de Leon in 1587 , During the Spanish Inquisition - Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth 16th Century Spain - Lucrecia de Leon Religious Visions London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 022406052X 2001 Hardcover in DJ 2nd printing ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... 252 pages ... Spell-binding ... horrific ... poetic ... apocalyptic ... heart-rending... disturbing ... prophetic, seditious, compelling ... and utterly fascinating ... the dreams of Lucrecia de Leon have lain ... virtually undisturbed ... in the archives of the Spanish Inquistion , for more than 400 years ... Lucrecia was a 19 year old from Madrid when ... in 1587 ... her dreams began to be recorded and published by a disaffected group of clerics ... Over the next 3 years they described 400 of Lucrecia's dreams ... which they considered to be messages from God ... The dreams warned of the defeat of the Armada ... of the death of King Philip II of Spain ... of the fall of Spain itself ... and of a new beginning under a new king ... all told in bold and highly original visions ... As some of her prophecies came true ... and as the Spanish court grew more discontented ... she fell afoul of the authorities ... and was arrested by the Holy Order ... This book produces 35 of Lucrecia's most captivating dreams ... The imagery of her visions was astonishing ... while the stories that they tell are compelling ... and of immense historical signficance ... The editor Roger Osborne gives a commentary around each dream ... which allows us to see the world through the eyes of Lucrecia ... and helps us to understand the nature of her visions ... and the time and place she inhabited ... This pioneering work shows us what history is like seen from the inside out ... 16th century religious mystics ... " The Dreamer of the Calle de San Sal vador - Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth Century Spain " ... edited by Roger Osborne ... published by Jonathan Cape , London 2001 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 25.95** [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2290] Book number: 2877 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	REED, FRED A. Salonica Terminus - Travels Into the Balkan Nightmare Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1996. First. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9 " 0889223688 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... feltpen line bottom edge ... Gift Giving quality ... 270 pages ... in English only ... illustrated with photographs ... Travels into the Balkan Nightmare ... A vivid, contemporary travelogue, this book explores a current landscape thronged with figures bent beneath the weight of history ... Through its pages lurch extremists, confidence men and would-be national saviours in the vivid, disarticulated manner of shadow puppets ... Injustice and blood, it suggests, breed revenge and further injustice in a land where memories are long and knives are sharp ... From Bosnian actuality to the emerging Macedonian potentiality as the Balkan flashpoint, Reed's travels in this region encounter a landscape inscribed with a shocking testimony: ethno-racilaist aspirations remain the only coin in which peoples feel they can express their belonging, their social solidarity; the only credible alternative to the blight of free market globalism ... " Salonica Terminus - Travels into the Balkan Nightmare " ... by Fred A. Reed ... published by Talonbooks, Vancouver *. NEW . USD 16.95** [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1496] Book number: 5244 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	ROSSANT , COLETTE Return to Paris - a Memoir - By Colette New York: Atria, 2003. 2003 Later Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. B&W Photos. 6 x 9 " 0743439678 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked, Jacket protected in New, clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 227 pages ... illustrated with B&W photographs ... In 1947, as Paris recovers from the war, young Colette Rossant returns to the city of her birth after eight years spent among warmhearted Egyptian relatives in Cairo ... Initially Paris seems gray and forbidding to the young Colette, especially after her mother abandons her to the disinterested care of her stern grandmother ... Yet Paris will prove the place where Colette awakens to her senses ... Her transformation from 'l'Egyptienne' to 'la Parisienee' begins when she is taken under the wing of the family cook, Georgette, who introduces Colette to the city's markets and inspires a love and talent for French cooking ... The streets of Paris soon become Colette's own as she navigates to and from her lycee - occasionally skipping class altogether, thus beginning a decades-long habit of making room for adventure in an otherwise disciplined life ... Colette is sixteen when her mother returns with a new husband, and although initially suspicious of the round man with the twinkling eyes, she soon realizes she has a soul mate in Almire Ducreux, her new stepfather ... Mira introduces Colette to her first truffle and her gastronomical self ... He will also be the only one to support her when she falls in love and runs away with a young American, scandalizing her proper French family ... With 'Return to Paris,' , Colette Rossant proves herself the true heir of M.F.K. Fisher ... In clear, understated prose she writes of a life lived and enjoyed passionately ... Memories and family stories segue gracefully into descriptions of great meals and recipes ... This is food writing at its finest ..." Return to Paris : A Memoir " ... by Colette Rossant.... published by Atria, New York, 2003 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket later printing ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6133 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	RUBIN, HANK / PETER N. CARROLL Spain's Cause Was Mine - a Memoir of an American Medic in Spain , in the Spanish Civil War - By Hank Rubin IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 " 0809321599 1997 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... STILL SEALED in original publisher's shrinkwrap ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 192 pages ... illustrated ... The Spanish Civil War ... from the foreword by Peter N. Carroll, author of The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War ... " While leaders of the so-called western democracies adopted strategies of appeasement toward the fascist peril ... many informed citizens well understood that another world war loomed ahead ... unless international aggression could be stopped ... Hank Rubin's quick decision on the UCLA Library steps , to join the International Brigades ... reflected less the impetuosity of youth ... than it did the sound realization ... sadly proven prophetic ... that Hitler meant to embroil all of Europe in war ... Letters written home from Spain by Lincoln brigaders repeated that refrain endlessly ... if fascism isn't stopped in Spain ... another world war ... involving everyone ... including the United States ... was imminent." ... A detailed memoir of a war-torn country; Rubin describes his journey through separatist Catalonia to join republican positions close to Madrid; and the political climate of the times, as the world dragged its feet and seemed reluctant to save Spain from fascist dictatorship ... ' Initially part of a combat unit, Rubin was sent to an army hospital, where he eventually stayed on as a medic, despite the fact that he hadn't had a chance to complete his pre-med studies back home; witnessing firsthand the awful residue of battle. Rubin discusses the prejudices he encountered when he returned to America following the collapse of the Spanish Republic and how, despite his almost immediate return to combat in WW II, suspicions about his loyalty shadowed him. Many saw the republican cause as identical with communism, which oversimplifies the war to the point of absurdity' ... " Spain's Cause Was Mine - A Memoir of an American Medic in the Spanish Civil War " ... by Hank Rubin ... with foreword by Peter N. Carroll ... published by the Southern Illinois University Press ... 1997 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition *. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 2263 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	SCHAEFFER, NEIL / REF: MARQUIS DE SADE Marquis de Sade, the - a Life . . . London: Picador, 2001. 2001 Printing. Soft Cover. 5 x 7-3/4 x 1-1/2" 0330319612 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 567 pages ... Against a magnificently embroidered backdrop of 18th century France, Neil Schaeffer reconstructs the almost incredible sexual and other adventures of Donatien-Alphonse-Francois , Marquis de Sade ... the man who gave to the language the word " sadism " .... He was deeply romantic, inexhaustibly charming, delusional and paranoid - this definitive life study shatters nearly 200 years of myth to reveal a Promethean figure of stunning complexity ... " The Marquis de Sade : A Life " ... by Neil Schaeffer ... published by Picador, London *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5257 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	SPITZ, LEWIS W. Protestant Reformation, the 1517 - 1559 ( Updated & Revised ) St. Louis: Concordia, 2001. Updated & Revised 2001 Edition. Soft Cover. 6 x 9" 0570033209 2001 Softcover updated & revised Edition ... Brand new from publisher. Never opened , Never owned . feltpen mark top edge . Gift Giving quality. 416 pages with index. This reissue of Lewis Spitz's classic volume on the Reformation offers a distinguished survey of Europe's remarkable century for a new generation of students and scholars. As the author noted in the original preface, "Good narrative history, with sound generalization and synthesis, is finally the historian's most serious task. It is that which distinguishes his work from that of the chronicler or the producer of monographs." In 9 chapters, covering virtually all facets of the movement known as the Reformation, this book narrates the history of Europe during four critical decades and protrays and interprets the religious, social, political, and economic changes of the 16th century as part of the church's story. Robert Rosin, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis , Missouri, says of this book : "Although monographs continue to add to the mosaic of 16th-century studies, there arguably has been no grand synthesis, no sweeping panorama, written on the Reformation since Lewis Spitz's volume ... a solid resource and a worthy retelling of one of those pivotal epochs in the human story, a true hinge of history." -" The Protestant Reformation : 1517 - 1559 " published by Concordia, St. Louis. Updated & Revised 2001 Edition *. New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5906 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	WAITE , JOHN Walk Through Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Italy , 3,000 Miles - Mean Feat England: J.H.Haynes & Co. / Oxford Illustrated Press, 1985. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. maps & drawings. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 1" 0946609195 1985 Hardcover in DJ 1st , imported from London ... Brand new from publisher ... Last one ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Jacket protected in New , non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... 288 pages with index & bibliography ... This is a handsome book ... avacado green cloth over boards, with Gold gilt title impressed on spine, in glossy color photo jacket ... illustrated throughout with B&W maps and small line illustrations by the author John Waite ... Born in Brazil and educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, Waite taught at Sussex, before setting out on adventure around the world, travelling, and teaching English in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, as well as walking through Bolivia and South - Western Europe ... When he set out, in 1981, on this fascinating 3000-mile journey, he set himself no time limit , to make it through Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy ... He was aware that this walk would test his physical and mental limits ... and it proved to be true ... as he found himself struggling under the fierce heat of the Spanish Plains .. and shivering up the icy mountain passes of Switzerland ... Throughout this entire period he had to cope with long periods of being on his own ... But the walk had many rewards, as well ... not only the beauty of the splendid countryside he as journeying through, but also the freedom of living rough for so long ... and interesting people he met in various places along the way ... Most of these were shepherds and farm-workers ... often the last generation of their families to be working the land ... and their own stories are delightful ... In the remote French village of Mas Bas, John paused to live and work awhile ... and his detailed study of the people of Mas Bas and their life is fascinating ... This is an exceptionally interesting book from a wirter whose eye for detail brings the reader into what he is seeing and experiencing ... A must-read for those contemplating walks through this part of Europe, and hours of enjoyment to be picked up again and again for armchair travellers at home ... Sections : The Iberian Penninsula - Portugal, Spain ... The Pyrenees to Grenoble - France ... The Alps - France , Switzerland , Italy ... Southbound - Italy ... " Mean Feat - A 3,000-mile Walk Through Portugal , Spain , France , Switzerland and Itayl " ... by John Waite ... published by J.H. Haynes & Co. / Oxford Illustrated Pub, England ... 1985 Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 1559a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	YOUNG, ALAN R. / BEERT VERSTRAETE English Tournament Imprese, the . . . Ams Studies in the Emblem Series New York: AMS Press, 1988. First. Hard Cover. Photos. 6 x 9 x 3/4 " 0404637035 1988 Decorated Hardcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Last one ... there is an unfortunate small ink smudge front and back to the cloth, not interfering with the decoration or titles ... Still extremely nice Gift Giving quality ... This is a handsome volume ... Bright red cloth over boards, with Silver gilt titles on spine and front, and a knight in armor on his charging steed impressed in Silver gilt on the front ... the same illustration appears in a B&W line drawing on the title page ... 196 pages in all ... 171 pages of text + illustrated with 25 pages of beautifully clear B&W photographs of impresa on shields, embroidery; of portraits, mottoes, and more ... Author Alan R. Young was fascinated by the art of the emblem and anxious to study English manifestations of it ... He devoted considerable research not only to the imprese themselves, but to tournaments as well ... The author says : " This book is an attempt to provide emblem scholars, art historians, and other scholars of related interests with descriptions of all the English tournament impresse that I have been able to identify ... including those I first saw in Dehn-Rotfelser's 1611 diary in Kassel ... In addition to descriptive details about each impresa, I have provided indexes for key words in the picture descriptions and in the mottoes and their English translations, these last provided as an aid to those less familiar than they might like to be with Latin and various other European langagues ... A number of supplementary lists have also been provided... To a large extent, my model has been Peter Daly's conception for an Index Emblematicus, the first volumes of which were published in 1985. However what is offered here is somewhat more modest, since I have omitted a number of the features to be found in Daly's index of Alciati. In particular, I have not placed my key words in contextual strings, and I have not provided a 'subject' index. Since my list of imprese is arranged alphabetically by motto, it has not been necesssary to provide separate alphabetical lists of mottoes... I owe a debt of gratitude to Beert Verstraete, a colleague in the Department of Classics at Acadia University, who gave generously of his time, and undertook the difficult task of translating the Latin mottoes. ' ... illustrations include a 16th century portrait of the Earl of Cumberland in his tournament armour, from the Metropolitan Museum in New York ... Sir Philip Sidney, 1576 ... impresa and monogram embroidered by Mary Queen of Scots ... 1610 design drawing by Inigo Jones for a knight dressed a l'antique ... portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1575 ... Robert & his brother Ambrose were central figures in the tournaments at the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ... A 16th century illustration of Four Knights Jousting, with each knight's heraldic signs on his horse bands identifying him, and each knight's impresa depicted above him on the drawing ... and more ... " The English Tournament Imprese " ... by Alan R. Young ... with translations from the Latin by Beert Verstraete ... published by AMS Press, AMS Studies in the Emblem Series ... 1988 ... Hardcover ... Brand New Gift Giving quality , with small ink smudge front and back *. New . USD 89.95** [Appr.: EURO 60 \| £UK 54.25 \| JP¥ 7939] Book number: 6027 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.

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	ARZT, DITA / NOSTRADAMUS Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original - in English for the First Time ) Toronto: Vasita Pub, 1998. First Thus. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 0968602207 1998 Softcover 1st . Brand new from publisher... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked. Gift Giving quality .176 pages. Author Dita Arzt says of this book : " From my early youth, I was drawn to his name like a magnet, not knowing why ... So often during my young age I would gaze in awe at the stars, searching for the images they created, find them and proudly call them by name. Especially then, I felt somehow connected to him, In 1953, a friend of mine introduced me to the German edition of the Nostradamus Dream Interpretation book. I was as fascinated with the book then as I am today, and was saddened to learn that it was no longer available in print. About 20 years later, while on a trip to Germany, I had not forgotten my desire to possess that book. By chance I tracked down my friend, only to be told by her son that she had passed away. In my sorrow I asked him about the existence of the dream book. He told me to wait while he retrieved it from the attic. As he gave it to me he said, "I know Mother would have given this to you because she liked you very much and knew how desperately you wanted ift for yourself." Overwhelmed, I returned to Canada, clutching my treasure tightly. In those 25 years since it has been mine, the book has truly enhanced my life through its accurate predictions and interpretations of my dreams. I am certain that fate has afforded me the opportunity to preserve Nostradamus' unique contribution to the world of dream interpretations. I am privileged to be able to provide the first-ever English translation of this book" . " Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original ) " published in English for the first time by Vasita Publications , Toronto 1998 softcover, in English only *. New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5886 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	ARZT, DITA / NOSTRADAMUS Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original - in English for the First Time ) Toronto: Vasita Publications, 1998. 1998 Printing. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 0968602207 1998 Softcover . Brand new from publisher. Gift Giving quality. Never opened , Never owned , Never marked. 176 pages. Author Dita Arzt says of this book : " From my early youth, I was drawn to his name like a magnet, not knowing why ... So often during my young age I would gaze in awe at the stars, searching for the images they created, find them and proudly call them by name. Especially then, I felt somehow connected to him, In 1953, a friend of mine introduced me to the German edition of the Nostradamus Dream Interpretation book. I was as fascinated with the book then as I am today, and was saddened to learn that it was no longer available in print. About 20 years later, while on a trip to Germany, I had not forgotten my desire to possess that book. By chance I tracked down my friend, only to be told by her son that she had passed away. In my sorrow I asked him about the existence of the dream book. He told me to wait while he retrieved it from the attic. As he gave it to me he said, "I know Mother would have given this to you because she liked you very much and knew how desperately you wanted ift for yourself." Overwhelmed, I returned to Canada, clutching my treasure tightly. In those 25 years since it has been mine, the book has truly enhanced my life through its accurate predictions and interpretations of my dreams. I am certain that fate has afforded me the opportunity to preserve Nostradamus' unique contribution to the world of dream interpretations. I am privileged to be able to provide the first-ever English translation of this book" . " Nostradamus ' Dream Interpretations ( Based on the 1928 German Original ) " published in English for the first time by Vasita Publications , Toronto 1998 , in English only *. New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5886a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID First Eden, the Mediterranean World and Man Boston: Little Brown, 1987. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 8 x 10 " 0316057509 Hardcover in DJ American 1st ... Very Good condition in Very Good Plus jacket ... previous owner's bookplate inside ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... Nice clean gift giving quality ... 230 pages + biblio + index ... illustrated throughout, with many color photos, painting repros, photos of antiquities & artifacts, & contemporary & color maps ... David Attenborough has been making natural history films for more than 30 years for the BBC , British Broadcasting Network, in England .... This is an excellent companion volume to his enormously popular television shows that have run on PBS in America .... " The First Eden - The Mediterranean World and Man " ... by David Attenborough ... published by Little Brown, Boston 1987 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket *. Very Good/Very Good Plus . USD 15.00** [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 17a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	BEYLERIAN, ONNIG / JACQUES LEVESQUE , EDS. Principal Powers and International Security Institutions After the Cold War 1989 - 1999 - Inauspicious Beginnings Montreal / Toronto: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004. First. Soft Cover. 6 x 9 " 0773526269 2004 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 311 pages ... At the end of the Cold War many experts expected organizations such as the UN, U.N, United Nations and NATO to play a major role in preventing and ending conflicts ... But despite major humanitarian disasters in the 1990s, the principal powers failed to create a more efficient system of security ... As a consequence, the United Nations Security Council has been incapable of responding efficiently to challenges, with its relevance further questioned by the United States Unilateral occupation of Iraq in 2003 ... Inauspicious Beginnings shows why and how principal powers resorted to international security institutions and points to why, in the end, they adopted a minimalist stance towards the development of these institutions ... " Inauspicious Beginnings - Principal Powers and International Security Institutions after the Cold War 1989 - 1999 " ... edited by Onnig Beylerian & Jacques Levesque ... published by McGill - Queen's University Press , Montreal / Toronto ... in English only *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5039 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	DOVAZ, MICHEL Bordeaux, the Great Wines - Encyclopedia of . . . The Classified Growths Paris, France ( English only ): Julliard, 1981. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos, Maps. 8-1/2 x 12-1/2 " 226000279X 1981 Hardcover in DJ imported from Paris ... all in English only ... Nice Clean Book was a gift and appears unopened and unread , with very clean outside and inside ... sm bump top edge ... 1981 Gift inscription from original owner inside in burgundy ink , and stock number inside front free endpaper ... Glossy Jacket has seen better days, but still protects the book ... dj has some wrinkling on back and edge closed tears all around ... we'll put it into a New , non-stick clear Mylar sleeve for you, to protect it, and so the edge splits won't be as noticeable ... 254 pages with index ... profusely illustrated with color photographs of the chateaux , maps of the Bordeaux region, and charts and tables showing the vintage years ... This is a big beautiful book ... 8-1/2 x 12-1/2" in size ... burgundy cloth over boards, with gold titles impressed on the front and spine, and matching burgundy endpapers ... The information is brilliantly laid out ... with each chateaux in the Bordeaux region of France , photographed in color ... a section on the grapes grown ... the cultivation and vinification ... a chart of the vintages of the wines ... and technical information about the wine and grapes and vintners in the area ... There is an extensive index ... and all text is in English only in this edition ... There is a recommendation for the ideal meal to accompany each of the wines, as well as a recommendation of the 'perfect' year for that particular wine, if you are buying a gift of wine for someone, or treating yourself, or just want to amass a knowledge of good wines ... There is a general map of the region, along with some general information about wine growing and the vintners arts in the introduction ... This is difficult to find this book printed in English ... This book is dedicated " To those who make the wine, and to their accomplices who imbibe it " ... " Encyclopedia of the Great Wines of Bordeaux - The Classified Growths " ... by Michel Duvaz ... publishers list price $95.00 ... published by Julliard, Paris , 1981 Hardcover in Dustjacket *. Very Good/Good . USD 60.00** [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 5681 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	HOUGH, RICHARD Potemkin Mutiny, the - a Dramatic Blow-By-Blow Account of the June 1905 Mutiny Aboard the Russian Battleship Battle Ship Potemkin Maryland: Bluejacket Pub. 1961 / 1996, 1996. First Thus. Soft Cover. 6 x 9" 1557503702 1996 Softcover ... published on the 35th anniversary of the publication of the 1961 book; 90 years after the event itself ... Brand new from publisher ... Gift Giving quality ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked .... 190 pages ... Hailed an an important contribution ... both to history and to sea literature ... when first published in 1961 ... this book gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the June 1905 mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin ... " The Potemkin Mutiny " ... by Richard Hough ... published by Bluejacket Pub. Maryland ... 1996 softcover *. New . USD 13.95** [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1231] Book number: 3438 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	LOPEZ, CLAUDE-ANNE / REF: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin and the Ladies of Paris - Mon Cher Papa - 1990 Edition with New Preface New Haven Connecticut / London: Yale University Press 1966 / 1990, 1990. First Thus. Soft Cover. 5 -1/4 x 8 -1/2 x 1-1/4 " 0300047584 Softcover , First 1990 Edition, from the 1966 Edition, with New 1990 Preface by the author ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... tiny tiny faint shelf bend small part glossy orange cover, not noticeable ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 404 pages illustrated with B&W reproductions of famous paintings , engravings , portraits of Franklin + chronology of Franklin's dealings with France + Biographical notes to his years in Paris ... Benjamin Franklin ... and Paris ... together , in the 18th century .... What a tale to tell ... and it is all true ... The beloved Ben Franklin was America's first ambassador ... a goodwill envoy ... a wise and published author ... and ... a notorious womaizer .... Of course, in that genteel era, they were considered ' romantic conquests ' ... and he had them by ... if not score, then quite a few ... and broke a lot of hearts along the way ... Madame Brillon ... La Contesse d'Houdetot , spectacularly unattractive, but inspiring great and long-lasting passions and known rougishly to schoolboys in America as " The Countess Hot-to-trot " ... Reading of his dalliances with some of the famed ladies of Paris, one could think it is no wonder that he stayed there so long ! ... But this book is so much more than that ... if offers a broader picture of Franklin's friendships as well ... with artistocrats and bourgeoise ... with scientists, philosophers, artists, and everyday people ... and provides essential psychological, social and biographical background for an understanding of the astounding accomplishments of his years in France ... Showcases Ben's own wit, wisdom, and understanding and love of people ... with numerous B&W reproductions of some famous paintings of Franklin ... biography / American history / European history - France ... " Mon Cher Papa - Franklin and the Ladies of Paris " ... by Claude-Anne Lopez , ( editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin and coauthor of The Private Franklin : The Man and his Family ) ... published by Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut / London ... 1996 ... New 1990 edition , with a new Preface by the author ... Softcover ... *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6061 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MILLER , STUART Painted in Blood - Understanding Europeans, the European Mind and Character - Unravels & Explains the Mystery of Europe New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 0689115318 1987 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edition ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 255 pages ... This book provides a unique insight into the European mind & character ... and unravels the mystery of Europe ... to explain it to Americans and others ... It explores Europe's violent past to show how the historical necessity to defend themselves still conditions the way Europeans think ... drive ... converse ... shop ... and conduct business ........ Essential reading for anyone interested in knowing Europeans and for North Americans who are interested in clarifying some of the roots of their own identities ... " Miller is convincing as he posits a coherent world view that influences Europeans' behavior so as to make it very different from that of Americans, and often not understandable to us. Using personal anecdotal evidence, Miller shows how Europe's continuous experience of war and its static hierarchical past account for Europeans' behavior and outlook. He contends that this leads to desirable and undesirable traits which Americans can learn from and must learn to live with." .... " Painted in Blood " ... by Stuart Miller ... published by Atheneum , New York ... 1987 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 141a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MILLER , STUART Painted in Blood - the European Mind and Character - Unravels & Explains the Mystery of Europe New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 0689115318 1987 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edition ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 255 pages ... This book provides a unique insight into the European mind & character ... and unravels the mystery of Europe ... to explain it to Americans and others ... It explores Europe's violent past to show how the historical necessity to defend themselves still conditions the way Europeans think ... drive ... converse ... shop ... and conduct business ........ Essential reading for anyone interested in knowing Europeans and for North Americans who are interested in clarifying some of the roots of their own identities ... " Painted in Blood " ... by Stuart Miller ... published by Atheneum , New York ... 1987 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 25.95** [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2290] Book number: 141b Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	OSBORNE, ROGER / LUCRECIA DE LEON Dreamer of the Calle de San Salvador , the - the Dreams of 19 Year Old Lucrecia de Leon in 1587 , During the Spanish Inquisition - Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth 16th Century Spain - Lucrecia de Leon Religious Visions London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 022406052X 2001 Hardcover in DJ 2nd printing ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... 252 pages ... Spell-binding ... horrific ... poetic ... apocalyptic ... heart-rending... disturbing ... prophetic, seditious, compelling ... and utterly fascinating ... the dreams of Lucrecia de Leon have lain ... virtually undisturbed ... in the archives of the Spanish Inquistion , for more than 400 years ... Lucrecia was a 19 year old from Madrid when ... in 1587 ... her dreams began to be recorded and published by a disaffected group of clerics ... Over the next 3 years they described 400 of Lucrecia's dreams ... which they considered to be messages from God ... The dreams warned of the defeat of the Armada ... of the death of King Philip II of Spain ... of the fall of Spain itself ... and of a new beginning under a new king ... all told in bold and highly original visions ... As some of her prophecies came true ... and as the Spanish court grew more discontented ... she fell afoul of the authorities ... and was arrested by the Holy Order ... This book produces 35 of Lucrecia's most captivating dreams ... The imagery of her visions was astonishing ... while the stories that they tell are compelling ... and of immense historical signficance ... The editor Roger Osborne gives a commentary around each dream ... which allows us to see the world through the eyes of Lucrecia ... and helps us to understand the nature of her visions ... and the time and place she inhabited ... This pioneering work shows us what history is like seen from the inside out ... 16th century religious mystics ... " The Dreamer of the Calle de San Sal vador - Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth Century Spain " ... edited by Roger Osborne ... published by Jonathan Cape , London 2001 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 25.95** [Appr.: EURO 17.5 \| £UK 15.75 \| JP¥ 2290] Book number: 2877 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	REED, FRED A. Salonica Terminus - Travels Into the Balkan Nightmare Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1996. First. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9 " 0889223688 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... feltpen line bottom edge ... Gift Giving quality ... 270 pages ... in English only ... illustrated with photographs ... Travels into the Balkan Nightmare ... A vivid, contemporary travelogue, this book explores a current landscape thronged with figures bent beneath the weight of history ... Through its pages lurch extremists, confidence men and would-be national saviours in the vivid, disarticulated manner of shadow puppets ... Injustice and blood, it suggests, breed revenge and further injustice in a land where memories are long and knives are sharp ... From Bosnian actuality to the emerging Macedonian potentiality as the Balkan flashpoint, Reed's travels in this region encounter a landscape inscribed with a shocking testimony: ethno-racilaist aspirations remain the only coin in which peoples feel they can express their belonging, their social solidarity; the only credible alternative to the blight of free market globalism ... " Salonica Terminus - Travels into the Balkan Nightmare " ... by Fred A. Reed ... published by Talonbooks, Vancouver *. NEW . USD 16.95** [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1496] Book number: 5244 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	ROSSANT , COLETTE Return to Paris - a Memoir - By Colette New York: Atria, 2003. 2003 Later Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. B&W Photos. 6 x 9 " 0743439678 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked, Jacket protected in New, clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 227 pages ... illustrated with B&W photographs ... In 1947, as Paris recovers from the war, young Colette Rossant returns to the city of her birth after eight years spent among warmhearted Egyptian relatives in Cairo ... Initially Paris seems gray and forbidding to the young Colette, especially after her mother abandons her to the disinterested care of her stern grandmother ... Yet Paris will prove the place where Colette awakens to her senses ... Her transformation from 'l'Egyptienne' to 'la Parisienee' begins when she is taken under the wing of the family cook, Georgette, who introduces Colette to the city's markets and inspires a love and talent for French cooking ... The streets of Paris soon become Colette's own as she navigates to and from her lycee - occasionally skipping class altogether, thus beginning a decades-long habit of making room for adventure in an otherwise disciplined life ... Colette is sixteen when her mother returns with a new husband, and although initially suspicious of the round man with the twinkling eyes, she soon realizes she has a soul mate in Almire Ducreux, her new stepfather ... Mira introduces Colette to her first truffle and her gastronomical self ... He will also be the only one to support her when she falls in love and runs away with a young American, scandalizing her proper French family ... With 'Return to Paris,' , Colette Rossant proves herself the true heir of M.F.K. Fisher ... In clear, understated prose she writes of a life lived and enjoyed passionately ... Memories and family stories segue gracefully into descriptions of great meals and recipes ... This is food writing at its finest ..." Return to Paris : A Memoir " ... by Colette Rossant.... published by Atria, New York, 2003 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket later printing ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6133 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	RUBIN, HANK / PETER N. CARROLL Spain's Cause Was Mine - a Memoir of an American Medic in Spain , in the Spanish Civil War - By Hank Rubin IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 " 0809321599 1997 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... STILL SEALED in original publisher's shrinkwrap ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 192 pages ... illustrated ... The Spanish Civil War ... from the foreword by Peter N. Carroll, author of The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War ... " While leaders of the so-called western democracies adopted strategies of appeasement toward the fascist peril ... many informed citizens well understood that another world war loomed ahead ... unless international aggression could be stopped ... Hank Rubin's quick decision on the UCLA Library steps , to join the International Brigades ... reflected less the impetuosity of youth ... than it did the sound realization ... sadly proven prophetic ... that Hitler meant to embroil all of Europe in war ... Letters written home from Spain by Lincoln brigaders repeated that refrain endlessly ... if fascism isn't stopped in Spain ... another world war ... involving everyone ... including the United States ... was imminent." ... A detailed memoir of a war-torn country; Rubin describes his journey through separatist Catalonia to join republican positions close to Madrid; and the political climate of the times, as the world dragged its feet and seemed reluctant to save Spain from fascist dictatorship ... ' Initially part of a combat unit, Rubin was sent to an army hospital, where he eventually stayed on as a medic, despite the fact that he hadn't had a chance to complete his pre-med studies back home; witnessing firsthand the awful residue of battle. Rubin discusses the prejudices he encountered when he returned to America following the collapse of the Spanish Republic and how, despite his almost immediate return to combat in WW II, suspicions about his loyalty shadowed him. Many saw the republican cause as identical with communism, which oversimplifies the war to the point of absurdity' ... " Spain's Cause Was Mine - A Memoir of an American Medic in the Spanish Civil War " ... by Hank Rubin ... with foreword by Peter N. Carroll ... published by the Southern Illinois University Press ... 1997 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition *. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 2263 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	SCHAEFFER, NEIL / REF: MARQUIS DE SADE Marquis de Sade, the - a Life . . . London: Picador, 2001. 2001 Printing. Soft Cover. 5 x 7-3/4 x 1-1/2" 0330319612 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 567 pages ... Against a magnificently embroidered backdrop of 18th century France, Neil Schaeffer reconstructs the almost incredible sexual and other adventures of Donatien-Alphonse-Francois , Marquis de Sade ... the man who gave to the language the word " sadism " .... He was deeply romantic, inexhaustibly charming, delusional and paranoid - this definitive life study shatters nearly 200 years of myth to reveal a Promethean figure of stunning complexity ... " The Marquis de Sade : A Life " ... by Neil Schaeffer ... published by Picador, London *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 5257 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	SPITZ, LEWIS W. Protestant Reformation, the 1517 - 1559 ( Updated & Revised ) St. Louis: Concordia, 2001. Updated & Revised 2001 Edition. Soft Cover. 6 x 9" 0570033209 2001 Softcover updated & revised Edition ... Brand new from publisher. Never opened , Never owned . feltpen mark top edge . Gift Giving quality. 416 pages with index. This reissue of Lewis Spitz's classic volume on the Reformation offers a distinguished survey of Europe's remarkable century for a new generation of students and scholars. As the author noted in the original preface, "Good narrative history, with sound generalization and synthesis, is finally the historian's most serious task. It is that which distinguishes his work from that of the chronicler or the producer of monographs." In 9 chapters, covering virtually all facets of the movement known as the Reformation, this book narrates the history of Europe during four critical decades and protrays and interprets the religious, social, political, and economic changes of the 16th century as part of the church's story. Robert Rosin, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis , Missouri, says of this book : "Although monographs continue to add to the mosaic of 16th-century studies, there arguably has been no grand synthesis, no sweeping panorama, written on the Reformation since Lewis Spitz's volume ... a solid resource and a worthy retelling of one of those pivotal epochs in the human story, a true hinge of history." -" The Protestant Reformation : 1517 - 1559 " published by Concordia, St. Louis. Updated & Revised 2001 Edition *. New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5906 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	WAITE , JOHN Walk Through Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Italy , 3,000 Miles - Mean Feat England: J.H.Haynes & Co. / Oxford Illustrated Press, 1985. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. maps & drawings. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 1" 0946609195 1985 Hardcover in DJ 1st , imported from London ... Brand new from publisher ... Last one ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Jacket protected in New , non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... 288 pages with index & bibliography ... This is a handsome book ... avacado green cloth over boards, with Gold gilt title impressed on spine, in glossy color photo jacket ... illustrated throughout with B&W maps and small line illustrations by the author John Waite ... Born in Brazil and educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, Waite taught at Sussex, before setting out on adventure around the world, travelling, and teaching English in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, as well as walking through Bolivia and South - Western Europe ... When he set out, in 1981, on this fascinating 3000-mile journey, he set himself no time limit , to make it through Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy ... He was aware that this walk would test his physical and mental limits ... and it proved to be true ... as he found himself struggling under the fierce heat of the Spanish Plains .. and shivering up the icy mountain passes of Switzerland ... Throughout this entire period he had to cope with long periods of being on his own ... But the walk had many rewards, as well ... not only the beauty of the splendid countryside he as journeying through, but also the freedom of living rough for so long ... and interesting people he met in various places along the way ... Most of these were shepherds and farm-workers ... often the last generation of their families to be working the land ... and their own stories are delightful ... In the remote French village of Mas Bas, John paused to live and work awhile ... and his detailed study of the people of Mas Bas and their life is fascinating ... This is an exceptionally interesting book from a wirter whose eye for detail brings the reader into what he is seeing and experiencing ... A must-read for those contemplating walks through this part of Europe, and hours of enjoyment to be picked up again and again for armchair travellers at home ... Sections : The Iberian Penninsula - Portugal, Spain ... The Pyrenees to Grenoble - France ... The Alps - France , Switzerland , Italy ... Southbound - Italy ... " Mean Feat - A 3,000-mile Walk Through Portugal , Spain , France , Switzerland and Itayl " ... by John Waite ... published by J.H. Haynes & Co. / Oxford Illustrated Pub, England ... 1985 Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 1559a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	YOUNG, ALAN R. / BEERT VERSTRAETE English Tournament Imprese, the . . . Ams Studies in the Emblem Series New York: AMS Press, 1988. First. Hard Cover. Photos. 6 x 9 x 3/4 " 0404637035 1988 Decorated Hardcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Last one ... there is an unfortunate small ink smudge front and back to the cloth, not interfering with the decoration or titles ... Still extremely nice Gift Giving quality ... This is a handsome volume ... Bright red cloth over boards, with Silver gilt titles on spine and front, and a knight in armor on his charging steed impressed in Silver gilt on the front ... the same illustration appears in a B&W line drawing on the title page ... 196 pages in all ... 171 pages of text + illustrated with 25 pages of beautifully clear B&W photographs of impresa on shields, embroidery; of portraits, mottoes, and more ... Author Alan R. Young was fascinated by the art of the emblem and anxious to study English manifestations of it ... He devoted considerable research not only to the imprese themselves, but to tournaments as well ... The author says : " This book is an attempt to provide emblem scholars, art historians, and other scholars of related interests with descriptions of all the English tournament impresse that I have been able to identify ... including those I first saw in Dehn-Rotfelser's 1611 diary in Kassel ... In addition to descriptive details about each impresa, I have provided indexes for key words in the picture descriptions and in the mottoes and their English translations, these last provided as an aid to those less familiar than they might like to be with Latin and various other European langagues ... A number of supplementary lists have also been provided... To a large extent, my model has been Peter Daly's conception for an Index Emblematicus, the first volumes of which were published in 1985. However what is offered here is somewhat more modest, since I have omitted a number of the features to be found in Daly's index of Alciati. In particular, I have not placed my key words in contextual strings, and I have not provided a 'subject' index. Since my list of imprese is arranged alphabetically by motto, it has not been necesssary to provide separate alphabetical lists of mottoes... I owe a debt of gratitude to Beert Verstraete, a colleague in the Department of Classics at Acadia University, who gave generously of his time, and undertook the difficult task of translating the Latin mottoes. ' ... illustrations include a 16th century portrait of the Earl of Cumberland in his tournament armour, from the Metropolitan Museum in New York ... Sir Philip Sidney, 1576 ... impresa and monogram embroidered by Mary Queen of Scots ... 1610 design drawing by Inigo Jones for a knight dressed a l'antique ... portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1575 ... Robert & his brother Ambrose were central figures in the tournaments at the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ... A 16th century illustration of Four Knights Jousting, with each knight's heraldic signs on his horse bands identifying him, and each knight's impresa depicted above him on the drawing ... and more ... " The English Tournament Imprese " ... by Alan R. Young ... with translations from the Latin by Beert Verstraete ... published by AMS Press, AMS Studies in the Emblem Series ... 1988 ... Hardcover ... Brand New Gift Giving quality , with small ink smudge front and back *. New . USD 89.95** [Appr.: EURO 60 \| £UK 54.25 \| JP¥ 7939] Book number: 6027 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.