BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Three Ink Lines and Some Dots to Lower Edge); Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Ink on Cover Panel, Lower); Blemish on Cover Panel, Due to Previous Sticker Presence; Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderately Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: 1903-1938. CONTENTS: 1. Youth in Holland 2. In the Backwash of War 3. Parisian Days 4. Men and Events 5. The Street of Our Lady 6. Notes from an African Diary 7. Ethiopian Interlude 8. After Seven Centuries 9. L'Infame 10. World Without End. SYNOPSIS: Days of Our Years is autobiography, but autobiography in which the details of the author's life are incidental and subordinate to the more significant chronicle of his times. In a larger and more literal sense, this book is the biography of a generation as reflected in the life of one man whose profession placed him wherever history was being made; in France, Germany, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Ethiopia, Spain. Although the book deals specifically with our generation, the tapestry is woven on a frame of continuity in which something of the past and something of the future are inextricably linked. For "all the ages through which people live are pages from the same book and whatever we are today is the result of the long travail of the centuries." Beginning with life in a small town in Holland at the turn of the century, we see the first stirrings of libertarianism in what was previously a closed Calvinist intellectual theocracy. Then come glimpses of the World War, enough to make us shudder, and more intensely and in greater detail the period immediately after the War. We see the background of the present European chaos, the nationalist greed that culminated in Munich--Bruening on his knees pleading with Laval to save the German democracy--German pilgrims on French battlefields crying, "Nie wieder Krieg!" Never again war--two peoples with outstretched arms hoping, praying for peace. Here are intimate sidelights on Marshal Luyatey, who criticizes Pontius Pilate's espionage service for not having discovered Christ the Agitator sooner; Dreyfus, symbol of a cause which brought France to the brink of civil war, refusing to protest the martyrdom of Sacco and Vanzetti; Clemenceau, who, bringing back the shadows of the past, said of his friend Herzl, founder of political Zionism, "A fire cannot be hidden. There was a breath of eternity in that man Herzl. He had seen the Burning Bush, le buisson ardent de Moise. He was a man of genius, not to be confounded with a man of talent. There are plenty of men of talent in the world. Men of genius are rare." Mussolini, the poseur, who had a dentist extract the teeth of a lion before he wrestled with it for the delectation of his Black Shirts; Hitler, who in 1928 vowed, "I will make life impossible for the Jews in Germany, and I will not rest till I have destroyed the influence of the Jews in the whole of Europe.and in the world." All these and many more pass in this fabulous pageant. Whether Mr. van Paassen speaks of the tranquility of life in a small French village or of war in Ethiopia, modern Italian fashion "with chunks of human flesh quivering on the branches of the trees," he brings to his material a deep compassion and love for mankind. Here is humanism at its best, the revelation of a free spirit and a belief in the fundamental dignity of man. The impact of this book is unforgettable, and its reading a genuine emotional and spiritual experience. In Pierre van Paassen there is a strange blending of the old world and the new, and--for that matter--of the old generation and the new. Born in the old world, educated in the strict rigor of a young divinity student, he has by sheer force of intellectual integrity become a citizen of the wider world and a product of our times. Mr. van Paassen says somewhere,

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Days of Our Years

Publisher

Hillman-Curl, Inc., New York

Publication Date

1939

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First Edition 1st Printing.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

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For a good portion of the 1990's, our family was interested in the idea of entering the used book business. We are all avid readers, book lovers, and book collectors who cannot pass a bookstore without popping in. Family trips to the library and our local used bookstore were a regularity while growing up. With each of us having interests in different genres (with a little overlapping here and there), we cover a lot of bases. The thought of having a store of our own was appealing, and the hunt was on - both for stock and a location. We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born. In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business. For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other. But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here. We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.

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To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, Past Pages, 1184 Cedar Street, L1J 3S2, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, 1 905-579-1812, of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail). You may use the attached model cancellation form, but it is not obligatory. You can also electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". If you use this option, we will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a cancellation on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

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You shall send back the goods or hand them over to us or Past Pages, 1184 Cedar Street, L1J 3S2, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, 1 905-579-1812, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

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