siegfried cynthia (7 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | On the day my husband, Jim, was diagnosed with cancer, we began a journey that changed us forever. I was just a passenger, along for the ride, but I was profoundly affected by the illness. Jim frequently said he believed cancer is harder on the caregiver than the patient; I don't believe that for a minute. One thing, though, is certain: the view from the passenger seat is.different. During our trip, I learned that being caregiver to a seriously ill person has problems different from, but equally as serious as, those of the patient. Like many thrust into this position, I was ill-equipped to handle the job. For help I turned to God, who "showed me great and mighty things, which I had not known before" (Jeremiah 33:3). After recovering from the initial shock of the diagnosis, I determined to help my husband fight the disease. I hoped that through diligent research we could learn which treatments, tools, and tricks might put him in the ten percent who survived this kind of cancer for five years. I became a woman with a mission. But I soon realized this missionary needed help. My real burden as a caregiver was the emotional stress not the physical. A cancer diagnosis is followed by a psychological and spiritual crisis as we move through the stages of grief toward acceptance. Before I could accept the possibility of my husband's death,I had to answer the basic question "Why are we here and where are we going?" Once I had done that I was able to rest on God's promises and find hope in the midst of a grim prognosis. When I relinquished all illusions of control and depended on God for my strength and wisdom my burden was lightened. I actually experienced moments of humor and joy on what would otherwise have been a dismal, terrifying trip. I found my place was not in the driver's seat but in the passenger seat offering support to my husband, as God lovingly chauffeured us over the peaks and through the valleys. True to His Word, He made "a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert" (Isaiah 43:19). On the journey I learned more about the character of God. He helped me develop an attitude of thankfulness. As He met our every need, spiritual and emotional, I learned how the "Law of the Harvest" works. He showed me how to share my experiences with others to bring glory to Him. When I responded in obedience, the floodgates of heaven opened and He showered me with abundant blessings in the middle of a life crisis. As I moved through the stages of grief, God held me in His hand. I have never felt closer to Him than during that time. When I handed the steering wheel over to God, He guided me through each stage of the journey and left me with the roadmap I share in this story.

Zustand: Good. Colour frontis +16 fullpage drawings including one doublepage plate by Lionel Edwards. Oblong octavo beige cloth pictorially gilt (damp stain to edges) 80pp + doublepage sepia horse drawing endpapers. Each author writes his reminiscence of his horses. Pencil gift inscription to half title. All pages clean, unmarked and no damp marks to pages or illustrations, slight tanning to paper else clean and tight. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Lionel Edwards (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this collection of reminiscences from many authors. First edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and nineteen in-text drawings and sketches. Thoughts on Horses and Hunting by Siegfried Sassoon, an English war poet, writer and soldier. 'A Gaucho in the Pampa' by Aime Felix Tschiffely, a Swiss-born Argentine professor, author, and adventurer. 'Granny's Story' by Cynthia Asquith, an English writer and socialite known for her ghost stories and diaries. 'An Artist and his Horse', by Lionel Edwards, a British artist who specialized in painting horses and British country life. 'My Welsh Pony' by Laurian Jones, a British author and artist. 'I Become a Racehorse Owner' by Vic Oliver, an Austrian-born British musician, entertainer, comedian, and actor. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards. In the original yellow cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper also very smart with light shelf wear only. Illustrated pastedown and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. This is the blurb from the dustwrapper: " MY FIRST HORSE contains the hitherto unpublished reminiscences and stories of six well known men and women who need no special introduction. SIEGFRIED SASSOON, the author of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, writes on Horses and Hunting. A. F. TSCHIFFELY, in A Gaucho in the Pampa, tells of his first horse 'a lovely chap, a golden-red and snow-white skewbald with a bristly mane, proud fiery eyes and a long flowing tail,' and of Luna, the piebald, whom he bought in South America. CYNTHIA ASQUITH speaks of High Horse, the pony whom Granny rode when she was a little girl. LIONEL EDWARDS remembers the days when he was a poor student in London and bought his first horse for the sake of his health. LAURIAN JONES introduces Jim, her chestnut Welsh pony, with a strong will of his own, and VIC OLIVER confides how he became a racehorse owner when he bought Heart, a bay gelding, who, to quote his proud owner, 'had the meekness of a lamb, and the courage of a lion.' MY FIRST HORSE has been illustrated by LIONEL EDWARDS, the acknow-ledged first draughtsman of horses and the hunting field." Yellow cloth with huntsman on his mount in gilt on the front, in dustwrapper with colour illustrations by Lionel Edwards on the front and rear.The book has 80 pages, with illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece, and illustrated throughout with drawings, all illustrations are by Lonel Edwards.10 X 7.5 inches.Very good book with foxing and browning along the edge of the boards, and page edges. The dustwrapper is quite good with wear to corners and spine ends, with a little loss to the spine ends, a few very short edge tears, and edge creasing. original "9s 6d net" price inrtact on the corner of the front flap.