Eight marvelous essays on food, justice and the rich life in France, Italy and Europe by the astute British novelist Sybille Bedford, all originally appearing in Vogue, Esquire and other magazines. The collection spans Europe from the chateaux of Bordeaux to the back streets of Tito's Yugoslavia. The publication of this classic account (with an appreciative forward by Jan Morris) is the latest in a series of Bedford's novels and writing reissued in handsome paper editions. Her prose is dazzling , and her wit razor sharp.  (EUR148, $16.00)