Search Results: Authors starting with A from RSM BOOKS

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1982. 174 pp, b/w illustrations, flatsigned by author on title page, minor foxing to top edges, a little shelfwear and dustjacked bumped on top end of spine. A selection of letters culled from nearly forty years' correspondence between George Robertson - described variously as that "black Calvinist" by Norman Lindsay in one of his more intemperate moments, and as a "wise and generous" autocrat by C.E.W. Bean - and the novelists, poets, essayists, artists and other people connected with the publishing activities of Angus & Robertson.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.

Sydney: Edwards & Shaw, 1969. 240 pp, foxing to edges, signed by the author on the title page and consequent ink smudges on the opposite page. Correction by the author on the copyright page, edited by Marien Dreyer, with a foreword by Judge Sir Adrian Curlewis. Small closed tear on front of d/j. Some of the stories in this book are horrifying - more horrifying in that they are true and without any embroidery to hide the horror.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Bindaree, 1995. 357 pp, signed by the author on the half-title page. This is a love story. A tale of new love, old love and two of my characters prove that love really is lovelier the second time around. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine.

Australia: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. 137 pp, signed by the author on the title page. A young man sets out to assassinate Hitler using his father's old World War I revolver; a watch salesman leaves a mounting trail of destruction as he goes on a rampage in the shops he calls at; a mysterious stranger with a suitcase arrives at a busy international airport; the last inhabitant of a dead town, its undertaker, contemplates his future; a new neighbour exhibits some exceptional but alarming abilities..... Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: Blackhead Ink, 1993. 197 pp, signed by the author on the inside of the front cover with a personal dedication to the previous owner. This is a radical and refreshingly new approach to the all important area of creating a vibrant and healthy being through the judicious use of natural wholesome foods and practices that is environmentally sound and spiritually mature.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Great Britain: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1974. 95 pp., signed by the author on the fep with a personal dedication to the previous owner. This fascinating and, at times, hilarious account of a young woman's entry into the Dental profession panders to the interest shared by us all in matters medical - especially when someone else is on the receiving end.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Crown 8vo.

Melbourne: AE Press, 1984. 107 pp, illustrated, signed by author on title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, faded along edges of cover, spine scuffed. In this book Grassby approaches the issues on a very personal level, illustrating his arguments with anecdotes and observations we can all recognise and identify with.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Sydney: Australian Antique Trader Publication, 1985. 126 pp, b/w illustrations, signed and dated by Alan Carter on fep with a personal dedication to the previous owner. D/j faded on spine. This is not a book about deals and dealing within the antique trade, although they do come into it. This is a book of fun and anecdotes about the people (characters one and all), to be found within, and on the fringes of the second hand and antique business during the period of 1950 to 1966.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Baron Tony. 8vo.

Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press, 1971. 455 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the title page, bookplate on half-title page, foxing to edges, d/j chipped on spine and corners. Here the author recounts the incredible happenings during Gorton's term as Prime Minister with all the drama of a novel - he was one of the few men who saw the events, reported the facts, and recognised, before almost anyone else, the inevitable outcome.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Subsidy Press, 1991. four laminated single books in one slipcase, with b/w illustrations inside the books, coloured illustrations on the front cover of the books and photos on the slipcase. Tanglefoot Tales: a collection of short stories. Flickers and Glows: a miscellany of short stories covering a range of topics and ideas that reflect the wide views and experience of the author. Real Things Like This: follows the fortunes and adventures of Toby Thomas Blunden through his boyhood diary jottings. Gossamer: a collection of verse forming a rich and varied commentary on the thoughts and ideas of the author.. Reprint. Hard Cover in Slipcase. As New/As New. 8vo.

Australia: Penguin Books, 1988. 164 pp, signed by the author on the title page. This book also provides a guide to the language of theatre, film, television, radio, books and other attempts of communication.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Christchurch: Whitcoulls Publishers, 1976. 194 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by Alex Veysey and Fergie McCormick on the title page, d/j spine faded in the red coloured area and slightly bumped. Here is Fergie McCormick's story as told to Veysey. Fergie tells it straight. The same way he plays his rugby - with guts, with enjoyment, with total involvement on the paddock in the game of the day.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Penguin Books, 1988. 125 pp, signed by the author on the clipped and stamped half-title page. Francine was propelled into the world via Sydney's North Shore. She knows the word 'quintessential', workshops playscripts and can pronounce feuilletes. She meets Trissy, gorgeous ingenue from the West in her white bomber jacket and rose-tinted blusher, hellbent on moving up from the aluminium teapots of her origins to the high table of 'achievers'.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: Omnibus Books, 1995. 167 pp, signed by the author on a bookplate on the inside of the front cover. Baillie looks at the real - and the unreal - in thirteen thought-provoking stories that amuse, engage, chill and shock.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine.

Sydney: Wentworth Books undated, illustrated by the author on every page, flatsigned by the author on title page, slight foxing on edges and d/j. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo Oblong.

Australia: Pease Training International, 1996. 391 pp, signed by the author on the half-title page, illustrated. This book will give you freedom from the chains of mental and verbal bondage. And it contains jokes guaranteed to offend the Freedom of Speech Police.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1990. 353 pp, flatsigned by the author on the title page, stamped introduction page. It is 1963 and the people of Saigon are recoiling at the brutality and terrorism of the Diem regime as it seeks to suppress all dissent in a single-minded determination to hold power. Despite this turmoil, the expatriate community of bankers, bar owners, traders, intelligence operatives and embassy officials revel in good food and wine, diverse forms of sexual gratification and opium-inspired dreams.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Sydney: The Sydney Club Limited, 1989. 146 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the inside cover. This is the story of the Sydney Club, founded on an ideal in 1912, a club which lives on right in the heart of the city of Sydney.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Sydney: The Sydney Club Limited, 1988. 146 pp, b/w illustrations, bookplate on endpaper: Number 119 in a series from the first five hundred copies, acquired by Mrs. Rowe, signed by the author and the president Mr. Withall on endpaper, foxing on edges and endpapers. This is the story of the Sydney Club, founded on an ideal in 1912, a club which lives on right in the heart of the city of Sydney.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Sydney: Renaissance, 1987. 232 pp, b/w photos, colour illustrations photos on endpapers, signed by the author on the title page,. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.