Search Results: Authors starting with R from RSM BOOKS

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1989. 178 pp. colour illustrations, signed to previous owner by Helen Goldsmith, the illustrator on title page, minor shelfwear on spine. In the many years since he left home at the age of 14 to go bush - and starting out as a lime burner and camel boy and moving on to found the manufacturing enterprise that has made his name a byword in the outback - R.M. Williams has himself led the sort of life that legends are made of and along the way has shared many a camp fire and confidence with people of widely different persuasions, from preachers to horse-thieves. A compelling raconteur, in this fascinating collection he tells of some of his most memorable encounters.. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Goldsmith Helen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hindhead: Heidelberg Publishers Limited, 1984. 176 pp, limited edition of 250 copies of which this is copy No. 105, flatsigned by the editor on the title page, slight scuffing on d/j corners, edges and along spine. Among the convivial spirits that Ray has gathered together to form this third anthology of new writings about the needs and desires of the well-kept inner man - or woman - are such sages as J.B. Priestley, who reflects on a full life, Raymond Postage, who prescribes the contents of a wine library, Edward Crankshaw, who explores Soviet drinking-habits and Dacre Balsdon, who spies on an Oxford High Table, etc.. Signed by Author. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Keogh Brian. 8vo.

USA: Vantage Press Inc., 1987. 143 pp, illustrated, signed by the author with a dedication to the previous owner on second fep, smudged fep, d/j faded along edges and spine. These are compelling and tightly constructed short stories, with the narrations as spare as the desert ecology. Tense dramas are played out, and the vast outback looms up in its immensity and starkness, with characters as varied as geologists, bush pilots, prospectors, and perhaps a ghostly aboriginal.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pieremont Richard. 8vo.

Manly: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1984. 64 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on title page. This book is published to give an outline of the major developments in the growth of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Manly since its inception in 1884. The building was designed by one of Sydney's famous architects, Sir John Sulman. The history is a tribute to the foresight and vision of the founders and all those who have served loyally to the present day.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1968. 91 pp, illustrated, signed and dated by author on free endpaper, foxing on endpapers, d/j faded along edges and spine. In modern poetry "There's too much complication and far too little joy" sings the balladist, so he makes his poems glad and bright - and this is just what McClure, the Sydney cartoonist, has made his illustrations.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by McClure Alan. Crown 8vo.

Australia: Penguin Books, 1987. 193 pp. b/w photographs, signed by the author on fep with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Hall gives a graphic account of the trial he covered for the Guardian, Time-Australia and Irish Radio. He details its revelations of abuses of power by intelligence officers and criticises their strange alliance with sections of the press. His incisive analysis provides a framework for understanding the curious psychology of spycatchers in Britain, Australia and the USA.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Spiro Press, 2001. Timeless insights from Shakespeare's greatest leader. 211 pp, b/w illustrations, SIGNED by the author with a dedication to the previous owner on the title page, previous owner name on half-title page. Henry V is Shakepeare's greatest leader - inspired and inspiring, visionary yet pragmatic, powerful yet responsible. This fascinating book draws on Olivier's intimate knowledge of the play, and its absorbing central character, to unmask the secrets of inspirational leadership and reveal the timeless lessons it holds for managers and leaders today.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Australia: Kangaroo Press, 1987. 107 pp, plus index, b/w illustrations, signed and numbered, #5, by the author on the title page. This unique reference book tells you what happened on each of the 365 (or 366) days of the year. Each day begins with the birthdays of famous people or organisations, then follows a brief account of the main events which occurred on this day in Australian history, politics, sport and entertainment, starting with the earliest event and finishing with the most recent.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

New York: The Seabury Press, 1980. 120 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author with a personal dedication to the previous owner on the front endpaper. Here is the story of Pope John Paul II told for young people. It is the story of a great religious leader but it is also the story of a fascinating and gifted man. It is the story of a man who never forgot what it was like to be a child.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.

South Australia: Peacock Publications, 1983. 52 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the first page, covers lightly soiled, rear bottom corner creased. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: HarperCollins, 1999. 306 pp, signed by the author on the title page with a personal note to the previous owner. A week's holiday in Shoal Bay, courtesy of Price Galese. All Les had to do was help Eddie Salita get rid of a crooked cop. Why not? Les always wanted to visit Port Stephens. And nobody liked Fishcake Fishbyrne that much anyway.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. As New.

Wollongong: Five Islands Press Associates, 1988. 96 pp, stamped on half-title page, signed by the author with a personal dedication on the title page. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Double Bay: Margaret Gee Publishing, 1993. 286 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by Sir James Hardy with a very personal note to the previous owner, on the half-title page, slight foxing to edges . This is the remarkable life story of a great Australian. Sir James Hardy, sportsman, wine maker, raconteur, businessman, community leader and family man. Rob Mundle has skillfully captured every colourful aspect of Sir James' surprisingly adventurous and at times harrowing, personal saga.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1982. 206 pp, b/w and colour photographs, signed by the author on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, d/j slightly faded on spine. Bradley, one of Australia's leading wine writers and co-founder of Expovin, has selected in this book ninety of his favourite wine makers. The wineries he has chosen are the smaller, high quality and often family concerns, producing a complex tapestry of wines with distinctly Australian character.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.

Australia: Private Eye/Deutsch, 1984. 72 pp. illustrated by Austin Platt, flatsigned by the author on the title page. This is not a history: it is rather a walk through time. The Abbotsleigh motto reminds us that 'Time flies faster than a weaver's shuttle' and we know that as the shuttle flies, a pattern is being woven as threads are intertwined.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Platt Austin. 4to Oblong.

Australia: Ron McLean, 1984. 144 pp, b/w illustrations, with a foreword by Geoff Pollard, President of the NSW Tennis Association. In this book, the author tells the story of those who reached the pinnacle of the game and the hundreds of others who fell just short of the top rank or carved out fine careers in Country tennis and the families and personalities of Country tennis over the last 75 years.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

St. Lucia: UQP, 1993. 206 pp, signed by the author on dedication page. Set in the decadent heat of a Brisbane summer, Lives on Fire is about different kinds of sexual desire - the desire that sustains and illuminates and the desire that flares up suddenly and destroys old landscapes forever.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Black Swan, 1989. 172 pp, signed by the author on the introduction page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. This is a riotously funny black comedy set in a Queensland of the very near future. The author's teetotal hypochondriac hero, Grafton Everest, is destined to become a late twentieth century Australian legend: an Antipodean early middle-age mix of Walter Mitty, Billy Liar and Sandy Stone. An anti-hero of outrageous proportions.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Austalia: Albatross Books Pty. Ltd., 1988. 159 pp, hardcover quarto size with dust jacket in very good condition; signed and dated with a personal dedication to the previous owner on the half-title page. Mystery and isolation, harshness and challenge, ice scape and wildlife; this is the Antarctic frontier today. Rowan Butler describes life in this unique environment as he writes about highlights of four expeditions, between 1981 and 986, to the frozen continent of the south.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Melbourne House, 1980. 196 pp. minor foxing to edges and eps, signed by the author on the title page, with a personal dedication to the previous owner. A man looks nostalgically back at his childhood years spent growing up amid the stark beauty and isolation of post-Second World War Australia. His youth remains relatively untouched by the turmoil going on around him as Australia recovers from the post-war depression.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.