Search Results: Titles starting with H from RSM BOOKS

London: Collins, 1937. 132 pp b/w illustrations and sketches, foxing to edges and eps, previous owner's inscription to fep, d/j browned and watermarked on spine. I have sometimes thought that one day I might be doing something of this sort and here it is, although, if anything, rather sooner than expected. I mean writing my reminiscences. In a way I feel there is a mistake about it somwehre, for I think reminiscences should really be written only when there is no possible chance of anything more being added to the list of one's experiences and as it is I fancy, and hope, there are still a good many more for me.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1951. 304 pp, b/w illustrations, signed and dated with a dedication to the previous owner on the half-title page, foxing on edges and some pages, d/j chipped on spine, edges and corners. Clune writes of his return to a country he had not visited since before World War I when, as a youth, he saw Canada from the viewpoint of a roamer willing to try anything once.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.

St. Lucia: UQP, 1992. 306 pp. foxing to edges, fep, title page, signed by the author on the title page, previous owner inscription on title page, slightly creased spine end and corner. This head-over-heels sequel follows Hugh through late adolescence and the early 1960s, from oil company clerk and budding poet to tongue-tied cadet journalist. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Bloomsbury, 1994. 182 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, signed by the author on the title page. Bruce is no ordinary footballer, his is no ordinary story and this is no ordinary book. If you only ever read one soccer autobiography, it has to be this one.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

St. Lucia: UQP, 1986. 73 pp, signed on free endpaper with a personal dedication to the previous owner, d/j slightly faded on spine. In his transit through landscape in Headlands, Beaver is never merely a tourist. For Beaver, winner of many prizes for his poetry, Headlands marks a new departure both in scope and genre.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Rastar Press, 1985. 337 pp, signed by the author on the title page. 13 guests at a health farm - an unknown killer - remote and exotic settings in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales - here are all the ingredients for a classic mystery thriller.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Pocket Books, 1993. 359 pp, signed by the author on the introduction page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. This is a story of love and sorrow, hope and triumph.. Signed by Author. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Queensland: Elizabeth I. Ellis, 1990. 231 pp. b/w photographs, flatsigned by the author on the title page, obscured previous owner's inscription on the dedication page. This is a factual account of the life of a trainee nurse, highlighting the hassles, the tragic and traumatic events and hilarious anecdotes occurring prior to and during the Second World War, in the era before the advent of antibiotics, ward domestics and wardsmen, before the introduction to country hospitals of section beds, rubber mattresses and hydraulic hoists, before the invention of the electrical ECG and monitoring machines and before life-support systems and other modern electrical equipment in the medical and surgical field.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: Margaret Gee Publishing, 1994. 228 pp, signed by Anne Matthews on the introduction page with a note to the previous owner. Tales of disaster and hardship hold an audience. This collection of hilarious horrible holidays is destined to make you laugh out loud, recoil in horror, empathise with the writer's predicaments and congratulate yourself on going somewhere else for your last vacation. Enjoy them all, with second-hand safety, from the cushioned comfort of your well-anchored traveller's armchair.. Signed by One Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: Cassell Australia Ltd, 1971. 306 pp, b/w and colour photographs. This is Volume Two of the Series: Historic Buildings of Australia. This second volume provides ample proof of the extent of the early settlers' aspirations. Wherever settlements were established, among the first permanent buildings to be raised were the government offices, the court houses and the military or police barracks - the nucleus of the new community and the essential requirement for the maintenance of law and order.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Australia: Cassell Australia Ltd., 1974. 302 pp, hardcover quarto size with dust jacket in very good condition; black and white and colour photographs. In this volume, the third in the series Historic Buildings of Australia” published in conjunction with the Australian Council of National Trusts, thirty seven of Australia's historic homes are described and superbly illustrated. Chronologically, the selection covers a hundred years from 1790 (Old Government House Parramatta) to 1890 (Government House ACT).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Australia: View Productions, 1986. 134 pp, b/w and colour photographs, minor foxing on edges. This volume contains a collection of Harding's best action pictures, depicting the confrontation between the two greatest car makers in this country, which became the biggest drawcard in Australian Motor Racing.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press, 1962. 235 pp, flatsigned and dated by the author on the title page, pale blue cloth covers with white lettering on front and faded gilt lettering on spine. Signed by Author. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

St. Lucia: UQP, 1982. 194 pp, signed by the author with a personal dedication to the previous owner on the title page. This is the first collection of stories from an astonishing new talent in Australian fiction. After many years in journalism, Masters turned to short fiction in 1977 and since then has won a number of prizes in major competitions.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.