Search Results: Titles starting with S from RSM BOOKS

England: Charmian Steele, 1991. 112 pp, b/w illustrations, flatsigned by the author on the title-page, with an introduction by Sir Anthony Parsons, slightly bumped on front cover bottom end. My special interest in Iraq and my love for its peoples, when combined with my pet hate – bullies and any form of bullying – probably meant that the creation of this work was inevitable. Writing the material involved long hours of hard work. Yet, looking back now, that part seem to have been easy when compared with the struggle involved in the production of the work in the form of this book: a story almost worthy of a publication of its own.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1962. 347 pp plus, b/w illustrations, signed by the author and John Blunden on the half-title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, slightly smudged on top edges. The author takes us on a tour of the streets of the city, one by one, describing the principal public and commercial buildings in Sydney, illustrating that Australia has been, and remains 'the Land of Opportunity' for men of enterprise and ability, with faith in the future.. Signed by Author. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Privately Published, 1961. 508 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the half-title page with a dedication to the previous owner, slight scuffing on d/j edges. Previous owner's name on the same page and also on the inside of the front cover. Front endpaper missing. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges. The author takes us on a tour of the streets of the city, one by one, describing the principal public and commercial buildings in Sydney, illustrating that Australia has been, and remains 'the Land of Opportunity' for men of enterprise and ability, with faith in the future.. Signed by Author. Subscribers' Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.

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.

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. 194 pp, flatsigned by the author on the title page, remainder mark. Set in the 1850s, this book is the vivid tale of Sarah's journey to Australia.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

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.

Sydney: Pan Books, 1996. 635 pp, signed by the author on the verso of the introduction page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. From the bloody waters off Cape Trafalgar to the treacherous coastline of New South Wales, this story swings like a pendulum between personal lives and history. A novel of fabulous scope and almost unimaginable hardship.. Signed by Author. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Ilfracombe: Arthur Stockwell, 1976. 220 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the dedication page, with a personal note to the previous owner, split gutter on page 161, minor foxing on edges and endpapers, d/j scuffed along edges. After a few years in a houseboat at Chelsea, John and Joan his wife, made a second, and this time 'lucky' attempt to settle in Australia where they seem, temporarily at least, to have come to an anchorage.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Australia: Wollangarra Inc., 1990. 244 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, flatsigned by the author on fep. This is the simple story of a small and seemingly minor project. It is the story of how a small bunch of like minded people with a dream, worked together with very special local community who could see the value in what we were doing, to put all our ideas into practice.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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: John Ryan, 1983. 377 pp, signed by the author on compliment slip on title page, corners creased. An epic novel of bawdy humour, passion and drama set during the great depression of the thirties which defies further fictional excursions into that er. It explores the intricate workings of a vast sheep and cattle station, a shearing shed, the ambitions, success and failings of those who work in the environment.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Australia: The Marist Fathers' Province, 1996. 184 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on fep, previous owner's inscription on fep as well. The war was over but the hate between Australia and Japan was not. A remarkable Australian the Japanese came to call Shimpu-san (Mister Priest) vowed to devote his life to healing this festering wound of war that would remain a threat to peace. Tony Glynn was 26 and one year into the priesthood when he went to Japan in 1952 to join the Marist mission there. 42 years later he was still there. Although dying from cancer, he refused to return home and continued his work until he dropped.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson/Arkon, 1975. 246 pp, signed by Alma Timms on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Set in Bohemian Paris, in London and in the vigorous new colony of New South Wales, this book tells the story of John Whitney, strange, brooding and hate-filled, who plans the downfall of his brother, Peter.. Signed. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Jove/HBJ Books, 1977. 246 pp, signed by Alma Timms on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Set in Bohemian Paris, in London and in the vigorous new colony of New South Wales, this book tells the story of John Whitney, strange, brooding and hate-filled, who plans the downfall of his brother, Peter.. Signed. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Australia: Random House, 1991. 188 pp, signed by the author on the half-title page with a personal note to the previous owner, shop stamp on same page. Max's mother always seems to be busy protesting against the woodchip indudstry, so he decides to give her a break and go to live with his father on the north coast of New South Wales. He packs his surfboard and dog and shoots through.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

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.

Australia: London Publishing Co., 1970. 187 pp, signed by the author on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, loosely inserted is a newspaper clipping covering the author's latest book "Westward Gold". Foxing on edges and endpapers, d/j scuffed along edges, bumped on spine and corners, small closed tears on front and rear. Dust jacket design by Ted Snell. This is a selection from over one hundred published stories and presents the many facets of Australian life: the north-west, the goldfields, the rural and the urban. Each is not only a show of colour but has a story to tell of the people who live there, and is told by an experience story-teller with a very human warmth, understanding and humour.. Signed by Author. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

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.

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: Pollard Publishing Co., 1970. 366 pp, b/'w photographs, flatsigned by Jack Pollard on the front endpaper together with a dedication note to the previous owner. Signed By Editor. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.