Search Results: Authors starting with F from RSM BOOKS

London/sydney: Harcourt Press, 1968. 248 pp, signed by the author on fep with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Dustjacket price-clipped and scuffed along edges and on corners, foxing/staining on edges. Until a young hoodlum named Neilson shattered the even tempo of their lives, few families had enjoyed a more tranquil existence than the Herringtons of Murraybrig, an old pioneering family.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Harcourt Press, 1966. 239 pp, b/w photographs, signed by Jessica Thwaites to previous owner on half-title page, previous owner's name on verso of front cover. By car through Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, etc.. Signed. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Sydney: Elan Publishing, 1990. 189 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by both authors on the half-title page, d/j slightly scuffed on corners and spine, small closed tears on rear d/j, slight foxing on edges. . Signed by Both Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Sun Books, 1993. 343 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the title page (Mario) with a personal dedication to the previous owner. In this book I will honestly set the record straight on the many incidents which have punctuated my career. Within these pages you will gain a better understanding of my personality and the difference between the powerful, often misguided image the media presented and the real me as I strove to achieve a personal best with every tackle, every run and every game.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Methuen Drama, 1984. 253 pp. This is the story of The Musicians of Ausschwitz, the bizarre and shocking story of the death camp's female orchestra, translated from the French by Judith Landry. The story was made into a TV movie in 1980, whereby Vanessa Redgrave played Fania Fenelon. This paperback book is signed by Vanessa Redgrave "To Sue, every good wish, Vanessa Redgrave" on the critics page. Slight scuffing along edges, creased corner. Signed. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

London: Penguin Books, 1990. 293 pp, flatsigned and dated by the author on the title page. A nosy nun discovers a body in a park. There is immediately a police cover up. A Vietnam veteran spies on his old sweetheart. A man tries to rape his wife's lover. A woman disappears from a loony bin with the help of a street-wise kid (who may be a figment of her imagination). Detective Senior Constable Margot Gorman - straight, strong, down-to-earth - has to make sense of all this.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine.

Sydney: The Currency Press, 1985. 136 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the editor on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, slightly faded on spine. This is the original dramatisation of Rolf Boldrewood;s World Famous Australian Romance. Richard Fotheringham has edited this play from the manuscript which survives in the British Library London.. Signed By Editor. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: The Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc., 1989. 190 pp. b/w photographs, signed by authors and editor on the half-title page with personal dedications to the previous owner. Sixty years ago,Australian writers had to live and die in poverty. Then some of them began to struggle for a better future - for themselves and for their country. This is the story of their struggles. . Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1952. 240 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by author with a personal note to the previous owner on half-title page, dust jacket worn. This is the cheerful record of Clune's impressions, which range over a wide variety of scenes, history, and great personages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/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.

Sydney: Invincible Press, 1946. 350 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the half-title page with a dedication to the previous owner, old tape marks on endpapers, foxing on edges, endpapers and some pages, d/j chipped on corners and spine, partially repaired with cello tape which left consequent marks on d/j, shelfwear. The book describes a six months' tour of 30,000 miles through India, Ceylon an Burma, including visits to all the chief cities, provinces, Native States and war zones.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Invincible Press, 1950. 309 pp, b/w illustrations and maps, signed by author on the half-title page with a personal note to the previous owner, d/j chipped on spine and corners with small tears on rear. With a sure skill, Clune weaves history and contemporary fact into an exciting and significant pattern that will delight armchair travellers who accompany him on this unusual tour through Italy, Switerland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Austria and Greece, by plane, train and jeep wagon.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

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.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1956. 322 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author with a dedication to the previous owner on the half-title page, foxing on edges, d/w chipped on spine and edges. Describes vividly with Clune's usual careful observation and lively, easy-to-read style, what he saw, what he did, and what he learnt on his wanderings in the 'miniature continent' which he believes to be unlike any other land on earth.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1958. 208 pp, b/w illustrations, ink stains on index page, foxing on edges and endpapers and d/j rear.The glamorous islands of the South Pacific - Fiji,Samoa and Tahiti - are vividly depicted in Clune's latest travel story.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

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.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1956. 216 pp, illustrated, previous owner stamp on first five pages, foxing on edges and endpapers, d/j price-clipped and chipped all around. This is a true and thrilling story of violence in Victoria's gold-rush days one hundred years ago. The Colony of Victoria was not founded under the Convict System, but the gold rushes brought an influx of dangerous criminals from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, who created a reign of terror by robbing travellers on the roads to and from the diggings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Reilly Virgil. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1961. 262 pp, b/w illustrations, slight foxing on edges and flaps, d/j chipped on spine and slightly on corners and edges. The Australian capital city of Canberra and the near-by gigantic development of the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric works are visited by 300,000 sightseers each year. This book explains why so mane make the pilgrimage to Canberra and the Snowy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1954. 248 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author with a dedication to the previous owner on the half-title page, foxing on edges and endpapers. Zestful, indefatigable, irrepressible - these are some of the many adjectives that have, at one time or another, been applied to Clune in endeavours to pin down the characteristics of his writing. This book demonstrates, there is a solid basis of fact and a careful gleaning of information, behind his most buoyant observations. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1953. 271 pp, illustrated, signed by author with a personal note to the previous owner on the half-title page, dust jacket frayed on top edges. Clune has been off again on another of his modern voyages of exploration - this time to Holland. Since the Dutch played a great part in discovering Australia 350 years ago, he argues, it was perhaps appropriate for an Australian now to 'discover' Holland. This is the log book of his travels.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Zimmerman Bert. 8vo.