Search Results: Authors starting with M from RSM BOOKS

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1957. 234 pp. b/w photographs, signed by the author on endpapers with a personal dedication to the previous owner, d/j slightly chipped on corners and spine, insect damage to bottom corner of first 48 pages (wormhole). In this book, Ellis tells the history and operational detail of one of the most inspiring and fascinating projects in human co-operation and benevolence ever entered upon in any country.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Orion Books, 1992. 298 pp, signed by the author on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech tree which shades the schoolhouse in Shancarrig. Now those children are grown. They have different lives but it was the school that formed them and made them what they are.. Signed by Author. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

St. Lucia: UQP, 1985. 217 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by several rugby players Paul McLean, Tony Shaw, Mark Loane, Andrew Slack, Hugh Lunn and the author on the front endpaper. Slight foxing and smudges on edges and endpaper, dustjacket slightly scuffed on corners. For lovers of rugby union the world over, the story of Maul McLean - a Wallaby great - will rekindle memories of Australia's and Queensland's finest moments in rugby.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Malcolm Drinkwater, 1985. 73 pp, b/w illustrations, signed and dated by the author at the top end of the title page, just above the title. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

St. Lucia: UQP, 1984. 215 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author with a personal dedication to the previous owner on front endpaper. Under modern law in Australia, Aboriginal land rights have been influenced greatly by anthropological concepts of traditional Aboriginal society. This book analyzes the two key factors in land rights questions - law and anthropology. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Australia: North Rocks Press, 1989. 164 pp, b/w illustrations. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. At last, a spellbinding and vastly entertaining book about fathers. And a galaxy of famous people reveal fascinating, heart-warming and often very funny stories about their dad.. Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: North Rocks Press, 1988. 220 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. In this special year, the 1988 edition of Mum's The Word brings to life a number of superb portraits of great Australian mothers who played a vital and important role in our history; mothers like Elizabeth Macarthur, Caroline Chisholm, Mary Reibey, Sarah Durack and many others.. Signed by Author. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1992. 169 pp, signed by author on half-title page. Mark Bannister, writing the bestseller of the century, is found dead at his computer - the victim of a murder so perfect that Claudia Valentine smells a rat ... and wants it caught.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: YWCA, 1991. 264 pp, b/w photographs, flatsigned by the author on the title page. This is a lively and readable account of the YWCA from its beginnings in providing shelter for young working women during colonial times to its present-day confrontation with the complexities of urban living.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Australia: Albatross, 1991. 336 pp. b/w photographs, signed by Noreen Towers on the half-title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, cupring on rear cover, slight scuffing along edges. Here is an exciting story of tangible achievement recounted by a bestselling author. Noreen Towers' life challenges easy complacency and lack of involvement. It is proof that the work of professional carer can bring about change for good.. Signed. Soft Cover. Good.

Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1971. 157 pp, b/w photographs, signed by the author on the title page, bottom edges soiled. This is the story of our great Australian surgeon, Sir Alan Newton. Of all that he did throughout his life – for the establishment of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, for the high standards of our medical profession, for the improvement of medical education and, during his last years through the Second World War, for our country. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Stamford: Martin Smith, 1994. 144 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by author on title page, book is numbered 175 of 250. “If there is a more beautiful town in the whole of England I have yet to see it. The view of Stamford from the water-meadows on a fine June evening, about a quarter to half a mile upstream is one of the finest sights that England has to show.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Sydney: The Writer's Press 45 pp, signed by the author with a personal dedication on free endpaper. Signed by Author. First Edition. Stiffened Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Japan: Rikuyo Sha, 1988. 240 pp. Japanese/English Text, colour photographs. Please ask for shipping quote prior to ordering.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Australia: Vintage Books, 1996. 554 pp, signed by the author on the title page, corners slightly bumped. An ordinary man whose life, quite suddenly, spirals downwards into darkness and disaster. The elusive memories of childhood; innocence painfully remembered.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Australia: Hyland House, 1986. 288 pp. b/w photographs and additional b/w photo loosely inserted, signed by the author on title page, minor shelfwear and bottom corner browning for the first 23 pages. This is the story of a group of talented, able and determined women who, starting from the small beginnings of a craft guild which taught weaving and other handicrafts to members so that they could augment their pitifully inadequate pensions, went on to become a powerful lobby group rivalling the R.S.L. in influence and automatically consulted by Governments on all matters concerning War Widows.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Australian Geographic, 1996. 256 pp, colour illustrations, flatsigned by Don and Margie McIntyre on the title page. This graphic account of the couple's year at Cape Denison, based on their detailed diaries and logs, is a study in grit and determination in the face of conditions that few humans ever encountered. Margie and Don are two sides of a coin: they have their differences but they make a formidable unit. Their year in Antarctica was a triumph of organisation, but without the will and strength to see it through, it would have failed, perhaps disastrously.. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Collins, 1980. 192 pp, signed by the author on the half-title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner, inscribed by Helen on fep, minor foxing on edges and endpapers, d/j slightly faded along edges; underlining in blue on pages 15 and 21. The issues raised in this book are so diverse so pertinent, so richly sad that we begin at last to understand a people whose fate touches us all. They are also the issues which may well be the key to much that takes place in the troubled land of Israel in the years to come.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Currency Press, 1983. 343 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on fep to the previous owner, d/j spine faded. This is the work of a lifetime. In poems, stories, ballads and yarns, injected with his own inimitable philosophy, Lilley has created a unique book out of the essential Australia, a book that is entertaining, thought-provoking and wise; and above all a portrait of working men and women, away back over fifty years.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Amor Rick. 8vo.

Sydney: Dreamweaver Books, 1986. 189 pp plus index, signed by Col Croft with a personal dedication to the previous owner on the half-title page. This is the story of the concert parties and entertainment units of Australia's armed forces during World War Two, as related by renowned Australian actor and film-maker Michael Pate. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to.