Search Results: Titles starting with T from RSM BOOKS

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1964. 513 pp, 112 photographs, 15 as colour plates, signed by the author on the half-title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. This is not just a travel book, nor is it just Russia or Russia Now. It is a revelation of the Communist Way, the Other Way in this divided world. It is a journey in understanding, via not only Leningrad and Moscow, Kiev and such cities of Soviet Asia as Bukhara, Alma-Ata and - Samarkand, but via the extraordinary essential history, via the Men from Hell - the Tartars, via the Czars of all the Russias (terrible Ivan, giant Peter, Catherine, the idiots), via Karl Marx, Rasputin, the Revolutions, Lenin (the real Lenin), Stalin (his evil documented). 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.

Sydney: Playbill, 1992. 246 pp, b/w and coloured photographs, flatsigned by Sir A.R. Cutler and Major General Maitland on the title page. With a foreword by His Excellency Rear Admiral P.R. Sinclair. A Limited edition of 2000 copies. This book is about those who made such endeavours and who, in doing so, reached the pinnacle of valour, acknowledged by that highest of awards - The Victoria Cross. Their stories deserve to be recorded for the regiment's history as well as for better public awareness.. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Melbourne: Subsidy Press, 1991. four laminated single books in one slipcase, with b/w illustrations inside the books, coloured illustrations on the front cover of the books and photos on the slipcase. Tanglefoot Tales: a collection of short stories. Flickers and Glows: a miscellany of short stories covering a range of topics and ideas that reflect the wide views and experience of the author. Real Things Like This: follows the fortunes and adventures of Toby Thomas Blunden through his boyhood diary jottings. Gossamer: a collection of verse forming a rich and varied commentary on the thoughts and ideas of the author.. Reprint. Hard Cover in Slipcase. As New/As New. 8vo.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1985. 75 pp, signed by the author on the title page, dustjacket painting by Charles Blackman "The Lovers". The student riots in Paris in 1968, the Prague invasion of the same year, the Nigerian civil war, the election campaign in Chile which saw Allende elected, the Derry riots - the period of intense social change at the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies forms the background to this novel of wandering lives in a world made small by modern transport but in which the travellers always carry the values of their childhoods and nationalities.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo.

Australia: Terron Press Pty. Ltd., 1988. 180 pp, b/w illustrations, colour illustrations on covers, flatsigned by author on the title page, bumped corners. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Softcover. Very Good. Illus. by Ostara Aussie. 4to.

Australia: Arrow Books/Random, 1997. 501 pp, signed by the author on the first page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Laura McRae is beautiful, gifted, madly in love - until at eighteen her life is shattered in a few brief moments. All she can cling to is her talent for fashion and her determination that take her into the glamorous salons of Sydney high society.. Signed by Author. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1994. 166 pp, signed by the author on the half-title page. Acknowledged by the great writers of our times, Michael Wilding's stories are accessible, unforgettable, unputdownable. This is for you!. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine.

Australia: Heinemann, 1997. 191 pp, signed by the author on the dedication page, with a personal note to the previous owner. No one knows more about children in trouble - and how to keep them out of trouble. For twelve long years Barbara was a Children's Court magistrate, confronted by both the best and worst humanity has to offer. She saw the abused and the abusers, the pathetic, the humorous and the tragic.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very 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.

Australia: Erewhon, 1990. 127 pp, signed by the author on the title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. These short stories all deal with varying aspects of love. There are multitudes of ways to love, an infinity of love-objects; and tenderness can illuminate the most unlikely encounters. Each story in the collection is different in mood and theme, but all are a celebration of live and of love. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine.

Australia: William Heinemann, 1991. 314 pp, line- illustrated and maps, signed by the author on the title page, stamped introduction page. This is a diary of ideas, events, individuals and the arts. Keeping an eye on Australia and an ear cocked for US reactions to the growing economic might of Japan, McQueen also records puzzlements about Japan and himself as he follows the upheavals in Eastern Europe and China.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Australia: Viking, 1997. 673 pp, signed by the author on the dedication page with a personal note to the previous owner, minor shelfwear on spine, partially split on title page. Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart Town. Together, they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood.. Signed by Author. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

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: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. 272 pp, signed by the author on a bookplate on half-title page, previous owner inscription on fep, browning and foxing on last third of edges, d/j spine slightly faded. This book charts the experiences of a group of travellers through the eyes of one of their number Darcy, an Australian lawyer turned journalist.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: HarperCollins, 1996. 279 pp, signed by the author opposite verso of cover. This chilling debut thriller lures us into the cut-throat world of international stockbroking, where fortunes are made and lost, and for some, success means everything - money, status, even life and death.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Australia: Macmillan, 1981. 222 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the half title page with a personal dedication to the previous owner. Included with the book are two HANDWRITTEN PERSONAL LETTERS, one from the author to the previous owner, and one from the previous owner to the author, minor foxing on edges. This is a delightful account of life in the South Australian countryside before and during the First World War. It is followed by the story of his years as a student at the University of Adelaide, at Oxford and at Stanford University in California.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989. 226 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, signed by author with a personal note on first title page, endpapers illustrated with maps, d/j price-clipped, foxing on edges, This is the story of Kashmir as it appears in travel literature and historical writings from ancient times to the 20th century.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Ure Smith, 1960. 320 p, with pen drawings by Cedric Emanuel, signed by the author with a personal dedication on the title page, foxing on edges and preliminaries, scuffing on edges of d/j, small closed tear on rear d/j. Here for the first time is a comprehensive collection of Australian folk tales and traditions - stories of fact and legend handed down from generation to generation. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Emanuel Cedric. 8vo.

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1990. 360 pp, signed by Roderick West (one of the teachers) on the half-title page, b/w and colour illustrations, d/j slightly bumped. Trinity Grammar School has been educating boys for over 75 years. In this book Heath examines the history of the School and the bold vision of its Founder, G.A. Chambers, who in 1913 established Trinity as a small Parish school.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to.