Anyone recommend a "decent" book that would cover oscillators, small
signal RF amps and matching techniques sufficiently to enable a novice
to start experimenting with circuits and have enough detail in the text
to tweak the circuits to get them running properly ?

I have purchased numerous books and cannot yet find one that is capable
of giving me enough clear information to do something useful (Or more to
the point, I cannot seem to get onto the same wavelength as these guys).

My predominant interest is VHF (150MHz). Low power (1 Watt or less), no
valves, no requirement to use rf transformers for matching through the
entire circuit.

Someone mentioned an analog design book a while ago and that may have
been appropriate and I could not remember the title. I thought it was
"The art and science of analog circuit design" so I purchased that book
and was disappointed to find it was full more of anecdotes of a bunch of
well seasoned engineers along with some handy tips.

Thanks

David