Search Results: Authors starting with N from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: The Folio Society, 2018. First Folio Edition First Printing. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrations from the Rong Yu Tang edition. New and sealed in Folio Society shrink wrap, as received directly from The Folio Society. Two volumes in slipcase. Three-quarter bound in blocked Art Silk with a printed cloth front board. 11'' x 7 ¼''. Set in Dante. 880 pages in total. Illustrated title pages and 141 woodblock illustrations in total. Ribbon markers. Gilded page tops. Printed cloth slipcase. This two-volume edition reproduces the popular 70-chapter version of the text which begins with the release of the demons and culminates with the full assemblage of the 108 heroes at the Liangshan marsh. Frances Wood, former curator of Chinese Collections at the British Museum, introduces the novel with her fascinating historical perspective and academic insights. The 141 illustrations, taken from the Ming dynasty Rong Yu Tang edition - the finest… Read More

Sangrail Press, 2024. Limited Edition . Printed Card Wrappers. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward, Les; Gosling, Sharon. #42 of a limited edition of only 250 copies, with a signed and numbered print by Sharon Gosling laid in. The book also features a specially commissioned frontispiece illustration by the World Fantasy Award-winning artist, Les Edwards. This is a new and unread copy as received directly from the publisher. "Their combined time on screen is barely more than a minute. They remain entirely silent. Their names do not appear in the credits. And yet, for any viewer of Tod Browning's classic 1931 film it is impossible to deny the impact of Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw as the brides of Dracula. This book is a celebration of those characters, and the lives and careers of the forgotten actresses who brought them to (undead) life. With rediscovered interview quotes, more than 60 rare photos and illustrations, and new research: never… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1989. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and brigh with ever-so-slight sunning to spine and minimal rubbing to edges but no chips or tears. Boards clean, square and sharp. Contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings except for light spotting to page edges. 246 pp; tables and figures. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A radical interpretation of Australia's convict past, based on an exhaustive and detailed analysis of records of 20,000 male and female convicts - one in three of those transported to New South Wales between 1817 and 1840. The evidence overturns many previous assumptions about Australia's early history, and the essayists argue that the convicts sent to Australia were not professional criminals, but ordinary British and Irish men and women with a diverse range of useful work skills, essential to the forging of a new economy and society.… Read More