SHADOW PLAYS by Reggie Oliver. Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK; Egaeus Press; 2012. 1st edition hardcover. LIMITED to 250 copies. Egaeus Press is very pleased to announce the publication of its first book, Shadow Plays, by Reggie Oliver: A lavish, nocturnal entertainment in which the author presents ten of his early supernatural tales as well as a previously unpublished two act play, concerning, amongst other things, the writer M.R. James. The complete contents run as follows: Preface: Beside The Shrill Sea, Miss Marchant's Cause, The Boy In Green Velvet, The Golden Basilica, The Dreams Of Cardinal Vittorini, The Time Of Blood, The Constant Rake, The Skins, The Blue Room, Bloody Bill, Love Unknown - A play in two acts. A new preface, as well as new introductions to each of the pieces are provided by the author. Shadow Plays is a lithographically printed, 352 page sewn hardback with printed endpapers. It is limited to 250 copies. Near fine (light bumping to top & bottom of spine sustained in shipping) in pictorial boards without dj as issued. |