An Ossuary for M. P. Shiel

Overview:

  • Title: An Ossuary for M. P. Shiel
  • Author: Harold Billings
  • Year: 2015
  • ISBN-10:
  • Publisher: L'Homme Recent / Ex Occidente Press
  • Pages: 75+[4]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: An Ossuary for M. P. Shiel
  • Notes: No known ISBN. Subtitle "The Final Years, 1923-1947". Page count from {{OCLC|946888716}}. The OCLC record also states that the colophon reads "Limited to 85 numbered copies". The binding is hardcover according to an internet review, which mentions that the book is an "extremely luxurious dustjacketed hardback tome". Publisher, publication series and cover artist from {{FantLab-pub|165686}}, which also states "Frontispiece artwork by V. Kotarbinsky". A Fantlab-hosted scan of the table of contents lists the following chapters:
    • The African Tale p.11
    • The Barbara Brennan Memoir p.17
    • The Knopf Tale p.27
    • "My Dear Fytton": The letters of Shiel to John Gawsworth p.43
    • Shiel's Book of Luke / Jesus p.59
    • Refusing Corruption: A Shape in the Fire p.65
    • The Disposition of L'Abri p.75