Title: The Demon Lover

Title: The Demon Lover Title Record # 1187659
Author: uncredited
Date: 1737-00-00
Type: POEM
Language: English

Note: Child Ballad #243, also known as "The House Carpenter" or "James Harris". The first version in print appeared in 1737 in A Collection of Diverting Songs.

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Year	Title
1892^ⓘChild Ballad #243A (a version from a late-17th-century broadside in the Pepys ballad collection). First collected in Part VIII (1892) of Francis James Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads.	A Warning for Married Women [The Daemon Lover]
1949^ⓘA shortened version of the ballad "James Harris, or The Daemon Lover", Text F of Child #243, first published in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) by Bishop Thomas Percy.	James Harris, the Daemon Lover
1965^ⓘA shortened version of the ballad "James Harris, the Daemon Lover", Text F of Child #243, first published in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) by Bishop Thomas Percy.	Epilogue (The Lottery and Other Stories)
2010^ⓘA traditional Scottish Ballad, also known as "James Harris", "James Herries", or "The House Carpenter".	The Daemon Lover

Year	Language	Title
1989^ⓘTranslated by Anna Leube and Anette Grube. A shortened version of the ballad "James Harris, the Daemon Lover", Text F of Child #243.	German	Epilog (Die Teufelsbraut)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris	1949-04-00	Shirley Jackson	Farrar, Straus		$2.75^?$: US dollar	306	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill English
The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris	1950-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Gollancz		10/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	306	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris, Demon Lover	1950-01-00	Shirley Jackson	Lion Books	14	$0.25^?$: US dollar	238	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Herman E. Bischoff
The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover	1960-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Avon	T-449	$0.35^?$: US dollar	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover	1960-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Avon	T-449	C$0.35^?C$: Canadian dollar	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Lottery	1965-11-00	Shirley Jackson	Avon	S197	$0.60^?$: US dollar	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Walter Brooks
The Lottery	1967-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Avon	S197	$0.60^?$: US dollar	224	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Walter Brooks
The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover	1969-03-00	Shirley Jackson	Avon	VS29	$0.75^?$: US dollar	222+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Lottery	1970-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Popular Library	G1185		222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover	1971-05-00	Shirley Jackson	Bard / Avon Books	YN369	$0.95^?$: US dollar	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Lottery	1975-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Popular Library	445-00300-125	$1.25^?$: US dollar	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Twice-Told Tales: An Anthology of Short Fiction	1979-00-00	ed. Gerard A. Barker	Houghton Mifflin	0-395-26635-1		xiii+ 689	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Lottery and Other Stories	1982-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	0-374-51681-2	$7.95^?$: US dollar	306	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New	1987-09-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday / SFBC	10336	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xv+ 587	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New	1987-09-16	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday	0-385-18563-4	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 587	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
The Lottery: Adventures of the Daemon Lover	1988-08-00	Shirley Jackson	Robinson	0-948164-75-1	£3.50^?£: UK pound	222	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Die Teufelsbraut: 25 dämonische Geschichten	1989-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Diogenes	3-257-01832-0	DM 34.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	369	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Die Teufelsbraut: 25 dämonische Geschichten	1991-00-00	Shirley Jackson	Diogenes	3-257-22446-X	DM 14.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	369	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Lottery and Other Stories / The Haunting of Hill House / We Have Always Lived in the Castle	1991-02-00	Shirley Jackson	Quality Paperback Book Club	0-9650117-9-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	306+ 246+ 214	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson	1996-06-00	Shirley Jackson	Raven Books / Robinson Publishing	1-85487-437-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xii+ 531	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Lottery and Other Stories	2000-07-00	Shirley Jackson	Modern Library	0-679-64039-8	$19.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 292	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Lottery and Other Stories	2005-03-16	Shirley Jackson	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG Classics)	0-374-52953-1	$14.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 302+ [4]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Leslie Williamson
The Lottery and Other Stories	2009-10-01	Shirley Jackson	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-192753-4	£6.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Lottery and Other Stories	2009-10-01	Shirley Jackson	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-119143-0	£9.99^?£: UK pound	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Lottery and Other Stories	2009-10-01	Shirley Jackson	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-119143-0		320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Alex Prager
Off the Coastal Path: Dark Poems of the Seaside	2010-03-00	ed. Jo Fletcher	PS Publishing (Stanza #1)	978-1-84863-082-6	£14.99^?£: UK pound	69	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ben Baldwin
Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories	2010-05-27	Shirley Jackson	The Library of America (The Library of America #204)	978-1-59853-072-8	$35.00^?$: US dollar	827	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Erich Hartmann
The Lottery and Other Stories	2019-09-24	Shirley Jackson	Picador USA (Picador Modern Classics)	978-1-250-23936-5	$16.00^?$: US dollar	xxvii+ 432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Shirley Jackson Collection	2020-10-20	Shirley Jackson	The Library of America	978-1-59853-671-3	$75.00^?$: US dollar	1732	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Lottery	date unknown	Shirley Jackson	Popular Library	0-445-00300-6	$2.50^?$: US dollar	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Lottery and Other Stories	date unknown	Shirley Jackson	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG Classics)	978-0-374-52953-6	$15.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 302+ [4]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Leslie Williamson
The Lottery and Other Stories	date unknown	Shirley Jackson	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG Classics)	978-0-374-52953-6	$14.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 302+ [4]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll

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