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Title: The Rocking-Horse Winner Title Record # 43734
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Date: 1926-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com, pseudopod.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in Harper's Bazaar, July 1926. PDF linked above is scanned directly from Harper's Bazaar.
Synopsis: The son of a family with perpetual financial woes believes he can predict future horse race winners by racing on his rocking horse.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2011 The Rocking Horse Winner
Year Language Title
1958Translated by an unknown hand.
Spanish El caballo-balancín, ganador
1966Translated by René Hilleret
French Le cheval à bascule [as by David Herbert Lawrence]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Ghost Book: Sixteen New Stories of the Uncanny 1926-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
7/6?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).
vii+
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Ghost Book: Sixteen New Stories of the Uncanny 1927-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Charles Scribner's Sons  
$2.00?$: US dollar
327
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Creepy Stories 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
3/6?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).
xi+
1178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Ghost Book: Sixteen New Stories of the Uncanny 1945-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
1/6?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).
287
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.
anth  
Travelers in Time, Strange Tales of Man's Journeyings Into the Past and the Future 1947-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-03-19 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
337
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-07-00 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster / SFBC     336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Outsiders: Children of Wonder 1954-06-00 ed. William Tenn Permabooks P291
$0.35?$: US dollar
355
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.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror 1958-00-00 ed. Juan José López Ibor Editorial Labor (Grandes Antologías Labor)     xxxi+
1319+
[5]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural in the English Short Story 1959-01-00 ed. Pamela Search Bernard Hanison  
21/-?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).
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Baker's Dozen of Suspense Stories 1963-12-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 3626
$0.50?$: US dollar
192
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.
anth  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
3/6?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).
256
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.
anth  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
3/6?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).
256
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.
anth Giorgio de Gaspari  
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres 1966-00-00 Roger Caillois Gallimard  
F35.00?F: French frank
640
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 Best Short Stories of the Modern Age 1966-06-00 ed. Douglas Angus Fawcett Premier (Fawcett World Library) m309
$0.95?$: US dollar
xii+
334
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.
anth Checkmark
Shapes of the Supernatural 1969-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-04116-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Covington Checkmark
The Secret Sharer and Other Great Stories 1969-02-00 ed. Abraham H. Lass, Norma L. Tasman Mentor / New American Library MQ913
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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.
anth Checkmark
The Ghost Book: Sixteen Stories of the Uncanny 1970-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Pan Books 0-330-02586-4
5/-?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).
270
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.
anth Checkmark
The Impact of Fiction: An Anthology of Short Stories 1970-00-00 ed. Ada Lou Carson, Herbert L. Carson Cummings Publishing Company 50001   xii+
433
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 Checkmark
The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities 1971-00-00 ed. L. M. Schulman Macmillan  
$4.95?$: US dollar
x+
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1971-06-00 ed. Robert Aickman Beagle Boxer 95094
$0.95?$: US dollar
256
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.
anth Checkmark
The Ghost Book 1971-10-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Beagle Books / Ballantine 95155
$0.95?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Other Dimension 1972-11-00 ed. Sara Rosner Scholastic Book Services TK2300
$0.95?$: US dollar
304
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.
anth Checkmark
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1972-12-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
£0.25?£: UK pound
256
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.
anth Checkmark
The Supernatural in Fiction 1973-00-00 ed. Leo P. Kelley McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art) 0-07-033497-8
$3.96?$: US dollar
[iv]+
313
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 Checkmark
The Other Dimension 1973-02-00 ed. Sara Rosner Scholastic Book Services TK2300
$0.95?$: US dollar
304
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.
anth Checkmark
Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye 1974-00-00 ed. Stanley J. Cook, Stephen V. Whaley McGraw-Hill 0-07-069481-8   xii+
[2]+
350
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 Edvard Munch Checkmark
Nine Strange Stories 1974-00-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK4467   155
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.
anth Joe Ciardiello  
Nine Strange Stories 1974-09-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK2432   155
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.
anth  
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres 1977-00-00 Roger Caillois Gallimard     642
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Supernatural 1978-00-00 ed. James Gibson, Alan Ridout John Murray (Short Story Series) 0-7195-3505-0
£0.85?£: UK pound
122
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  
Ten Ghost Stories 1978-00-00 ed. R. A. Banks Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-23163-7   xv+
141
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 Oxford Book of Short Stories 1981-00-00 ed. V. S. Pritchett Book Club Associates     xiv+
547
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Short Stories 1981-00-00 ed. V. S. Pritchett Oxford University Press 0-19-214116-3   xiv+
547
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature 1983-00-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£4.95?£: UK pound
xix+
967
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 Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature 1984-04-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$11.95?$: US dollar
xix+
967
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 George Tooker Checkmark
The Dark Descent 1987-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-93035-6
$29.95?$: US dollar
1011
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Doug Fornuff Checkmark
Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories 1988-00-00 ed. James H. Pickering Macmillan 0-02-395541-4   ix+
1533
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 Tom Tomson Checkmark
The Dark Descent 1988-08-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / BOMC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
1011
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 Doug Fornuff Checkmark
Fictions: Second Edition 1989-00-00 ed. C. Wade Jennings, Joseph F. Trimmer Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-527326-4   xi+
1230
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 Bernard Faucon  
The Houghton Mifflin Anthology of Short Fiction 1989-00-00 ed. Patricia Hampl Houghton Mifflin 0-395-50048-6   xlviii+
1287
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 Houghton Mifflin Anthology of Short Fiction 1989-03-00 ed. Patricia Hampl Houghton Mifflin 0-395-49695-0
$32.95?$: US dollar
xlviii+
1287
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 Masque of the Red Death and Other Stories 1990-00-00 ed. Julia Eccleshare Viking Kestrel 0-670-82927-7
£5.50?£: UK pound
160
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 Julie Douglas  
The Medusa in the Shield 1990-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-246-13750-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tim White  
The Medusa in the Shield 1990-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-246-13751-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
368
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 Tim White  
The Medusa in the Shield 1991-00-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-586-21429-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
607
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.
anth Tim White Checkmark
The Medusa in the Shield 1991-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-50966-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
498
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.
anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection 1994-00-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-136-2
£5.99?£: UK pound
[vi]+
614
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Image Colour Library  
The Dark Descent 1997-02-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-86217-2
$27.95?$: US dollar
1011
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 Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-056-2   1149
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 Checkmark
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of D. H. Lawrence 2009-08-00 D. H. Lawrence Leonaur Ltd 978-1-84677-843-8
£9.99?£: UK pound
252
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 Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of D. H. Lawrence 2009-08-00 D. H. Lawrence Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-1-84677-844-5
£17.99?£: UK pound
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Conrad Hirt  
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction 2011-00-00 ed. Ann Charters Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-59624-8   xx+
1168
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 Helen Berggruen Checkmark
Dreamscapes Into Darkness 2015-04-24 ed. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing 978-1-5076-3774-6
$12.99?$: US dollar
390
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 Ben Baldwin  
Dreamscapes Into Darkness 2015-04-24 ed. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing  
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ben Baldwin  
Chilling Horror 2015-08-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78361-374-8
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Chilling Horror 2016-11-12 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-509-8
£12.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Pseudopod, #792 2022-01-07 ed. Shawn Garrett, Alex Hofelich Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
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A Treasury of Short Stories: Favorites of the Past Hundred Years from Turgenev to Thurber, from Balzac to Hemingway, with Biographical Sketches of the Authors date unknown ed. Bernardine Kielty Simon & Schuster     xiii+
849
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
xix+
967
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 Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$13.95?$: US dollar
xix+
967
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 George Tooker  
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