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Title: The Open Door Title Record # 556141
Author: Margaret Oliphant
Date: 1882-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Blackwood's Jan, 1882.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1881ⓘFrom Stories of the Seen and the Unseen, Blackwood, 1881.
 The Open Door [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
1885 The Open Door [as by uncredited]
1885 The Open Door [as by The Author of 'A Little Pilgrim' and 'Old Lady Mary']
1889 The Open Door [as by Margaret O. W. Oliphant]
1918 The Open Door [as by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant]
2003 The Open Door [as by Margaret O. Wilson Oliphant]
Year Language Title
1936ⓘTranslated by Georgette Camille
 French La porte ouverte
1963ⓘTranslated by Rafael Llopis
 Spanish La puerta abierta
2000ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque
 French La porte ouverte

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Two Stories of the Seen and the Unseen 1885-00-00 uncredited William Blackwood & Sons     212
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The Open Door / The Portrait: Two Stories of the Seen and the Unseen 1885-00-00 The Author of 'A Little Pilgrim' and 'Old Lady Mary' Roberts Brothers     164
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Stories of the Seen and the Unseen 1889-00-00 Margaret O. W. Oliphant Roberts Brothers     123+
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164
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Stories of the Seen and the Unseen 1902-00-00 Mrs. Oliphant William Blackwood & Sons  
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).
 316
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Great Ghost Stories 1918-00-00 ed. Joseph Lewis French Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
 xii+
365
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Famous Psychic Stories 1920-04-00 ed. J. Walker McSpadden Thomas Y. Crowell (The "Mystery" Library)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
 305
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Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood 1924-10-00 ed. V. H. Collins Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #284)  
2/-?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).
 xvi+
506
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Ghost Stories, August 1926 1926-08-00 ed. Harry A. Keller Constructive Pub. Corp.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 100
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1928-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?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).
 1229
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The Omnibus of Crime 1929-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Harcourt, Brace & Company  
$3.00?$: US dollar
 1177
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1929-04-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
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The Omnibus of Crime 1929-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Payson & Clarke  
$3.00?$: US dollar
 1177
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-05-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
 1229
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
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More Great Ghost Stories 1932-00-00 ed. Harrison Dale Herbert Jenkins  
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).
 396
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1932-06-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
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The Ghost Story Omnibus 1933-00-00 Joseph Lewis French Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
 vii+
365+
292
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 omni  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-12-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
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The Mystery Book 1934-00-00 ed. H. Douglas Thomson Odhams Press     1086
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A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Daily Express Publications     1087
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A Century of Horror Stories 1935-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley 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).
 1024
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Histoires de fantômes anglais 1936-05-00 ed. Edmond Jaloux Gallimard (La renaissance de la nouvelle)  
F15.00?F: French frank
 290
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.
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The Omnibus of Crime 1937-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Garden City Publishing Co.     1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories 1938-02-00 J. Walker McSpadden Blue Ribbon Books  
$0.98?$: US dollar
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305+
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302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror 1939-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
 619
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Histoires de fantômes anglais: suivies de: Nouvelles histoires de fantômes anglais 1962-11-00 Edmond Jaloux Gallimard (Les classiques anglais)     351
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.
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Cuentos de terror 1963-00-00 ed. Rafael Llopis Taurus     604
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Quiver of Horror 1964-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Arrow Books 759
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).
 288
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.
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The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies 1967-05-00 ed. Peter Haining Robert Hale  
25/-?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).
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies 1967-06-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger  
$4.50?$: US dollar
 254
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Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural 1968-00-00 ed. Henry Mazzeo Doubleday 0-385-09373-X
$4.50?$: US dollar
 318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Edward Gorey  
Dennis Wheatley's Second Book of Horror Stories 1968-08-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Hutchinson  
30/-?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).
 288
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Uncanny Tales 1 1974-07-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #9) 0-7221-9036-0
£0.40?£: UK pound
 223
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 Jim Burns  
Classic Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens and Others 1975-02-00 ed. uncredited Dover Publications 0-486-20735-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
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330
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.
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Classic Tales of Horror 1976-10-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick Constable & Co. Ltd. 0-09-461560-8
£3.75?£: UK pound
 xiii+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Great Tales of the Supernatural 1978-02-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library (UK)) 0-460-01266-5
£1.00?£: UK pound
 206
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 Chris Yates  
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1984-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006800-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
 512
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.
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006800-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
 512
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 Steve Crisp  
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1987-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006800-7
£5.95?£: UK pound
 512
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 Steve Crisp  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1988-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 0-86068-809-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
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347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dante Gabriel Rossetti  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1989-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 0-86068-809-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
 xvii+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers 1989-05-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-473-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
 xviii+
347
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The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1989-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Charnwood 0-7089-8525-4   xxviii+
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Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-593-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
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347
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.
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1991-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Bloomsbury 1-85471-001-X
£4.99?£: UK pound
 512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Steve Crisp  
Great Tales of the Supernatural 1992-05-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library) 0-460-87165-X
£3.99?£: UK pound
 206
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 Joseph Drivas  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1992-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 1-85381-480-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
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347
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 Dante Gabriel Rossetti  
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus 1993-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Orion 1-85797-092-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
 578
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.
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The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus 1994-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Artus Publishing 1-898799-03-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
 578
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.
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The Armchair Horror Collection 1994-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Orion 1-85797-411-5
£4.99?£: UK pound
 ix+
675
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.
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Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers 1996-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0354-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
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347
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The Open Door and Other Ghost Stories 1999-09-00 ed. Philip Gooden Phoenix 0-7538-0743-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
 ix+
245
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 Liz Pyle  
La porte ouverte: Histoires de fantômes d'enfants 2000-04-00 ed. Norbert Gaulard, Xavier Legrand-Ferronnière Joëlle Losfeld 2-84412-046-6
F119.00?F: French frank
 219
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.
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A Beleaguered City and Other Tales of the Seen and the Unseen 2000-09-07 Margaret Oliphant Canongate Books 1-84195-060-2
£7.95?£: UK pound
 420
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.
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The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus 2003-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Bounty Books 0-7537-0851-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
 578
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.
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The Open Door, and the Portrait 2003-11-11 Margaret O. Wilson Oliphant Project Gutenberg 10052    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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Famous Psychic Stories 2004-08-30 ed. J. Walker McSpadden Fredonia Books 1-4101-0686-1
$15.99?$: US dollar
 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.
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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories 2006-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 1-84408-159-1
£12.99?£: UK pound
 x+
496
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Scottish Ghost Stories 2009-02-00 ed. Rosemary Gray Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-168-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
 623
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 William Russell Flint  
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories 2009-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 978-1-84408-538-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
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496
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.
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce 2010-02-25 ed. Michael Newton (UK) Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-144236-5
£10.99?£: UK pound
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416
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.
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World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) 2013-00-00 ed. T. M. Gray, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-60-9   496
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.
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The 2014 Halloween Horrors Megapack 2014-10-29 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0434-6
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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The Open Door 2020-00-00 Mrs. Oliphant Biblioasis (The Haunted Bookshelf) 978-1-77196-368-8
C$9.50?C$: Canadian dollar
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