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Title: W. S. Title Record # 56051
Author: L. P. Hartley
Date: 1952-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A novelist begins receiving a series of postcards from a mysterious stranger.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1977Translated by Alain Dorémieux.
French W. S.
1984Translated by Rolf Jurkeit.
German W. S.

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Second Ghost Book 1952-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith James Barrie  
12/6?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).
x+
236
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
World Review, January 1952 1952-01-00 ed. Editors of World Review        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952 1952-08-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag George Gibbons Checkmark
A Book of Modern Ghosts 1953-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Charles Scribner's Sons  
$3.00?$: US dollar
x+
236
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Daniel Schwartz (artist) Checkmark
The White Wand and Other Stories 1954-00-00 L. P. Hartley Hamish Hamilton  
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).
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Second Ghost Book 1956-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Pan Books 393
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).
x+
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 Val Biro  
The Pan Book of Horror Stories 1959-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books (Pan Giant) X45
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).
317
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 Second Ghost Book 1959-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Pan Books (Great Pan) G315
2/6?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).
x+
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 Val Biro  
The Second Ghost Book 1960-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Pan Books (Great Pan) G315
2/6?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).
x+
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 Val Biro  
The Second Ghost Book 1963-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Pan Books (Great Pan) G315
2/6?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).
x+
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 Val Biro  
The Pan Book of Horror Stories 1966-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Fawcett Gold Medal d1693
$0.50?$: US dollar
254
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 Collected Short Stories of L. P. Hartley 1968-00-00 L. P. Hartley Hamish Hamilton 0-241-01599-5   viii+
626
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Second Ghost Book 1968-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Pan Books 0-330-02164-8   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.
anth  
11 Great Horror Stories 1969-00-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services     239
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  
11 Great Horror Stories 1969-11-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK1541
$0.60?$: US dollar
239
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  
11 Great Horror Stories 1969-12-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK1541
$0.60?$: US dollar
239
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 Second Ghost Book 1970-00-00 ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith Beagle Books / Ballantine 95018
$0.95?$: US dollar
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  
The Complete Short Stories of L. P. Hartley 1973-00-00 L. P. Hartley Hamish Hamilton 0-241-02390-4   x+
760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
11 Great Horror Stories 1973-04-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK1541
$?$: US dollar
239
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
Stories of the Macabre 1976-10-00 ed. Denys Val Baker William Kimber 0-7183-0224-9
£2.95?£: UK pound
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ionicus  
The Complete Short Stories of L. P. Hartley 1977-08-00 L. P. Hartley Hamish Hamilton 0-241-02390-4   x+
760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Histoires de doubles 1977-08-22 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1465) 2-266-00384-4   399
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 C. Broutin Checkmark
Terrors, Torments and Traumas 1978-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6600-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith K. Leeds Checkmark
Terrors, Traumas and Torments 1978-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke J. M. Dent & Sons 0-460-06853-9
£3.95?£: UK pound
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Histoires de doubles 1980-00-00 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati France Loisirs (La grande anthologie du fantastique #6) 2-7242-0907-9   399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Benjamin Baltimore  
The First Pan Book of Horror Stories 1980-00-00 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 0-330-10045-9
£1.25?£: UK pound
317
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
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1982 1982-12-00 ed. T. E. D. Klein TZ Publications, Inc.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
104
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag David Christiana Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1983-10-00 ed. Roald Dahl Jonathan Cape 0-224-02149-4
£7.95?£: UK pound
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Sophie Baker , Craig Dodd  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1983-10-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-25131-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Christiana  
Schattenlicht 1984-00-00 ed. Rolf Jurkeit Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6428) 3-453-01965-2
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
284
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 Photodesign Mall Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1984-11-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51868-8
$6.95?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana  
Night Cry, Summer 1985 1985-00-00 ed. T. E. D. Klein TZ Publications, Inc.  
$2.95?$: US dollar
196
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Frances Jetter Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-007178-4
£2.95?£: UK pound
249
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 Stuart Robertson Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories of L. P. Hartley 1986-00-00 L. P. Hartley Beaufort Books 0-8253-0353-2
$24.95?$: US dollar
x+
760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1987-05-00 ed. Roald Dahl ISIS Large Print Books 1-85089-178-8
£10.75?£: UK pound
339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley 1987-11-00 L. P. Hartley Beaufort Books / QPBC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
x+
760
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  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1988-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51868-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1989-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51868-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl The Noonday Press 0-374-51868-8
$9.00?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Roald Dahl The Noonday Press 0-374-51868-8
$12.00?$: US dollar
235
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 Roxanna Bikadoroff  
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories 1999-06-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0614-7
$25.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
470
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tony Greco & Associates Checkmark
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories 2000-09-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0808-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
470
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  
Night Shadows: Twentieth-Century Stories of the Uncanny 2001-10-00 ed. Joan Kessler David R. Godine 1-56792-180-9
$18.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
298
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 Edward Hopper  
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories 2001-10-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-84119-418-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
xv+
464
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 Ashley Pearce  
The Collected Macabre Stories 2001-12-00 L. P. Hartley Tartarus Press 1-872621-62-7
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
393
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Macabre Stories 2005-04-00 L. P. Hartley Tartarus Press 1-872621-62-7
£35.00?£: UK pound
xv+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Ghost Stories 2008-09-00 ed. Peter Washington Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Pocket Classics) 978-0-307-26924-9
$15.00?$: US dollar
407
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Pan Book of Horror Stories 2010-10-01 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 978-0-330-51868-0
£7.99?£: UK pound
xv+
296
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  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 2012-02-02 ed. Roald Dahl Penguin Books 978-0-241-95571-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
336
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
The Pan Book of Horror Stories 2016-05-05 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 978-1-5098-2889-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
xv+
296
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 Pan Book of Horror Stories 2017-09-07 ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books (Pan 70) 978-1-5098-6010-4
£7.00?£: UK pound
296
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 Pan Macmillan Art Department  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-51868-4
$15.00?$: US dollar
235
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 Roxanna Bikadoroff Checkmark
The First Pan Book of Horror Stories date unknown ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 0-330-10045-9
£?£: UK pound
317
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 First Pan Book of Horror Stories date unknown ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books 0-330-10045-9
£0.30?£: UK pound
317
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 Pan Book of Horror Stories date unknown ed. Herbert van Thal Pan Books (Pan Giant) X45   317
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
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