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Title: The Leaf-Sweeper Title Record # 581697
Author: Muriel Spark
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in London Mystery Magazine #31, 1956.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Matthias Fienbork
German Der Laubkehrer

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
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.
anth Steve Crisp Checkmark
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  
Päng päng, du bist tot und andere Erzählungen?Paeng paeng, du bist tot und andere Erzaehlungen
1987-00-00 Muriel Spark Diogenes (detebe #21533) 3-257-21533-9
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
251
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 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  
Mystery for Christmas 1990-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Michael O'Mara Books 1-85479-086-2
£12.95?£: UK pound
292
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth William Geldart  
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  
Mystery for Christmas 1991-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Headline 0-7472-3654-2
£5.99?£: UK pound
viii+
374
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  
Ghost Stories 1996-11-00 ed. Giles Gordon Bloomsbury 0-7475-2914-0
£10.95?£: UK pound
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jeff Fisher (artist)  
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1998-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0583-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
xii+
482
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1998-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-85487-536-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
xii+
482
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 Gordon Crabb Checkmark
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  
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  
Das Winterlesebuch: Geschichten für lange Winterabende 2002-11-00 ed. Patrick Niemeyer Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #13662) 3-453-86423-9
€7.00?€: Euro
432
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 Stories of Muriel Spark 2003-10-00 Muriel Spark New Directions 0-8112-1549-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
135
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 Man Ray Checkmark
Mystery for Christmas 2004-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby ibooks 0-7434-9793-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
292
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 Bob Larkin  
Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Night 2021-10-21 ed. Lucy Evans, Tanya Kirk The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5410-3
£8.99?£: UK pound
288
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
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
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The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0583-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
xii+
482
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 Gordon Crabb  
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