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Title: There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard Title Record # 675513
Author: M. R. James
Date: 1924-12-06
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Snapdragon, December 6, 1924.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1963ⓘTranslated by Rafael Llopis
 Spanish Había un hombre que vivía junto a un cementerio [as by Montague Rhodes James]
2006ⓘTranslated by Marie-Céline Cassanhol.
 French L'homme qui habitait près du cimetière de l'église [as by Montague Rhodes James]
2016ⓘTranslated by Usch Kiausch
 German Es war einmal ein Mann, der wohnte am Friedhof
2019ⓘTranslated by unknown.
 Italian C'era una volta un uomo che viveva presso un cimitero [as by Montague Rhodes James]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1931-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold  
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).
 xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Case (artist)  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1931-00-00 M. R. James Longmans, Green and Co.     xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Case (artist)  
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries 1935-00-00 ed. uncredited Associated Newspapers     864
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Norman Keene  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1964-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold  
16/-?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).
 xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Third Armada Ghost Book 1970-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Armada C362
£0.20?£: UK pound
 128
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 Peter Archer (artist) Checkmark
Summoned from the Tomb: Great Tales of Horror 1973-01-00 ed. Peter Haining Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-97955-0
£2.25?£: UK pound
 ix+
213
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth William Rankin Checkmark
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1974-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold 0-7131-5757-7   vii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1975-00-00 M. R. James St. Martin's Press  
$15.00?$: US dollar
 vii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1975-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold 0-7131-5757-7   viii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1984-00-00 M. R. James Penguin Books 0-14-009017-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
 362
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 Howell  
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1987-10-00 M. R. James Penguin Books 0-14-010226-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
 362
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-053-3   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.
 coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-57335-363-9   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.
 coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1993-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-053-3   647
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-839-9   354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 M. R. James Penguin Books (Penguin Popular Classics) 0-14-062103-2   362
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  
Selected Ghost Stories 1995-05-00 M. R. James Senate 1-85958-134-X   394
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 Caspar-David Friedrich  
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings 2001-08-01 M. R. James Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-024-7
C$100.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 xlix+
658
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Paul Lowe  
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
Haunted 2007-00-00 ed. Vic Parker Barnes & Noble Books 978-0-7607-9273-5   255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Haunted 2007-06-01 ed. Vic Parker Bardfield Press / Miles Kelly Publishing 978-1-84236-942-5
£14.99?£: UK pound
 255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Collected Ghost Stories 2007-07-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 1-84022-551-3   xi+
352
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 2011-10-13 M. R. James Oxford University Press 978-0-19-956884-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
 xxx+
468
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2011-10-13 M. R. James Oxford University Press 978-0-19-162044-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Haunted 2012-10-01 ed. Vic Parker Galaxy 978-1-4458-2540-3
£12.99?£: UK pound
  
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 2013-09-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-967489-3
£8.99?£: 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.
 coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2017-04-01 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 978-0-19-879736-4
£16.99?£: UK pound
 512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2018-09-04 M. R. James Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1653-2
$2.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Ghost Stories 2021-12-10 ed. M. R. James Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-771-0
£20.00?£: UK pound
 432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
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