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Title: The Sweeper Title Record # 720057
Author: Ex-Private X
Date: 1931-00-00
Variant Title of: The Sweeper (by A. M. Burrage) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: beggar (1), england (1), curse (1), spinster (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Someone in the Room 1931-00-00 Ex-Private X Jarrolds  
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).
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
50 Years of Ghost Stories 1935-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
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).
ix+
702
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Ghost Stories 1936-00-00 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).
1013
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories' 1970-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson 0-09-101790-4   318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories' 1970-06-00 ed. uncredited Arrow Books 0-09-003020-6
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).
318
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 Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1973-00-00 ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes Fontana 0-00-613601-X
£0.30?£: UK pound
190
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  
Someone in the Room 1976-12-00 Ex-Private X Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08118-9
$16.00?$: US dollar
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1978-06-00 ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes Fontana 0-00-613601-X
£0.70?£: UK pound
190
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  
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  
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  
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
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  
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  
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  
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