Author: Henry James
Year: 1868
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: shortstory
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romance_of_Certain_Old_Clothes
ISFDB Record Number: 83991
Synopsis: In this ghost story set in the mid-seventeenth century, two isolated sisters vie for the affections of their elder brother's best friend.
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Publications:
- The Atlantic Monthly, February 1868, (Feb 1868, ed. Editors of The Atlantic Monthly, magazine)
- Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy, (1946, ed. Joseph A. Margolies, publ. Whittlesey House, $3.75, 762pp, hc, anth) Cover: George Salter - [VERIFIED]
- The Ghostly Tales of Henry James, (1949, Henry James, publ. Rutgers University Press, xxxiv+765pp, hc, coll)
- Ghosts and Things, (1962, ed. Hal Cantor, publ. Berkley Medallion, #F666, $0.50, 160pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
- The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, (Mar 1968, ed. Christine Bernard, publ. Fontana, #1702, 3/6, 188pp, pb, anth)
- The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, (Jul 1969, ed. Christine Bernard, publ. Fontana, #1702, 188pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Stories of the Supernatural, (1971, Henry James, publ. Barrie & Jenkins, 0-214-68277-7, xvi+762pp, tp, coll)
- The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, (Jan 1971, ed. Christine Bernard, publ. Berkley Medallion, #S1942, $0.75, 192pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, (Sep 1973, ed. Christine Bernard, publ. Fontana, 0-00-612294-9, £0.25, 188pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, (Dec 1974, ed. Christine Bernard, publ. Fontana, 0-00-612294-9, £0.35, 188pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Classic Tales of Horror, (Oct 1976, ed. Stephanie Dowrick, publ. Constable & Co. Ltd., 0-09-461560-8, £3.75, xiii+270pp, hc, anth)
- Reign of Terror: The 3rd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories, (Oct 1977, ed. Michel Parry, publ. Corgi, 0-552-10433-7, £0.65, 158pp, pb, anth)
- Stories of the Supernatural, (Mar 1980, Henry James, publ. Taplinger, 0-8008-3829-7, $9.95, xvi+762pp, tp, coll)
- 65 Great Tales of Horror, (Sep 1981, ed. Mary Danby, publ. Octopus Books, 0-7064-1729-1, 688pp, hc, anth)
- The Penguin Book of Horror Stories, (1984, ed. J. A. Cuddon, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-006799-X, £4.95, 607pp, tp, anth) Cover: Steve Crisp - [VERIFIED]
- The Penguin Book of Horror Stories, (1985, ed. J. A. Cuddon, publ. Viking UK, 0-670-81034-7, £10.95, 607pp, hc, anth)
- The Penguin Book of Horror Stories, (Oct 1987, ed. J. A. Cuddon, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-006799-X, £5.95, 607pp, tp, anth)
- The Penguin Book of Horror Stories, (1991, ed. J. A. Cuddon, publ. Bloomsbury, 1-870630-94-7, £4.99, 607pp, hc, anth)
- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology, (1991, ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert, publ. Oxford University Press, 0-19-214202-X, $24.95, xx + 497pp, hc, anth) Cover: Atkinson Grimshaw - [VERIFIED]
- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology, (1991, ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert, publ. Oxford University Press, 0-19-214202-X, xx + 497pp, hc, anth) Cover: Atkinson Grimshaw
- Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories, (Feb 1991, ed. Marvin Kaye, publ. GuildAmerica Books / SFBC, #15993, $9.98, xii+582pp, hc, anth) Cover: Edward Gorey - [VERIFIED]
- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology, (Oct 1991, ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert, publ. Oxford University Press, 0-19-214202-X, £16.95, 497pp, hc, anth) Cover: Atkinson Grimshaw
- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology, (Oct 1991, ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert, publ. Oxford University Press / BOMC, $24.95, 528pp, hc, anth)
- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology, (Oct 1992, ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert, publ. Oxford University Press, 0-19-282999-8, £7.99, 497pp, tp, anth) Cover: Victor Prouvé
- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology, (Oct 1992, ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert, publ. Oxford University Press / QPBC, $13.95, 528pp, tp, anth)
- Horror by Lamplight, (Aug 1993, ed. uncredited, publ. Chancellor Press, 1-85152-315-4, £4.99, 504pp, hc, anth) Cover: Paul Williams - [VERIFIED]
- The Norton Book of Ghost Stories, (Oct 1994, ed. Brad Leithauser, publ. W. W. Norton & Company, 0-393-03564-6, $25.00, 430pp, hc, anth) Cover: Leon Spilliaert
- The Norton Book of Ghost Stories, (Nov 1994, ed. Brad Leithauser, publ. W. W. Norton / BOMC, $21.95, 430pp, hc, anth) Cover: Leon Spilliaert
- The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories, (Oct 1995, ed. Richard Dalby, publ. Robinson, 1-85487-338-5, £5.99, xiv+573pp, tp, anth) Cover: The Senate
- American Gothic Tales, (Dec 1996, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, publ. Plume / Penguin, 0-452-27489-3, $14.95, viii+544pp, tp, anth) Cover: Albert Pinkham Ryder
- American Gothic Tales, (1997, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, publ. Plume / Penguin / BCE, viii+544pp, hc, anth)
- Great Ghost Stories, (1997, ed. Editors of Reader's Digest, publ. Reader's Digest, 0-276-42330-5, 527pp, hc, anth)
- Classic Ghost Stories II, (Apr 1998, ed. Glen Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe, publ. Lowell House, 1-56565-893-0, $5.95, 128pp, tp, anth) Cover: Barbara Kiwak
- Classic Scary Stories, (1999, ed. Molly Cooper, Glen Bledsoe, Karen E Bledsoe, publ. Lowell House, 0-7373-0309-3, 493pp, hc, anth) Cover: Barbara Kiwak
- Ghost Stories of Henry James, (Jun 2001, Henry James, publ. Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics), 1-84022-422-3, $6.99, 344pp, tp, coll) Cover: John Atkinson Grimshaw
- The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories, (2003, ed. R. A. Gilbert, Michael Cox, publ. Oxford University Press, 0-19-280447-2, £9.99, xx + 497pp, tp, anth)
- The Best Ghost Stories Ever, (Sep 2003, ed. Christopher Krovatin, publ. Scholastic Paperbacks, 0-439-57426-9, $3.99, viii+180pp, pb, anth) Cover: Josh Graham
- The Best Ghost Stories Ever, (Sep 2004, ed. Christopher Krovatin, publ. Scholastic Paperbacks, 0-439-57426-9, $3.99, viii+180pp, pb, anth) Cover: Josh Graham
- The Sense of the Past, (Jun 2006, Henry James, publ. Tartarus Press, 1-872621-99-6, £35.00, xi+657pp, hc, coll)
- The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories, (Oct 2007, Henry James, publ. Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics), 978-0-09-951123-6, £5.99, 235pp, tp, coll)
- Ghost Stories of Henry James, (Feb 2008, Henry James, publ. Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural), 978-1-84022-070-4, $1.99, 344pp, pb, coll)
- The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Henry James: Volume 1, (Nov 2009, Henry James, publ. Leonaur Ltd, 978-0-85706-039-6, £12.99, 440pp, tp, coll)
- The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Henry James: Volume 1, (Nov 2009, Henry James, publ. Leonaur Ltd, 978-0-85706-043-3, £20.99, 440pp, hc, coll)
- American Gothic Tales, (date unknown, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, publ. Plume / Penguin, 0-452-27489-3, $14.95, 544pp, tp, anth) Cover: Melissa Jacoby
- Classic Scary Stories, (date unknown, ed. Molly Cooper, Glen Bledsoe, Karen E Bledsoe, publ. Lowell House, 46640091, 493pp, hc, anth) Cover: Barbara Kiwak
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