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Title: Wandering Willie's Tale Title Record # 85715
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Date: 1824-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Redgauntlet Excerpts
Language: English
Note: Excerpt from ''Redgauntlet''.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1824 Wandering Willie's Tale [as by The Author of 'Waverley']
1888 Wandering Willie's Tale (excerpt from Redgauntlet)
1945 Wandering Willie's Tale (excerpt)
1946 Wandering Willie's Tale [as by Walter Scott]
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Rafael Llopis
Spanish Relato de Willie el vagabundo (excerpt) [as by Walter Scott]
1972Translated by Marcelo Pérez Rivas
Spanish La historia de Willie el vagabundo (excerpt from Redgauntlet) [as by Walter Scott]
1978Translated by Jeanne Fournier-Pargoire
French L'histoire de Willie le vagabond [as by Walter Scott]
1979Translated by an unknown translator
French Histoire racontée par Willie le Vagabond [as by Walter Scott]
1981Translated by Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret.
French Le berceau du chat [as by Walter Scott]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century 1824-00-00 The Author of 'Waverley' Archibald Constable & Co.     319+
328+
331
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Weird Tales: Scottish 1888-00-00 ed. uncredited William Paterson (Nuggets for Travellers #6)  
1/-?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).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Tit-Bits: Scottish 1888-00-00 ed. uncredited White and Allen     256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the Literatures of France, England and America 1906-00-00 ed. William Patten P. F. Collier & Son     430+
428+
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunters & the Haunted: Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural 1921-00-00 ed. Ernest Rhys Daniel O'Connor     394
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood 1924-10-00 ed. V. H. Collins Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #284)  
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).
xvi+
506
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Tales, January 1926 1926-01-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Andrew Brosnatch Checkmark
Great Ghost Stories 1930-10-00 ed. Harrison Dale Herbert Jenkins  
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).
399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories 1931-01-00 ed. Harrison Dale Herbert Jenkins  
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).
399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Daily Express Publications     1087
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Devil in Scotland 1934-00-00 ed. Douglas Percy Bliss A. MacLehose  
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).
107
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Devil in Scotland 1934-00-00 ed. Douglas Percy Bliss The Macmillan Company  
$3.25?$: US dollar
107
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Mystery Book 1934-00-00 ed. H. Douglas Thomson Odhams Press     1086
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Century of Thrillers 1937-00-00 ed. uncredited President Press     viii+
367, vi+
373, vi+
370
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Witches, Warlocks and Ghosts: Tales of the Supernatural 1938-00-00 ed. J. Edward Mason Oliver and Boyd     127
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories 1939-00-00 ed. John Hampden J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #952)  
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).
xvii+
366
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Speak of the Devil 1945-07-00 ed. C. B. Boutell, Sterling North Doubleday, Doran  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xi+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Salvador Dali  
Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy 1946-00-00 ed. Joseph A. Margolies Whittlesey House  
$3.75?$: US dollar
x+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
The Blue Flower: Best Stories of the Romanticists 1946-00-00 ed. Hermann Kesten Roy Publishers  
$5.00?$: US dollar
xviii+
675
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Supernatural in the English Short Story 1959-01-00 ed. Pamela Search Bernard Hanison  
21/-?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).
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Cuentos de terror 1963-00-00 ed. Rafael Llopis Taurus     604
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spooks in Your Cupboard 1963-00-00 ed. Kay Pankey Seven Seas Publishers  
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).
260
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  
Ghosts! An Anthology of Spectral Stories 1971-00-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie 0-216-88411-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Antes y después de Drácula 1972-00-00 ed. uncredited Rodolfo Alonso (Aventura)     428
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Sergio Camporeale  
Scottish Tales of Terror 1972-00-00 ed. Angus Campbell Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-612922-6
£0.25?£: 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  
Ghost Stories 1972-07-00 ed. John Hampden J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library) 0-460-01952-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
xvi+
366
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  
Supernatural Tales 2 1974-00-00 ed. Gary Grant Quartet Books 0-7043-1137-2
£0.20?£: UK pound
59
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  
Classic Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens and Others 1975-02-00 ed. uncredited Dover Publications 0-486-20735-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
vi+
330
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 Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott 1977-00-00 Sir Walter Scott John Calder 0-7145-3616-4
£5.25?£: UK pound
217
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Histoires de fantômes 1978-11-03 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1463) 2-266-00335-6   442
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
Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique: Tome II 1979-00-00 ed. uncredited Éditions Vernoy (Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique #2)     250
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Histoires de fantômes 1979-03-00 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati France Loisirs (La grande anthologie du fantastique #4) 2-7242-0514-6   442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Benjamin Baltimore  
Scottish Tales of Terror 1979-05-00 ed. Angus Campbell Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-613957-4
£0.80?£: 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 Justin Todd Checkmark
Le berceau du chat 1981-00-00 Walter Scott Union générale d'éditions (Les maîtres de l'étrange et de la peur) 2-264-00360-X   252
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 Alain Tercinet  
The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry 1981-06-00 ed. Nora Crow Jaffe, Patricia L. Skarda NAL Meridian 0-452-00636-8
$8.95?$: US dollar
xxix+
479
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 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  
The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers 1986-09-00 ed. Tim Haydock Robinson 0-948164-25-5
£4.95?£: UK pound
693
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 Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott 1986-10-00 Sir Walter Scott Riverrun Press 0-7145-4086-2
$8.95?$: US dollar
217
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  
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  
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  
Horror by Lamplight 1993-08-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-315-4
£4.99?£: UK pound
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Williams (II) Checkmark
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 1997-00-00 ed. Italo Calvino Pantheon Books 0-679-41526-2
$30.00?$: US dollar
588
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kathleen DiGrado Checkmark
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 1998-11-00 ed. Italo Calvino Vintage Books (Vintage International) 0-679-75544-6
$15.00?$: US dollar
588
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 Arnold Boecklin Checkmark
The Open Door and Other Ghost Stories 1999-09-00 ed. Philip Gooden Phoenix 0-7538-0743-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
ix+
245
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 Liz Pyle  
Great Ghost Stories 2003-08-07 ed. William Patten Fredonia Books 1-4101-0331-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
436
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 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
The Haunters & the Haunted: Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural 2006-03-09 ed. Ernest Rhys Project Gutenberg 17953    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 2009-00-00 ed. Italo Calvino Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) 978-0-14-139193-9
£?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Vittore Carpaccio  
Scottish Ghost Stories 2009-02-00 ed. Rosemary Gray Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-168-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
623
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 William Russell Flint  
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 2009-05-00 ed. Italo Calvino Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) 978-0-14-119012-9
£16.99?£: UK pound
586
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 Vittore Carpaccio  
World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) 2013-00-00 ed. T. M. Gray, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-60-9   496
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
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 2015-03-17 ed. Italo Calvino Mariner Books 978-0-544-15209-0
$13.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
586
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  
Classic Tales of Horror 2016-09-15 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78428-244-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Classic Tales of Horror 2017-10-03 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78888-064-0
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Weird Tales 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
anth Margaret Brundage Checkmark
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