Title: Selecting a Ghost
Title Record # 944516
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1883-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1883-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: Non-supernatural, with a faked haunting. First published in London Society, December 1883, as "Selecting a Ghost: The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange." Not the same as Doyle's early story "The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe."
Synopsis: Argentine D'Odd is a successful man with a lovely wife, thriving bank account and a dignified (if fabricated) knightly heritage. But Goresthorpe Grange, his newly-purchased 'ancestral' home, lacks the one thing he wants most in the world: a ghost. Fortunately, there are people that can help with that. Unfortunately, the one who arrives is a con man.
Synopsis taken from publisher's website.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Dreamland and Ghostland: Volume III | 1887-10-00 | ed. uncredited | George Redway | 308 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Ghost Stories and Presentiments | 1888-11-00 | ed. uncredited | George Redway | 308 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Strange Secrets | 1889-06-00 | ed. uncredited | Chatto & Windus | 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). |
viii+ 336 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures | 1893-00-00 | A. Conan Doyle | Lovell, Coryell & Company | 288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Strange Secrets Told by A. Conan Doyle and Others | 1895-00-00 | ed. uncredited | R. F. Fenno & Co. | 287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Mystic-Humorous Stories | 1920-00-00 | ed. Joseph Lewis French | Doubleday, Page & Company |
ix+ 265 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |  |
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| Shapes of the Supernatural | 1969-00-00 | ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley | Doubleday | 0-385-04116-0 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
371 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Covington | |
| The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle | 1979-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Dover Publications | 0-486-23725-7 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 302 |
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 | Lida Moser | |
| The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle | 1979-08-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Dover Publications | 0-486-23725-7 | $4.00?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 302 |
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 | Lida Moser | |
| L'horreur des altitudes | 1981-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Union générale d'éditions (Les maîtres de l'étrange et de la peur) | 2-264-00328-6 | 248 | 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 | ||
| Uncollected Stories: The Unknown Conan Doyle | 1982-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Secker & Warburg | 0-436-13301-6 |
xxiii+ 456 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Uncollected Stories: The Unknown Conan Doyle | 1983-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Secker & Warburg | 0-436-13301-6 |
xxiii+ 456 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Geschichten des Grauens | 1984-00-00 | ed. Aleš Haman, Irena Zítková | Naumann & Göbel | 208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jan Dungel | |||
| Uncollected Stories: The Unknown Conan Doyle | 1984-02-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Doubleday | 0-385-19028-X | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xxiii+ 456 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jack Ribik | |
| Supernatural Sleuths: Stories of Occult Investigators | 1986-03-00 | ed. Peter Haining | William Kimber | 0-7183-0597-3 | £8.50?£: UK pound |
226 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ionicus | |
| Ghost Stories | 1987-06-00 | ed. Aleš Haman, Irena Zítková | Exeter Books | 0-671-08750-9 | 209 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jan Dungel | |
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| The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 1988-04-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | W. Foulsham & Co. | 0-572-01453-8 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
272 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle | 1989-06-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Amereon House | 0-8488-0752-9 | $30.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 302 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Il vampiro del Sussex | 1990-04-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #35) | 88-347-0099-6 | Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira |
229 | 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 | Chris Achilleos | |
| Mostly Ghostly | 1998-00-00 | ed. Steven Zorn | Courage Books (Children's Illustrated Classics) | 0-7624-0406-X | 56 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 2000-00-00 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Gramercy Books | 0-517-16201-6 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
272 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction | 2004-05-22 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Ash-Tree Press | 1-55310-068-9 | C$60.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
xxxviii+ 460 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Paul Lowe | |
| Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories | 2006-11-28 | ed. Joseph Lewis French | Wildside Press | 0-8095-0095-7 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
ix+ 265 |
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 Speculative Conan Doyle | 2010-00-00 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Coachwhip Publications | 978-1-61646-024-2 | 396 | 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 | |||
| Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 8 | 2010-02-26 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
| The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction | 2012-02-22 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Ash-Tree Press | 978-1-55310-216-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Paul Lowe | ||
| The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction | 2012-02-22 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Ash-Tree Press | 978-1-55310-217-5 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Paul Lowe | |
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| The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange | 2012-06-00 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Jurassic London (Jurassic London Novelette Series #2) | 978-0-9571696-2-3 | 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. |
chap | Vincent Sammy | |||
| Pandemonium: Lost Souls | 2012-08-01 | ed. Anne C. Perry, Jared Shurin | Jurassic London | 978-0-9570392-8-5 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
276 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Pandemonium: Lost Souls | 2012-08-15 | ed. Anne C. Perry, Jared Shurin | Jurassic London | 978-0-9570392-9-2 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
338 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Vincent Sammy | |
| Pandemonium: Lost Souls | 2013-05-01 | ed. Anne C. Perry, Jared Shurin | Jurassic London | 978-0-9576462-0-9 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
338 | 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 | Vincent Sammy | |
| Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories | 2015-07-01 | ed. Joseph Lewis French | CreateSpace | 978-1-5147-7117-4 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
142 | 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 Parasite and Other Tales of Terror | 2021-05-04 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics #6) | 978-1-4926-9980-4 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
240 | 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 | Jeffrey Nguyen | |
| The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror | 2021-05-04 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics #6) | 978-1-4926-9981-1 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jeffrey Nguyen | |