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Title: Crewe Title Record # 1001781
Author: Walter de la Mare
Date: 1929-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in the London Mercury, July 1929. Revised when reprinted in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare; this version appears in Short Stories 1895-1926.
Synopsis: A servant tells how he strove to drive away his fellow servants so that he would gain from a legacy. One of the servants commits suicide but returns in the form of a scarecrow. -- from The Guide to Supernatural Fiction
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Shudders 1929-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Charles Scribner's Sons  
$2.00?$: US dollar
268
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Shudders 1929-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
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).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
On the Edge 1930-00-00 Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber  
10/6?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+
331
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Elizabeth Rivers  
Shudders 1931-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith 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).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Creepy Stories 1934-00-00 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).
xi+
1178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Best Stories of Walter de la Mare 1942-00-00 Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber     171
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Best Ghost Stories 1945-00-00 ed. Anne Ridler Faber and Faber  
9/6?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).
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Wolpe  
Best Ghost Stories 1957-00-00 ed. Anne Ridler Faber and Faber  
15/-?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).
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Wolpe Checkmark
Best Ghost Stories 1960-00-00 ed. Anne Ridler Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)  
6/6?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).
360
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  
Short Stories 1927-1956 2001-07-00 Walter de la Mare Giles de la Mare Publishers 1-900357-04-6   x+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Strangers and Pilgrims 2007-06-11 Walter de la Mare Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-02-8
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiii+
510
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Short Stories 1927-1956 2012-07-18 Walter de la Mare Giles de la Mare Publishers 978-1-900357-41-8
£10.79?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Out of the Deep and Other Supernatural Tales 2017-04-10 Walter de la Mare British Library Publishing 978-0-7123-5675-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
350
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  
Strangers and Pilgrims 2022-00-00 Walter de la Mare Tartarus Press 978-1-912586-38-7
£80.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
304, 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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