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Title: Rats Title Record # 101019
Author: M. R. James
Date: 1929-03-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
2016Translated by Usch Kiausch
German Ratten
2019Translated by unknown.
Italian Ratti [as by Montague Rhodes James]

Publications

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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  
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  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1931-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold  
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).
xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Case (artist)  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1931-00-00 M. R. James Longmans, Green and Co.     xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Case (artist)  
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  
A Century of Thrillers: Second Series 1935-00-00 ed. uncredited Daily Express Publications     896
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1944-00-00 M. R. James Editions for the Armed Services ( #O-28) O-28
$0.00?$: US dollar
352
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.
coll  
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1944-03-00 M. R. James World Publishing Co. (A Tower Mystery) T-282
$0.49?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1944-07-00 M. R. James World Publishing Co. (A Tower Mystery)  
$0.49?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Three Ghosts 1947-00-00 ed. William Strode Sampson Low, Marston & Company     48
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 Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1964-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold  
16/-?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+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1973-00-00 M. R. James The Folio Society 0-85067-060-8   xi+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles Keeping  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1974-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold 0-7131-5757-7   vii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media 1975-00-00 Les Daniels Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-14342-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
[8]+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic David Lunn Checkmark
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1975-00-00 M. R. James St. Martin's Press  
$15.00?$: US dollar
vii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1975-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold 0-7131-5757-7   viii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Haunted and the Haunters: Tales of Ghosts and Other Apparitions 1975-00-00 ed. Kathleen Lines The Bodley Head 0-370-10945-7   235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunted and the Haunters: Tales of Ghosts and Other Apparitions 1975-09-00 ed. Kathleen Lines Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-32900-1
$7.95?$: US dollar
x+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Guy Fleming  
Gahan Wilson's Favorite Tales of Horror 1976-00-00 ed. Gahan Wilson Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-12627-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
186
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 Gahan Wilson Checkmark
Gahan Wilson's Favorite Tales of Horror 1976-00-00 ed. Gahan Wilson Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-13523-X   186
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gahan Wilson  
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories 1978-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-12743-X
$7.95?$: US dollar
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Jay Silverman Checkmark
Supernatural 1978-00-00 ed. James Gibson, Alan Ridout John Murray (Short Story Series) 0-7195-3505-0
£0.85?£: UK pound
122
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  
When Churchyards Yawn 1982-10-00 ed. Denys Val Baker William Kimber 0-7183-0039-4
£6.50?£: UK pound
186
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ionicus  
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1984-00-00 M. R. James Penguin Books 0-14-009017-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
362
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 Leslie Howell  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 1987-04-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 0-19-281719-1
£3.95?£: UK pound
xxxviii+
352
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.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw  
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1987-10-00 M. R. James Penguin Books 0-14-010226-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
362
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 Masque of the Red Death and Other Stories 1990-00-00 ed. Julia Eccleshare Viking Kestrel 0-670-82927-7
£5.50?£: UK pound
160
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 Julie Douglas  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 1991-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-701-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
658
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 Peter Kettle  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 1991-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-102-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
658
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 Peter Kettle  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 0-19-281719-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
xxxviii+
352
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.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-053-3   352
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.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-57335-363-9   352
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.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1993-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-053-3   647
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.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 1993-07-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
Collected Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-839-9   354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 M. R. James Penguin Books (Penguin Popular Classics) 0-14-062103-2   362
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.
coll  
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories 1994-09-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278126-X
£12.99?£: UK pound
vi+
314
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Simon Marsden  
Thrillers: A Classic Collection 1994-10-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-159-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
[iv]+
612
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Images Colour Library  
Selected Ghost Stories 1995-05-00 M. R. James Senate 1-85958-134-X   394
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 Caspar-David Friedrich  
The Giant Book of Ghost Stories 1996-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Parragon 0-7525-0152-6   658
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  
Thrillers: A Classic Collection 1996-00-00 ed. uncredited Leopard 1-85891-316-0   [iv]+
612
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 Images Colour Library Checkmark
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278145-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
314
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  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-921-2
$4.98?$: US dollar
546
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  
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings 2001-08-01 M. R. James Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-024-7
C$100.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xlix+
658
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lowe  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2002-00-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press 0-19-515117-8
$19.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
298
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2003-01-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press / SFBC  
$9.99?$: US dollar
xiv+
298
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 2003-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0973-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
546
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
Collected Ghost Stories 2007-07-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 1-84022-551-3   xi+
352
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  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2009-01-29 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-953857-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxxviii+
352
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.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw  
Horror Masters Vol. 7 2010-01-15 ed. Sons of Horror River Styx Publishing 978-1-61704-043-6
$11.85?$: US dollar
166
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  
Ghost Stories: Volume One 2010-03-16 M. R. James BBC Worldwide 978-1-4056-7814-8
$24.95?$: US dollar
 
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2011-10-13 M. R. James Oxford University Press 978-0-19-956884-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
xxx+
468
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2011-10-13 M. R. James Oxford University Press 978-0-19-162044-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories 2012-01-14 M. R. James IndoEuropeanPublishing 978-1-60444-569-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
98
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 2013-09-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-967489-3
£8.99?£: 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.
coll  
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 2?Saemtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 2
2016-08-24 M. R. James Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2641) 978-3-86552-484-3
€28.00?€: Euro
460+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 2017-04-01 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 978-0-19-879736-4
£16.99?£: UK pound
512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2018-09-04 M. R. James Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1653-2
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Piccola guida tascabile agli animali pericolosi in letteratura, ovvero, la zoologia come espediente per la letteratura 2019-01-09 ed. uncredited ABEditore (Piccole Guide Tascabili #1) 978-88-6551-300-2
€9.90?€: Euro
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 2021-12-10 ed. M. R. James Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-771-0
£20.00?£: UK pound
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8   xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8   xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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