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Title: The Friends of the Friends Title Record # 191048
Author: Henry James
Date: 1896-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published as 'The Way It Came' in the May, 1896 issue of 'Chap Book'.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1896 The Way It Came
Year Language Title
1953Translated by Marie Canavaggia (March 1953).
French Les amis des amis
1955 Italian Gli amici degli amici
1969Translated by Max Schuchart
Dutch De vrienden van de vrienden
2004The book credits the original as being titled "The friends of the friends". Translated by Renato Pompeu
Portuguese Os amigos dos amigos

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Embarrassments 1896-00-00 Henry James William Heinemann     263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Chap-Book, May 1, 1896 1896-05-01 ed. Editors of The Chap-Book Herbert S. Stone & Co.  
$0.10?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
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  
The Ghostly Tales of Henry James 1949-00-00 Henry James Rutgers University Press  
$5.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxiv+
766
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953 1953-07-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Emsh Checkmark
Fantascienza #7 1955-05-00 ed. Livio Garzanti Garzanti 7
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999
112
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Kirberger Checkmark
Best Ghost Stories 1957-02-00 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  
Fiction, #114 1963-05-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F2.50?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Michel Jakubowicz Checkmark
Best Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 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  
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres 1966-00-00 ed. Roger Caillois Gallimard  
F35.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999
640
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  
Verschijningen uit niemandsland 1969-00-00 Henry James Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1224) 1224
ƒ2.75?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999
170
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Embarrassments 1970-00-00 Henry James Books for Libraries Press 0-8369-3353-2   v+
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Stories of the Supernatural 1970-00-00 Henry James Taplinger 0-8008-3830-0
$7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xvi+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Stories of the Supernatural 1971-00-00 Henry James Barrie & Jenkins 0-214-65277-7   xvi+
762
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  
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres 1977-00-00 ed. Roger Caillois Gallimard     642
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Stories of the Supernatural 1980-03-00 Henry James Taplinger 0-8008-3829-7
$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xvi+
762
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  
Les fantômes de la jalousie 1982-12-00 Henry James Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #65) 2-7304-0186-5   220
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 Jean-Michel Nicollet  
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature 1983-00-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£4.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xix+
967
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 Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature 1984-04-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xix+
967
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 George Tooker Checkmark
Night Cry, Fall 1985 1985-00-00 ed. T. E. D. Klein TZ Publications, Inc.  
$2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
196
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Manuel S. Morales Checkmark
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1986-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5
£12.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xvii+
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1987-05-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5
$18.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1989-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£5.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xvii+
504
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 Atkinson Grimshaw  
The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 1992-00-00 Henry James Oxford University Press 0-19-283404-5   lv+
266
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 Norton Book of Ghost Stories 1994-10-00 ed. Brad Leithauser W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03564-6
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
430
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
Léon Spilliaert?Leon Spilliaert
Checkmark
The Norton Book of Ghost Stories 1994-11-00 ed. Brad Leithauser W. W. Norton / BOMC  
$21.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
430
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
Léon Spilliaert?Leon Spilliaert
 
Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women 1995-01-00 ed. Marvin Kaye GuildAmerica Books / SFBC 1-56865-116-3 / 03334
$10.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xiv+
530
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Larry Lurin Checkmark
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1995-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xvii+
504
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 1997-00-00 ed. Italo Calvino Pantheon Books 0-679-41526-2
$30.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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. ISO code: USD
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
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories 1999-06-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0614-7
$25.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xvii+
470
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tony Greco & Associates Checkmark
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories 2000-09-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0808-5
$14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xvii+
470
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 of Henry James 2001-06-00 Henry James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-84022-422-3
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
344
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories 2001-10-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-84119-418-2
£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xv+
464
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 Ashley Pearce  
Contos fantásticos do século XIX?Contos fantásticos do seculo XIX
2004-00-00 ed. Italo Calvino Companhia das Letras 978-85-359-0502-1
R$69.61?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL
517
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 Jeff Fisher Checkmark
The Sense of the Past 2006-06-23 Henry James Tartarus Press 1-872621-99-6
£35.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xi+
657
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Embarrassments 2007-06-25 Henry James Project Gutenberg 21932
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Classic Tales of Horror: Volume Two 2007-09-00 ed. Jonathan Wooding Bloody Books 978-1-905636-11-2
£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
251
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 Rebecca Welby Checkmark
The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 2007-10-04 Henry James Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-0-09-951123-6
£5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
235
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  
Ghost Stories of Henry James 2008-02-00 Henry James Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-070-4
$1.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
344
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 Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 2008-04-17 Henry James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-953617-7
£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
lv+
266
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  
Ghost Stories 2008-09-00 ed. Peter Washington Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Pocket Classics) 978-0-307-26924-9
$15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
407
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Ghost Stories 2008-09-00 ed. Peter Washington Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Pocket Classics) 978-1-84159-601-3
£10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
407
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 2009-00-00 ed. Italo Calvino Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) 978-0-14-139193-9
£?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Vittore Carpaccio  
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. ISO code: GBP
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  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Henry James: Volume 4 2009-11-30 Henry James Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-046-4
£20.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
436
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Henry James: Volume 4 2009-11-30 Henry James Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-042-6
£12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
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.
coll  
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 2015-03-17 ed. Italo Calvino Mariner Books 978-0-544-15209-0
$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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 Ghost Stories 2017-10-12 ed. uncredited Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-1-78487-296-0
£12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
455
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ed Kluz  
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories 2018-02-13 Henry James Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-138975-2
$10.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xl+
384
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 Peter Ilsted Checkmark
The Turning 2019-12-31 Henry James Penguin Books 978-0-525-50740-6
$11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Turning 2019-12-31 Henry James Penguin Books 978-0-14-313570-8
$15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
336
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 Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 24 2024-01-03 ed. Alastair Gunn Wimbourne Books  
£1.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Reginald G. Eves  
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
xix+
967
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 Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xix+
967
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 George Tooker  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
504
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
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