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Title: The Prayer Title Record # 572425
Author: Violet Hunt
Date: 1895-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Chapman's Magazine of Fiction, December 1895.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1895 The Story of a Ghost
Year Language Title
1994Translated by Sari Kallioinen and Anita Puumalainen
Finnish Rukous
2000Translated by Jacques Finné
French La prière

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Chapman's Magazine of Fiction, Christmas 1895 1895-12-00 ed. Editors of Chapman's Magazine of Fiction Chapman & Hall     148
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Tales of the Uneasy 1911-00-00 Violet Hunt William Heinemann  
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).
vii+
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1931-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Second Omnibus of Crime 1932-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Coward-McCann  
$2.50?$: US dollar
855
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1932-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
5/-?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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1937-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1948-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1949-02-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Ghostly by Gaslight 1971-02-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz, Alden H. Norton Pyramid Books T2416
$0.75?$: US dollar
223
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 Checkmark
Ghostly by Gaslight 1973-09-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz, Alden H. Norton Pyramid Books  
$0.95?$: US dollar
223
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 Checkmark
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1988-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 0-86068-809-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
xvi+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dante Gabriel Rossetti  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1989-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 0-86068-809-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
xvii+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dante Gabriel Rossetti Checkmark
Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers 1989-05-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-473-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1989-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Charnwood 0-7089-8525-4   xxviii+
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-593-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
347
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 Saksa Art & Design Checkmark
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1992-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 1-85381-480-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
xvi+
347
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 Dante Gabriel Rossetti  
Foundations of Fear 1992-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-85074-3
$27.50?$: US dollar
660
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom Canty Checkmark
Foundations of Fear 1992-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / BOMC  
$21.95?$: US dollar
660
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom Canty  
Foundations of Fear 1993-07-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / QPBC  
$15.95?$: US dollar
660
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 Tom Canty  
Englantilaiset aaveet 1994-00-00 ed. Markku Sadelehto Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö (FAN) 951-0-19413-1   502
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 Jukka Murtosaari Checkmark
Worlds of Fear 1994-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-55002-1
$4.99?$: US dollar
464
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 Tom Canty Checkmark
Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers 1996-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0354-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
xvi+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Les fantômes des victoriennes 2000-04-00 ed.
Jacques Finné?Jacques Finne
Librairie José Corti (Domaine romantique) 2-7143-0723-X   438
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
Léon Spilliaert?Leon Spilliaert
 
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
Tales of the Uneasy 2004-02-00 Violet Hunt Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-065-4
C$59.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xvi +
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski  
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