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Title: The Library Window Title Record # 839829
Author: Margaret Oliphant
Date: 1896-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1881From "Stories of the Seen and Unseen", Blackwood, 1881
The Library Window [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
1986 The Library Window [as by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant]
Year Language Title
1975Translated by Leni Sobez
German Das Bibliotheksfenster [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
2000Translated by Jacques Finné
French La fenêtre de la bibliothèque

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Stories of the Seen and the Unseen 1902-00-00 Mrs. Oliphant William Blackwood & Sons  
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).
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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  
50 Years of Ghost Stories 1935-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
2/6?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).
ix+
702
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Ghost Stories 1936-00-00 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).
1013
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
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1969-12-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 2099
4/-?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).
224
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  
Walk in Dread 1970-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson 0-09-101810-2   319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Walk in Dread: Twelve Classic Eerie Tales 1972-10-00 ed. Dorothy Tomlinson Taplinger 0-8008-8037-4
$6.95?$: US dollar
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
13 Geister-Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Dorothy Tomlinson Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #46) 3-453-45019-1
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
252
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
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613700-8   224
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  
A Treasury of Victorian Ghost Stories 1981-00-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-17299-2
$17.95?$: US dollar
viii+
358
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1981-06-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613700-8
£0.95?£: UK pound
224
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 Book of the Dead: Thirteen Classic Tales of the Supernatural 1986-07-00 ed. Alan K. Russell New Orchard 1-85079-035-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Beleaguered City and Other Stories 1988-00-00 Margaret Oliphant Oxford University Press (The World's Classics) 0-19-281835-X
£4.95?£: UK pound
xxv+
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.
coll Claude Monet  
Great Ghost Stories in Large Print 1988-05-00 ed. Mary C. Allen G. K. Hall & Co. (G. K. Hall Large Print Book Series) 0-8161-4423-0
$18.95?$: US dollar
x+
390
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Reau Johnson Checkmark
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 Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature 2001-02-00 ed. David Sandner, Jacob Weisman North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. 1-58394-030-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
747
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Dashow  
Scottish Ghost Stories 2009-02-00 ed. Rosemary Gray Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-168-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
623
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 William Russell Flint  
The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature 2013-08-15 ed. David Sandner, Jacob Weisman Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-096-4
$19.95?$: US dollar
x+
706
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 Thomas Canty  
The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories 2014-08-26 ed. Michael Sims Bloomsbury USA 978-1-62040-324-2
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Haunted House Short Stories 2019-01-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78755-266-1
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: Volume 2: 1840-1925 2021-09-07 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-784-1
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
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