Title: The Adventure of the German Student

Title: The Adventure of the German Student Title Record # 91871
Author: Washington Irving
Date: 1824-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman
Language: English
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Year	Title
1824	Adventure of the German Student
1824	The Adventure of the German Student [as by Geoffrey Crayon]
1824	The Adventure of the German Student [as by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]
1824	The Lady with the Velvet Collar
1836	The Execution [as by uncredited]
1918	The Lady with the Velvet Collar; or, The Adventure of the German Student [as by W. Irving]
1927	The Lady of the Velvet Collar
1981	The Tale of the German Student

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Robert Benayoun	French	Aventure d'un étudiant allemand
1972^ⓘTranslated by Hugo A. Brown / Perla Lenci / Raquel Kuperman	Spanish	La aventura del estudiante alemán
1979^ⓘTranslated by Henri Parisot.	French	L'étudiant allemand
1997^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand (Robert Benayoun ?).	French	L'aventure de l'étudiant allemand

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Tales of a Traveller	1824-00-00	Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.	John Murray			xvi+ 364+ vi+ 394	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of All Nations, March 12, 1836	1836-03-12	ed. Editors of Tales of All Nations	W. Strange		-/1^?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).		unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag	Vasey
Tales of All Nations; or, Popular Legends and Romances	1848-00-00	ed. uncredited	T. Allman			380	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Famous Ghost Stories	1918-07-00	ed. J. Walker McSpadden	Thomas Y. Crowell (The "Mystery" Library)		$1.25^?$: US dollar	x+ 302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Weird Tales, February 1927	1927-02-00	ed. Farnsworth Wright	Popular Fiction Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	148	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	C. Barker Petrie, Jr.
Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories	1938-02-00	J. Walker McSpadden	Blue Ribbon Books		$0.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 305+ x+ 302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Story Survey	1939-00-00	ed. Harold Blodgett	J. B. Lippincott			797	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants	1947-00-00	ed. Elinore Blaisdell	Thomas Y. Crowell		$3.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ 372	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories	1964-00-00	Washington Irving	Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #50)	CL50	$0.50^?$: US dollar	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.	coll
Famous Tales of the Fantastic	1965-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Arthur Barker		18/-^?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).	207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Magazine of Horror, April 1965	1965-04-00	ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes	Health Knowledge, Inc.		$0.50^?$: US dollar	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
Famous Tales of the Fantastic	1965-10-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Hill and Wang			207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Tales to Tremble By	1966-00-00	ed. Stephen P. Sutton	Whitman Publishing Company (Whitman Classics)	1631	$0.89^?$: US dollar	214	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Shannon Stirnweis
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons	1967-02-00	ed. Rod Serling	Bantam Books	H3324	$0.60^?$: US dollar	viii+ 212	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
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons	1967-02-00	ed. Rod Serling	Bantam Books	H3324	$0.60^?$: US dollar	viii+ 212	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 Romantic Storybook	1971-00-00	ed. Morris Bishop	Cornell University Press	0-8014-0658-7	$7.50^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alison Mason Kingsbury
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons	1971-03-00	ed. Rod Serling	Bantam Books	S5821	$0.75^?$: US dollar	viii+ 212	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
Gothic Tales of Terror: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, 1765-1840	1972-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Taplinger	0-8008-3590-5	$11.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 928	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840	1972-11-00	ed. Peter Haining	Gollancz	0-575-01376-1	£2.50^?£: UK pound	480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States	1973-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Penguin Books (US)	0-14-003766-7		506	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	Peter Fluck
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840	1973-08-30	ed. Peter Haining	Penguin Books	0-14-003719-5	£0.60^?£: UK pound	512	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
Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States	1974-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Penguin Books (US)	0-14-003766-7	$2.95^?$: US dollar	506	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	Peter Fluck
Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre	1976-00-00	ed. Les Daniels	Charles Scribner's Sons	0-684-14624-X	$12.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 271	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lee Brown Coye
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories	1980-06-00	Washington Irving	Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #50)	0-8049-0050-7	$1.25^?$: US dollar	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.	coll
50 Great American Short Stories	1980-08-00	ed. Milton Crane	Bantam Books (Bantam Literature)	0-553-14528-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 502	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
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1981-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday	0-385-18506-5	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Washington Irving's Tales of the Supernatural	1982-00-00	Washington Irving	Stemmer House	0-916144-64-X	$17.95^?$: US dollar	307	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	R. W. Alley
Washington Irving's Tales of the Supernatural	1982-00-00	Washington Irving	Stemmer House	0-916144-65-8	$9.95^?$: US dollar	307	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	R. W. Alley
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1982-05-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday / SFBC	5905	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840	1983-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Penguin Books	0-14-003719-5	£3.50^?£: UK pound	506	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	Barbara Lofthouse
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century	1983-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Beaufort Books	0-8253-0128-9	$16.95^?$: US dollar	368	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Ghost Stories	1985-00-00	ed. Betty Ann Schwartz	Little Simon	0-671-60179-2	$6.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 177	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	James Warhola
Great Ghost Stories	1985-00-00	ed. Betty Ann Schwartz	Julian Messner	0-671-60622-0		xiii+ 177	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	James Warhola
Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories	1986-09-00	ed. Charles Keeping	Blackie	0-216-92012-4	£8.95^?£: UK pound	142	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles Keeping
Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories	1986-10-00	ed. Charles Keeping	Peter Bedrick Books	0-87226-096-8	$14.95^?$: US dollar	142	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Charles Keeping
Anthology of Fear	1988-12-00	ed. uncredited	Marshall Cavendish Partworks	1-85435-117-6	£3.95^?£: UK pound	368	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Back from the Dead	1991-03-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #845)	0-88677-472-1	$4.99^?$: US dollar	364	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	Jim Warren
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1993-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8	$7.95^?$: US dollar	496	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories	1993-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Little, Brown UK	0-316-90565-8	£15.99^?£: UK pound	xvi+ 381	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1994-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Michael O'Mara Books	1-85479-958-4	£14.99^?£: UK pound	496	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories	1994-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Warner Books UK	0-7515-0968-X	£5.99^?£: UK pound	xvi+ 381	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
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1995-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-923-9	$4.98^?$: US dollar	496	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	Jack Eckstein
Selected Ghost Stories	1996-11-00	ed. Giles Gordon	Bloomsbury	0-7475-2914-0	£10.95^?£: UK pound	232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jeff Fisher (artist)
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	1997-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-923-9	$4.98^?$: US dollar	496	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	Jack Eckstein
Masters of the Macabre	1999-00-00	ed. uncredited	Book-of-the-Month Club	0-9650769-7-0		128	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
Dread, Winter 2000	2000-01-00	ed. Bill Hughes	Rampant Moose Publishing		$3.00^?$: US dollar	60	octavo^?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	D. A. Kellough
One Dark Night: 13 Masterpieces of the Macabre	2000-09-00	ed. Kathleen Blease	Ballantine Books	0-345-44044-7	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 206	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 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	2003-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Sterling Publishing	1-4027-0975-7	$12.95^?$: US dollar	496	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 Horror Stories: Sixteen Legendary Stories of the Supernatural	2003-00-00	ed. Charles A. Coulombe	Lyons Press	1-59228-200-8	$9.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 333	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
Famous Ghost Stories	2004-08-30	ed. J. Walker McSpadden	Fredonia Books	1-4101-0687-X	$15.99^?$: US dollar	316	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
Tales of a Traveller	2004-09-23	Washington Irving	Project Gutenberg	13514			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre	2006-08-01	ed. Stephen Jones	Pegasus Books	978-1-60598-201-4			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Randy Broecker
Haunted	2007-06-01	ed. Vic Parker	Bardfield Press / Miles Kelly Publishing	978-1-84236-942-5	£14.99^?£: UK pound	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre	2007-06-25	ed. Stephen Jones	Fall River Press	978-0-7607-9123-3		xxvi+ 354	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
American Supernatural Tales	2007-10-02	ed. S. T. Joshi	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics)	978-1-4406-4940-0			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Hans Neleman
American Supernatural Tales	2007-10-02	ed. S. T. Joshi	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-310504-6	$17.00^?$: US dollar	xxxiv+ 477	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	Hans Neleman
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps	2009-00-00	ed. Peter Straub	The Library of America (The Library of America #196)	978-1-59853-047-6	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 746	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Andy Kerry , MIchelle Kerry
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Macabre Tales	2010-00-00	Washington Irving	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-2505-6		viii+ 327	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Book of the Living Dead	2010-10-00	ed. John Richard Stephens	Berkley Books	978-0-425-23706-9	$15.00^?$: US dollar	xi+ 399	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 Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology	2011-09-23	ed. Andrew Barger	Bottletree Books	978-1-933747-33-0	$17.99^?$: US dollar	218	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 Vampyre and Other Macabre Tales	2012-00-00	ed. uncredited	The Folio Society		£^?£: UK pound	xv+ 207+ [6]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Anne Yvonne Gilbert
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories	2012-06-08	Washington Irving	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-13100-9	$4.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Big Book of Ghost Stories	2012-09-18	ed. Otto Penzler	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-0-307-47449-0	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 833	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	Gregg Kulick
Haunted	2012-10-01	ed. Vic Parker	Galaxy	978-1-4458-2540-3	£12.99^?£: UK pound		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 Ghost and Horror Collection 020	2013-04-18	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
American Supernatural Tales	2013-10-03	ed. S. T. Joshi	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Horror)	978-0-14-312237-1	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xliv+ 467	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Paul Buckley
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror	2014-00-00	ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-5721-7	$7.98^?$: US dollar	666	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Shutterstock.com
The Fifth Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Haunts	2015-01-22	ed. John Gregory Betancourt	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-0480-3	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Weird Tales (disc 2)	2019-00-00	ed. uncredited					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8		496	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories	date unknown	Washington Irving	Minster Classics	13-453	£0.95^?£: UK pound	318	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
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-056-8		496	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jack Eckstein
American Supernatural Tales	date unknown	ed. S. T. Joshi	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-310504-6	$16.00^?$: US dollar	xxxiii+ 477	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	Hans Neleman
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons	date unknown	ed. Rod Serling	Bantam Books	Q2580	$1.25^?$: US dollar	viii+ 212	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

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)