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Title: The Cheery Soul

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Title: The Cheery Soul Title Record # 56039
Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Date: 1942-12-24
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in The Listener, 24 December 1942
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Demon Lover and Other Stories 1945-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Jonathan Cape  
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).
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ivy Gripped the Steps and Other Stories 1946-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
233
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Demon Lover and Other Stories 1952-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Jonathan Cape     224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1952 1952-04-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 George Salter Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series 1953-03-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Little, Brown  
$3.00?$: US dollar
[x]+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
A Day in the Dark and Other Stories 1965-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Jonathan Cape  
21/-?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).
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Demon Lover and Other Stories 1966-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Penguin Books 2440
4/6?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).
203
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 Shirley Thompson  
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 1980-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Jonathan Cape 0-224-01838-8
£8.50?£: UK pound
784
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 1981-02-09 Elizabeth Bowen Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-51666-4   784
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 1982-01-00 Elizabeth Bowen Vintage Books 0-394-75296-1   782
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 Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 1983-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Penguin Books 0-14-006265-3   784
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 Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 1996-00-00 Elizabeth Bowen Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0348-5   782
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7
£17.99?£: UK pound
xx+
425
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Inshaw  
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7
$25.00?$: US dollar
xix+
425
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Inshaw  
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 1999-06-00 Elizabeth Bowen Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 0-09-928773-0
£12.99?£: UK pound
784
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 Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 2006-08-08 Elizabeth Bowen Anchor Books 1-4000-9656-1
$17.95?$: US dollar
782
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 Henry Lamb Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen 2019-06-05 Elizabeth Bowen Anchor Books 978-0-593-08063-4
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights 2022-10-27 ed. Tanya Kirk British Library Publishing (British Library Tales of the Weird #34) 978-0-7123-5427-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
312
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 Mag Ruhig  
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