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Title: A Pair of Hands

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Title: A Pair of Hands Title Record # 754317
Author: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Date: 1934-00-00
Variant Title of: A Pair of Hands (1898) (by Arthur Quiller-Couch) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: child ghost (1), friendly ghost (1), first person point of view (1), haunted house (1), contemporary (1), england (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories 1934-00-00 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).
1020
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Q's Mystery Stories: Twenty Stories from the Works of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 1937-00-00 Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch J. M. Dent     ix+
402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1966-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company  
30/-?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).
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories 1966-10-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie  
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).
412
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Armada Ghost Book 1967-00-00 ed. Christine Bernard Armada C197
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).
159
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 Chris D'Achille  
Thirteen Uncanny Tales 1970-00-00 ed. Roger Lancelyn Green J. M. Dent 0-460-05085-0
$4.50?$: US dollar
xvii+
201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ray Ogden Checkmark
The Restless Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1970-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson Collins 0-00-195272-2
30/-?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).
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
The Usurping Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1971-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson E. P. Dutton 0-525-41902-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1972-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company 0-242-78533-6   544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Restless Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1972-00-00 ed. Susan Dickinson Collins 0-00-195272-2   318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
Thin Air 1972-01-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie 0-216-89345-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Usurping Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences 1973-02-00 ed. Susan Dickinson E. P. Dutton 0-525-41902-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Antony Maitland  
Ghostly and Ghastly 1977-00-00 ed. Barbara Ireson Beaver Books 0-600-34065-1
£0.55?£: UK pound
222
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 William Geldart  
Ghostly and Ghastly 1977-00-00 ed. Barbara Ireson Beaver Books 0-600-34065-1
£0.55?£: UK pound
222
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 William Geldart  
1st Armada Ghost Book 1978-00-00 ed. Christine Bernard Armada 0-00-690378-9
£0.50?£: UK pound
158
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  
Ghost Stories 1980-00-00 ed. Deborah Shine Octopus Books 0-7064-1158-7
£1.99?£: UK pound
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Asimov's Ghosts 1986-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh Dragon 0-583-30988-7
£1.95?£: UK pound
202
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Asimov's Ghosts / Asimov's Monsters 1988-06-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh Armada 0-00-693176-6
£2.50?£: UK pound
413
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.
omni Tony Roberts (artist)  
Tales of the Living Dead 1993-09-00 ed. Laurence Schorsch Checkerboard Press (Scare Your Socks Off) 1-56288-406-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
126
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 Sperling  
1st Armada Ghost Book date unknown ed. Christine Bernard Armada  
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).
158
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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