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Title: The Spectre Lovers Title Record # 885310
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Date: 1851-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Ghost Stories of Chapelizod
Series Number: 4
Language: English
Note: First published in the Dublin University Magazine, January 1851.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1851 The Specter Lovers
1851 The Spectre Lovers [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
1851 The Spectre Lovers [as by uncredited]
1851 The Spectre Lovers [as by J. S. Le Fanu]
1851 The Spectre Lovers [as by Sheridan Le Fanu]
1978 Spectre Lovers
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Giuseppe Lippi
Italian Fantasmi amanti [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dublin University Magazine, January 1851 1851-01-00 ed. Editors of Dublin University Magazine        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery 1923-00-00 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu George Bell & Sons  
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).
viii+
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
More Great Tales of Horror 1935-00-00 ed. Marjorie Bowen John Lane, The Bodley Head  
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).
xviii+
431
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories 1947-00-00 ed. Edward Wagenknecht Bobbs-Merrill Company  
$3.75?$: US dollar
xxiii+
593
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Warren Chappell  
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery 1971-00-00 J. Sheridan Le Fanu Books for Libraries Press 0-8369-3985-9   viii+
277
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Irish Ghost Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu 1973-00-00 Sheridan Le Fanu Mercier Press 0-85342-375-X   113
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 Purcell Papers 1975-00-00 J. Sheridan Le Fanu Arkham House 0-87054-072-6
$7.00?$: US dollar
ix+
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Ghost Stories and Mysteries 1975-00-00 J. S. Le Fanu Dover Publications 0-486-20715-3   ix+
372
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  
Classic Tales of Horror 1976-10-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick Constable & Co. Ltd. 0-09-461560-8
£3.75?£: UK pound
xiii+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Adventure Stories for Girls 1978-00-00 ed. John Canning Octopus Books 0-7064-0691-5   400
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ron Sutherland  
I misteri di padre Purcell 1987-06-29 J. Sheridan Le Fanu Mondadori (Oscar #1965) 88-04-30272-0
Lit 7,000?Lit: Italian lira
150
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
Ferenc Pintér?Ferenc Pinter
 
Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural 1992-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Souvenir Press 0-285-63107-1
£15.99?£: UK pound
378
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural 1993-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Pan Books 0-330-32983-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
378
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 Carlos Schwabe  
Famous Irish Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 ed. Mairtin O'Griofa Sterling Publishing 0-8069-0708-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
144
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 Marlene Ekman  
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories 1994-00-00 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-218-8   178
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 Book of Irish Weirdness 1997-09-00 ed. uncredited Sterling Publishing 0-8069-9936-5
$12.95?$: US dollar
484
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 Philippe Lechien  
Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural 1998-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0746-4
$7.98?$: US dollar
379
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth André Castaigne  
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery 2000-00-00 J. Sheridan Le Fanu Aegypan 1-59818-148-3
$13.95?$: US dollar
200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Schalken the Painter and Others: Ghost Stories 1838–61 2002-08-30 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-042-5
C$60.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxxiii+
245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Douglas Walters Checkmark
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
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 2004-06-01 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Project Gutenberg 12647
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Irish Ghost Stories 2005-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-487-8   1102
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 E. W. Haslehust Checkmark
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery 2006-00-00 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-067-4   vii+
178
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 Maurice de Vlaminck Checkmark
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan le Fanu: Volume 2 2010-04-29 J. Sheridan Le Fanu Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-147-8
£22.99?£: UK pound
572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan le Fanu: Volume 2 2010-04-29 J. Sheridan Le Fanu Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-148-5
£14.99?£: UK pound
572
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  
Irish Ghost Stories 2011-05-00 ed. Rosemary Gray Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-660-7
£2.99?£: UK pound
608
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  
Ghost Stories and Mysteries 2012-09-11 J. S. Le Fanu Dover Publications 978-0-486-14469-6
$24.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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