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Title: The Real Right Thing Title Record # 948866
Author: Henry James
Date: 1892-04-16
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in Black and White, April 16, 1892.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1960 French
La vraie chose à faire?La vraie chose a faire
1969Translated by Max Schuchart
Dutch Het enige juiste

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Collier's Weekly, December 16, 1899 1899-12-16 ed. Editors of Collier's P. F. Collier & Son  
$0.10?$: US dollar
34
tabloid?11" by 16" magazine, usually newsprint, e.g. British Science Fiction Monthly.
mag  
The Soft Side 1900-00-00 Henry James Methuen     391
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Pause to Wonder 1944-00-00 ed. Marjorie Fischer, Rolfe Humphries Julian Messner  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xx+
572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Ghostly Tales of Henry James 1949-00-00 Henry James Rutgers University Press  
$5.00?$: US dollar
xxxiv+
766
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Fiction, #75 1960-02-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F1.40?F: French frank
148
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 Jean-Claude Forest  
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique?Les chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique
1967-00-00 ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christian Broutin  
Verschijningen uit niemandsland 1969-00-00 Henry James Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1224) 1224 ƒ2.75 170
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Stories of the Supernatural 1970-00-00 Henry James Taplinger 0-8008-3830-0   xvi+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Stories of the Supernatural 1971-00-00 Henry James Barrie & Jenkins 0-214-65277-7   xvi+
762
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  
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories 1978-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-12743-X
$7.95?$: US dollar
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Jay Silverman Checkmark
Stories of the Supernatural 1980-03-00 Henry James Taplinger 0-8008-3829-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
762
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 Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-590-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
xi+
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Anthology of Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Tiger Books International 1-85501-503-X
£9.95?£: UK pound
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Screaming Skull and Other Great American Ghost Stories 1994-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-55178-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
217
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 Thiesen Checkmark
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 1996-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0352-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xi+
654
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Crab  
Classic Ghost Stories 1998-00-00 ed. John Grafton Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) 0-486-40430-7
$2.00?$: US dollar
viii+
164
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 of Henry James 2001-06-00 Henry James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-84022-422-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
344
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 2002-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby MetroBooks 1-58663-736-3
$12.98?$: US dollar
xii+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ernesto Rios Lanz Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-5465-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
xi+
528
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-Digital Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Magpie Books 1-84119-857-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
xi+
528
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-Digital Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2005-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-6989-3   xi+
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Sense of the Past 2006-06-23 Henry James Tartarus Press 1-872621-99-6
£35.00?£: UK pound
xi+
657
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
American Short Stories 2007-10-14 ed. Bert Hitchcock, Margaret Kouidis Pearson Longman 0-321-48489-4   768
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 of Henry James 2008-02-00 Henry James Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-070-4
$1.99?$: US dollar
344
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  
Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others 2008-08-15 ed. Mike Ashley Dover Publications (Dover Mystery, Detective, Ghost Stories and Other Fiction) 978-0-486-46602-6
$10.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
300
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  
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 Checkmark
Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense 2019-04-02 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-020-0
$25.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense 2019-04-02 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-119-1
$22.85?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
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 Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
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