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Title: The Body-Snatcher Title Record # 95618
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Date: 1895-00-00
Variant Title of: The Body Snatcher (1884) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: Librivox (1), corpses thieves (1), horror (1), ghosts (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Body-Snatcher 1895-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Merriam Co. (Violet Series #2)  
$0.40?$: US dollar
61
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Checkmark
Tales and Fantasies 1905-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Chatto & Windus     237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales and Fantasies 1905-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Tauchnitz (Collection of British Authors #3837)     272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson 1923-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Charles Scribner's Sons     540
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood 1924-10-00 ed. V. H. Collins Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #284)  
2/-?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).
xvi+
506
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson 1928-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Gollancz     1120
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson 1932-06-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Gollancz     1120
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 1945-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Editions for the Armed Services 885
$0.00?$: US dollar
351
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  
Selected Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson 1947-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Random House     xxxi+
1197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural 1963-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Book Services T550
$0.40?$: US dollar
216
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 Checkmark
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories 1963-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson G. P. Putnam's Sons     504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 1963-12-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Book Services T 550
$0.45?$: US dollar
216
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 Cecile Behlers Checkmark
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural 1963-12-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Book Services T550
$0.45?$: US dollar
216
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 Checkmark
Great Stories of Mystery and Imagination 1966-02-28 ed. Bryan Douglas Fontana 1324
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).
223
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  
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 1966-10-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Book Services T 550
$0.45?$: US dollar
216
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 Cecile Behlers Checkmark
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 1966-10-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Laurel-Leaf 2039
$0.50?$: US dollar
192
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 Paul Davis Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels 1969-06-01 Robert Louis Stevenson Doubleday 0-385-07875-7
$10.00?$: US dollar
xxx+
678
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Scottish Tales of Terror 1972-00-00 ed. Angus Campbell Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-612922-6
£0.25?£: UK pound
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.
anth  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural 1972-02-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Book Services T550
$0.60?$: US dollar
216
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 Checkmark
Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages 1973-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-5556-6
$6.50?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rus Anderson Checkmark
Masters of the Macabre 1975-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-03270-6
$6.95?$: US dollar
330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Cayea Checkmark
Masters of the Macabre 1975-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-00883-X   330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Scottish Tales of Terror 1979-05-00 ed. Angus Campbell Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-613957-4
£0.80?£: UK pound
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.
anth Justin Todd Checkmark
Selected Short Stories of R.L. Stevenson 1980-09-00 Robert Louis Stevenson The Ramsay Head Press 0-902859-64-1   263
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 Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1984-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£4.95?£: UK pound
607
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass 1984-00-00 ed. Edward Gorey Avenel Books 0-517-44898-X   315
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1985-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Viking UK 0-670-81034-7
£10.95?£: UK pound
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1985-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£4.95?£: UK pound
607
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 Steve Crisp  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1987-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£5.95?£: UK pound
607
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 Steve Crisp  
Intensive Scare 1990-01-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books (DAW Collectors #805) 0-88677-402-0
$3.95?$: US dollar
303
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1991-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Bloomsbury 1-870630-94-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Steve Crisp  
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology 1991-00-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214202-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
xx+
497
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural 1991-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic (Apple Classics) 0-590-45169-3
$3.25?$: US dollar
 
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  
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology 1991-00-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214202-X   xx+
497
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Atkinson Grimshaw  
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology 1991-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214202-X
£16.95?£: UK pound
497
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Atkinson Grimshaw  
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology 1991-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press / BOMC  
$24.95?$: US dollar
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Vampires & Other Horrors 1992-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-235-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
541
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Theo Platt  
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories 1992-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Everyman's Library (UK) ( #63) 1-85715-063-5   xxxi+
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Tales of the Supernatural 1992-05-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library) 0-460-87165-X
£3.99?£: UK pound
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 Joseph Drivas  
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology 1992-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282999-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
497
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 Victor Prouvé  
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology 1992-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press / QPBC  
$13.95?$: US dollar
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  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 1994-08-01 Robert Louis Stevenson Courage Books (Courage Classics) 1-56138-474-7
$5.98?$: US dollar
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Liz Vogdes  
Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al 1996-00-00 ed. Alan Maitland Viking Canada 0-670-86863-9
C$29.99?C$: Canadian dollar
xii+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephen Snider  
Tales and Fantasies 1996-02-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Project Gutenberg 426    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 1996-11-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Konemann (Konemann Classics) 3-89508-079-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
324
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Editors of Reader's Digest Reader's Digest 0-276-42330-5   528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Wheeler (artist)  
Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Charles W. Stewart The Folio Society  
£24.95?£: UK pound
xvi+
319+
[20]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Charles W. Stewart  
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  
The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels 1998-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Da Capo Press 0-306-80882-X
$19.95?$: US dollar
xxx+
678
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.
omni  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural 2001-00-00 Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic (Scholastic Classics) 0-439-29575-0
$3.99?$: US dollar
194
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 Jonathan Barkat  
Great Vampire Stories 2002-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 0-7537-0570-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
538
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
Gothic Short Stories 2002-00-00 ed. David Blair Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-84022-425-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
xxviii+
244
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 Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-280447-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
xx+
497
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
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 2003-10-01 Robert Louis Stevenson Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics) 1-59308-054-9
$3.95?$: US dollar
xlvii+
296
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 E. O. Hoppe Checkmark
Classic Tales of Horror: Volume Two 2007-09-00 ed. Jonathan Wooding Bloody Books 1-905636-11-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
251
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 Rebecca Welby Checkmark
Gothic Short Stories 2007-10-10 ed. David Blair Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-425-2   xxviii+
244
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
Ghost Stories 2008-09-00 ed. Peter Washington Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Pocket Classics) 978-0-307-26924-9
$15.00?$: US dollar
407
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Scottish Ghost Stories 2009-02-00 ed. Rosemary Gray Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-168-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
623
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 William Russell Flint  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 2 2009-03-26 ed. LibriVox LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories 2011-00-00 ed. Michael Kelahan Fall River Press 978-1-4351-2487-5
$7.98?$: US dollar
x+
461
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Charles Errard  
The Body-Snatcher 2011-04-28 Robert Louis Stevenson Fantasy and Horror Classics 978-1-4474-0525-2
$6.95?$: US dollar
38
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.
chap  
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Terrifying Tales 2011-11-30 Robert Louis Stevenson Fall River Press 978-1-4351-3342-6
$7.98?$: US dollar
x+
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Body-Snatcher 2013-04-16 Robert Louis Stevenson Fantasy and Horror Classics 978-1-4474-9996-1
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson 2014-10-09 ed. Darryl Jones Oxford University Press 978-0-19-968543-1
£14.99?£: UK pound
xlii+
510
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Simon Marsden  
Classic Horror Tales 2017-04-11 ed. uncredited Canterbury Classics (Word Cloud Classics) 978-1-62686-972-1
$14.99?$: US dollar
464
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  
Ghostly Tales 2017-07-25 ed. uncredited Chronicle Books 978-1-4521-5927-0
$22.95?$: US dollar
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales & Poems of the Gothic 2019-09-05 ed. uncredited Collins 978-0-00-835182-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales & Poems of the Gothic 2019-09-12 ed. uncredited Collins 978-0-00-837713-7
£7.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural date unknown Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic (Apple Classics) 0-590-42879-9   xii+
194
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural date unknown Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Book Services T550   216
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 Checkmark
Best Murder Stories date unknown ed. Cyril Ray Faber and Faber  
22/-?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).
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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