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Title: The Diary of Mr. Poynter Title Record # 675473
Author: M. R. James
Date: 1919-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1919 The Diary of Mr Poynter
1919 The Diary of Mr. Poynter [as by Montague Rhodes James]
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Rafael Llopis
Spanish El diario de Mr. Poynter [as by Montague Rhodes James]
2012Translated by either Boza Gergely, Juhász Viktor, Kornya Zsolt, Körmendi Ágnes, Pócsi István, Sárközi Gergely, or Tamás Gábor
Hungarian Mr. Poynter naplója
2016Translated by Usch Kiausch
German Das Tagebuch des Mr. Poynter

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
A Thin Ghost and Others 1919-00-00 Montague Rhodes James Edward Arnold  
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).
152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Thin Ghost and Others 1919-00-00 Montague Rhodes James Longmans, Green and Co.  
$1.50?$: US dollar
152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Thin Ghost and Others 1920-00-00 Montague Rhodes James Edward Arnold     152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1931-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold  
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).
xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Case (artist)  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1931-00-00 M. R. James Longmans, Green and Co.     xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Case (artist)  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series 1934-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1069
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Third Omnibus of Crime 1935-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Coward-McCann  
$2.50?$: US dollar
808
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series 1936-06-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
5/-?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).
1069
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1944-00-00 M. R. James Editions for the Armed Services ( #O-28) O-28
$0.00?$: US dollar
352
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  
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1944-03-00 M. R. James World Publishing Co. (A Tower Mystery) T-282
$0.49?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1944-07-00 M. R. James World Publishing Co. (A Tower Mystery)  
$0.49?$: US dollar
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series 1949-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1069
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural in the English Short Story 1959-01-00 ed. Pamela Search Bernard Hanison  
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).
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Cuentos de terror 1963-00-00 ed. Rafael Llopis Taurus     604
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1964-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold  
16/-?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).
xii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Thin Ghost and Others 1971-00-00 Montague Rhodes James Books for Libraries Press 0-8369-3980-8   152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1974-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold 0-7131-5757-7   vii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1975-00-00 M. R. James St. Martin's Press  
$15.00?$: US dollar
vii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1975-00-00 M. R. James Edward Arnold 0-7131-5757-7   viii+
647
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Ghost Stories 1977-06-00 ed. uncredited Hamlyn 0-600-38242-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
750
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1984-00-00 M. R. James Penguin Books 0-14-009017-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
362
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 Leslie Howell  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 1987-04-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 0-19-281719-1
£3.95?£: UK pound
xxxviii+
352
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James 1987-10-00 M. R. James Penguin Books 0-14-010226-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
362
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-053-3   352
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 0-19-281719-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
xxxviii+
352
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-57335-363-9   352
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1993-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-053-3   647
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Collected Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 1-85326-839-9   354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 M. R. James Penguin Books (Penguin Popular Classics) 0-14-062103-2   362
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  
Selected Ghost Stories 1995-05-00 M. R. James Senate 1-85958-134-X   394
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 Caspar-David Friedrich  
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  
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares 1997-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0144-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
596
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lucy Corvino  
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings 2001-08-01 M. R. James Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-024-7
C$100.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xlix+
658
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lowe  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2002-00-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press 0-19-515117-8
$19.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
298
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2003-01-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press / SFBC  
$9.99?$: US dollar
xiv+
298
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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
A Thin Ghost and Others 2007-01-06 M. R. James Project Gutenberg 20387    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
A Thin Ghost and Others 2007-05-18 M. R. James Dodo Press 1-4065-2692-4   76
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 2007-07-00 M. R. James Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 1-84022-551-3   xi+
352
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  
Complete Ghost Stories 2007-09-01 M. R. James Collector's Library / CRW Publishing 978-1-905716-09-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
592
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2009-01-29 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-953857-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxxviii+
352
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
A Thin Ghost and Others: Classic Ghost Stories 2009-10-13 M. R. James M.R. James Press 978-1-4344-7648-7
$5.99?$: US dollar
78
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  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 8 2010-02-26 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  
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James 2010-06-07 M. R. James Coachwhip Publications 978-1-61646-020-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
446
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  
A Boxful of Ghosts 2010-10-01 Marcus Clapham, David Stuart Davies, Charles Dickens, M. R. James Collector's Library / CRW Publishing 978-1-907360-20-6
£29.99?£: UK pound
1872
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Collected Ghost Stories 2011-10-13 M. R. James Oxford University Press 978-0-19-956884-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
xxx+
468
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2011-10-13 M. R. James Oxford University Press 978-0-19-162044-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Sötét örökség?Soetet oeroekseg
Sotet orokseg
2012-00-00 M. R. James Delta Vision Kft. (
MesterMűvek: Klasszikusok?MesterMuvek: Klasszikusok
#6)
978-615-5161-35-3
Ft 2,990?Ft: Hungarian forint
328
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 Tikos Péter Checkmark
The M. R. James Megapack 2013-04-03 M. R. James Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4678-7
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
A Thin Ghost and Others 2013-08-14 Montague Rhodes James CreateSpace 978-1-4921-5623-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
108
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 2013-09-00 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-967489-3
£8.99?£: UK pound
512
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  
A Thin Ghost and Others 2014-03-07 Montague Rhodes James CreateSpace 978-1-4961-6430-8
$9.99?$: US dollar
48
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 Diary of Mr. Poynter 2016-00-00 M. R. James Biblioasis (The Haunted Bookshelf) 978-1-77196-125-7
C$8.95?C$: Canadian dollar
44
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.
chap Seth Checkmark
The Diary of Mr. Poynter 2016-01-18 M. R. James Fantasy and Horror Classics 978-1-4733-7912-1
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1?Saemtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1
2016-08-24 M. R. James Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2640) 978-3-86552-482-9
€28.00?€: Euro
445+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Complete Ghost Stories 2017-01-26 M. R. James Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library) 978-1-5098-2772-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
592
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Complete Ghost Stories 2017-01-26 M. R. James Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library) 978-1-5098-4563-7
£0.98?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Collected Ghost Stories 2017-04-01 M. R. James Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 978-0-19-879736-4
£16.99?£: UK pound
512
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Four Ghost Stories 2017-04-15 M. R. James Penn State University Press 978-0-271-07855-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
88
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  
Collected Ghost Stories 2018-09-04 M. R. James Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1653-2
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Ghost Stories 2021-12-10 ed. M. R. James Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-771-0
£20.00?£: UK pound
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Horror Short Stories 2022-07-19 ed. Mike Ashley Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-935-6
$30.00?$: US dollar
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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