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Title: The Old Nurse's Story Title Record # 86473
Author: Mrs. Gaskell
Date: 1852-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1852 The Old Nurse's Story [as by uncredited]
1935 The Old Nurse's Story [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
1937 The Old Nurse's Story [as by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell]
1986 The Old Nurse's Story [as by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell]
Year Language Title
1975Translated by Leni Sobez
German Die Geschichte der alten Kinderfrau
1980Translated by J. Verheydt & H.M. Verheydt
Dutch Het Verhaal van de Oude Kindermeid
1988Translated by Marisa Sestito
Italian Il racconto della vecchia balia [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
1992Translated by Valeria Leotta
Italian Il racconto della vecchia balia [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
2000Translated by Jacques Finné
French L'histoire de la vieille nurse [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
2021Translated by Annarita Tranfici.
Italian Il racconto della vecchia balia [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Household Words, Christmas 1852 1852-12-00 ed. Charles Dickens, Editors of Household Words Household Words  
-/3?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).
36
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors 1910-09-00 ed. Adam L. Gowans Gowans & Gray (Gowans's New Sixpenny Series #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).
128
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anth  
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors 1912-06-00 ed. Adam L. Gowans Gowans & Gray (Gowans's Cosmopolitan Library)  
1/-?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).
225
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories 1918-07-00 ed. J. Walker McSpadden Thomas Y. Crowell (The "Mystery" Library)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
x+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors 1919-01-00 ed. Adam L. Gowans Gowans & Gray (Gowans's Cosmopolitan Library #2)  
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).
225
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anth  
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors 1920-10-00 ed. Adam L. Gowans Gowans & Gray (Gowans's Cosmopolitan Library #2)     225
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
A Muster of Ghosts 1924-00-00 ed. Bohun Lynch Cecil Palmer  
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).
354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bohun Lynch  
The Best Ghost Stories 1924-00-00 ed. Bohun Lynch Small, Maynard & Co.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
xvii+
326
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
More Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Walter Scott to Michael Arlen 1927-00-00 ed. V. H. Collins Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #323)  
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).
viii+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Tales, October 1927 1927-10-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag C. C. Senf  
Great Ghost Stories 1930-10-00 ed. Harrison Dale Herbert Jenkins  
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).
399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories 1931-01-00 ed. Harrison Dale Herbert Jenkins  
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).
399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
50 Years of Ghost Stories 1935-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
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).
ix+
702
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Ghost Stories 1936-00-00 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).
1013
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Selected English Short Stories: XIX and XX Centuries: (Third Series) 1937-00-00 ed. uncredited Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #315)     viii+
507
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories 1938-02-00 J. Walker McSpadden Blue Ribbon Books  
$0.98?$: US dollar
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305+
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302
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omni  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
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).
256
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 Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
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).
256
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 Giorgio de Gaspari  
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies 1967-05-00 ed. Peter Haining Robert Hale  
25/-?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).
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies 1967-06-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger  
$4.50?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Shapes of the Supernatural 1969-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-04116-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Covington Checkmark
Walk in Dread 1970-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson 0-09-101810-2   319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1971-06-00 ed. Robert Aickman Beagle Boxer 95094
$0.95?$: US dollar
256
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 Checkmark
Walk in Dread: Twelve Classic Eerie Tales 1972-10-00 ed. Dorothy Tomlinson Taplinger 0-8008-8037-4
$6.95?$: US dollar
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1972-12-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
£0.25?£: UK pound
256
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 Checkmark
Small Shadows Creep 1974-00-00 ed. Andre Norton E. P. Dutton 0-525-39505-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
ix+
195
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David K. Stone Checkmark
13 Geister-Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Dorothy Tomlinson Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #46) 3-453-45019-1
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
252
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
Small Shadows Creep 1976-00-00 ed. Andre Norton Chatto & Windus 0-7011-5096-3
£2.95?£: UK pound
ix+
195
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Reign of Terror: The 1st Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories 1976-12-00 ed. Michel Parry Corgi Books 0-552-10335-7
£0.65?£: UK pound
187
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  
Reign of Terror: Great Victorian Horror Stories 1977-12-00 ed. Michel Parry Severn House 0-7278-0340-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
187
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  
Mrs. Gaskell's Tales of Mystery and Horror 1978-00-00 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy & Macabre) 0-575-02472-0
£4.95?£: UK pound
231
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Small Shadows Creep 1979-00-00 ed. Andre Norton Puffin 0-14-031074-6
£0.75?£: UK pound
185
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 Sarah Simpson  
Mrs. Gaskell's Tales of Mystery and Horror 1979-04-00 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-16105-2
$9.95?$: US dollar
231
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Reign of Terror: Great Victorian Horror Stories 1980-00-00 ed. Michel Parry Barnes & Noble Books 0-06-465106-1
$1.95?$: US dollar
187
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 Checkmark
Spookbeeld: Vijf Victoriaanse Vertellingen 1980-00-00 ed. J. J. Strating Allert de Lange 90-6133-105-6   191
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 Versteeg Checkmark
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New 1981-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18506-5
$13.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
652
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
Tales from Beyond the Grave 1982-00-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-1798-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
377
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mick Brownfield Checkmark
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New 1982-05-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 5905
$6.98?$: US dollar
xviii+
652
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Ghost Stories 1983-00-00 ed. Susan Hill Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11102-1
£7.95?£: UK pound
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1984-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006800-7
£4.95?£: 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.
anth Steve Crisp Checkmark
Handle with Care 1985-00-00 ed. Joan Kahn Greenwillow Books / William Morrow 0-688-04663-0
$10.25?$: US dollar
xii+
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006800-7
£4.95?£: 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.
anth Steve Crisp  
Tune in for Fear: A Choice of Supernatural Radio Stories 1985-05-00 ed. Peter Haining William Kimber 0-7183-0558-2
£7.50?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ionicus  
The Book of the Dead: Thirteen Classic Tales of the Supernatural 1986-07-00 ed. Alan K. Russell New Orchard 1-85079-035-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Twelve Frights of Christmas 1986-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Avon (Avon Horror) 0-380-75098-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
263
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 Daly Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1987-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006800-7
£5.95?£: 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.
anth Steve Crisp  
Storie di bimbe di donne, di streghe 1988-00-00 Elizabeth Gaskell Giunti (Astrea) 88-09-20115-9
Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira
254
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 Holman Hunt Checkmark
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1988-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 0-86068-809-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
xvi+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dante Gabriel Rossetti  
Tales from Beyond the Grave 1989-00-00 ed. uncredited Gallery Books / W. H. Smith 0-8317-8628-0
$6.98?$: US dollar
377
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mick Brownfield  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1989-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 0-86068-809-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
xvii+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Dante Gabriel Rossetti Checkmark
Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers 1989-05-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-473-X
$18.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1989-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Charnwood 0-7089-8525-4   xxviii+
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-593-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
347
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 Saksa Art & Design Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1991-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Bloomsbury 1-85471-001-X
£4.99?£: UK pound
512
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
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  
Horror Story 11 1992-02-00 uncredited Garden Editoriale (Horror Story #11)  
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
284
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 Patrito  
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 1992-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 1-85381-480-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
347
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 Dante Gabriel Rossetti  
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  
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II 1992-12-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Xanadu 1-85480-190-2
£14.99?£: UK pound
xv+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II 1993-02-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Carroll & Graf 0-88184-913-8
$28.00?$: US dollar
xv+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Horror by Lamplight 1993-08-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-315-4
£4.99?£: UK pound
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Williams (II) Checkmark
4 Classic Ghostly Tales 1993-10-00 ed. Anita Miller Academy Chicago 0-89733-398-5
$10.00?$: US dollar
279
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 Julia Anderson-Miller Checkmark
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II 1994-04-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0086-6
$15.95?$: US dollar
xv+
566
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 Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women 1995-05-00 ed. A. Susan Williams Penguin Books 0-14-024318-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
xv+
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.
anth Evelyn De Morgan  
Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers 1996-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0354-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
xvi+
347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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)  
Crew's 13: Classic Tales of the Macabre & Fantastic 1997-00-00 ed. Gary Crew ABC Books (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 0-7333-0564-4
A$14.95?A$: Australian dollar
211
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 Shaun Tan Checkmark
Les fantômes des victoriennes 2000-04-00 ed.
Jacques Finné?Jacques Finne
Librairie José Corti (Domaine romantique) 2-7143-0723-X   438
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
Léon Spilliaert?Leon Spilliaert
 
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-07-18 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6
$47.00?$: US dollar
xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Gothic Tales 2000-07-29 Elizabeth Gaskell Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 0-14-043741-X
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxxvi+
366
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  
Classic Tales of the Supernatural 2001-00-00 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 1-84193-013-X   519
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 Paul Ashby 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  
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural 2002-00-00 ed. Robin Brockman Gramercy Books 0-517-22095-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
519
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Ashby  
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 Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2003-00-00 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6   xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Famous Ghost Stories 2004-08-30 ed. J. Walker McSpadden Fredonia Books 1-4101-0687-X
$15.99?$: US dollar
316
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 Virago Book of Ghost Stories 2006-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 1-84408-159-1
£12.99?£: UK pound
x+
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tina Mansuwan  
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
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2008-03-21 Mrs. Gaskell Project Gutenberg 24879    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2008-04-12 Elizabeth Gaskell Norilana Books 978-1-934648-37-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2008-04-12 Elizabeth Gaskell Norilana Books 978-1-934648-52-0
$10.95?$: US dollar
276
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  
Ghost Story Collection 6 2008-09-21 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 Kathryn Delaney  
The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers 2009-00-00 ed. Mike Ashley Peter Owen 978-0-7206-1335-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
245
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 Arthur Watts Checkmark
The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales to Get You Through the Coldest Nights 2009-06-09 ed. Barry J. Gillis Tangled Vines Press 978-0-9685937-7-6
$15.95?$: US dollar
366
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 Dieric Bouts Checkmark
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories 2009-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Virago 978-1-84408-538-5
£9.99?£: UK pound
x+
496
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 Tina Mansuwan Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce 2010-02-25 ed. Michael Newton (UK) Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-144236-5
£10.99?£: UK pound
xliv+
416
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 Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales by Masters 2011-03-11 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-3894-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Elfwilde  
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2011-07-00 Elizabeth Gaskell Floating Press 978-1-77545-397-0   290
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women 2012-10-18 ed. Marie O'Regan Robinson 978-1-78033-024-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
499
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  
World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) 2013-00-00 ed. T. M. Gray, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-60-9   496
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 Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women 2013-01-01 ed. Marie O'Regan Running Press 978-0-7624-4594-3
$13.95?$: US dollar
xii+
499
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 Victorian Ghost Story: Annotated and Illustrated Tales of the Macabre (1852-1912) 2013-09-20 ed. M. Grant Kellermeyer Oldstyle Tales Press (Oldstyle Tales' Ghost Stories #1) 978-0-615-88634-3
$7.26?$: US dollar
204
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 Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories 2014-08-26 ed. Michael Sims Bloomsbury USA 978-1-62040-324-2
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2014-09-24 Elizabeth Gaskell CreateSpace 978-1-5024-6863-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
204
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 Old Nurse's Story 2014-12-03 Mrs. Gaskell Fantasy and Horror Classics 978-1-4474-9982-4
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2015-07-27 Elizabeth Gaskell SMK Books 978-1-5154-0070-7 $.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1 2016-10-24 ed. Alastair Gunn Wimbourne Books  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Sir Hubert von Herkomer  
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories 2016-11-29 ed. Tara Moore Valancourt Books 978-1-943910-56-4
$16.99?$: US dollar
291
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 Henry Petrides  
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories 2016-11-29 ed. Tara Moore Valancourt Books 978-1-943910-57-1
$29.99?$: US dollar
291
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Henry Petrides  
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2017-02-26 Elizabeth Gaskell Dancing Unicorn Books 978-1-5154-1624-1
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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  
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1 2018-01-07 ed. Alastair Gunn Wimbourne Books 978-0-9929828-4-3
$12.99?$: US dollar
350
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  
Weird Tales (disc 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
The Old Nurse's Story 2019-00-00 Elizabeth Gaskell Biblioasis (The Haunted Bookshelf) 978-1-77196-315-2
C$8.95?C$: Canadian dollar
76
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
Haunted House Short Stories 2019-01-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78755-266-1
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
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  
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 2020-06-03 Elizabeth Gaskell Fox Editing Classics 978-1-947587-11-3
$11.25?$: US dollar
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.
coll  
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 2020-08-04 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-417-8
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Il racconto della vecchia balia 2021-04-08 Elizabeth Gaskell ABEditore (Piccoli Mondi #16) 978-88-6551-342-2
€6.90?€: Euro
96
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  
Minor Hauntings: Chilling Tales of Spectral Youth 2021-05-20 ed. Jen Baker The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5319-9
£8.99?£: UK pound
317
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
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
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December Tales 2021-09-28 ed. J. D. Horn Curious Blue Press 978-1-73662-071-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
468
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  
December Tales 2021-09-28 ed. J. D. Horn Curious Blue Press  
$5.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Christmas Gothic Short Stories 2022-09-27 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-80417-164-6
£20.00?£: UK pound
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Twelve Frights of Christmas date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Avon 0-380-75098-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
263
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 Daly  
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