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Title: On the Brighton Road Title Record # 94957
Author: Richard Middleton
Date: 1912-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A tramp walking along a road in England meets a young vagrant who awakens him to an awful truth.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Peter Naujack
German Auf der Landstraße
1982Translated by Margreth Johansson
Swedish Vägen utan slut

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Ghost Ship & Other Stories 1912-05-00 Richard Middleton T. Fisher Unwin  
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).
xvi+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost Ship & Other Stories 1912-07-00 Richard Middleton T. Fisher Unwin     xvi+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost Ship & Other Stories 1912-10-00 Richard Middleton T. Fisher Unwin     xvi+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Ghost Ship and Other Stories 1923-00-00 Richard Middleton T. Fisher Unwin  
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).
xvi+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
They Walk Again: An Anthology of Ghost Stories 1931-04-00 ed. Colin de la Mare Faber and Faber  
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).
469
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again 1932-09-00 ed. Colin de la Mare Faber and Faber  
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).
469
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Argosy (UK), August 1943 1943-08-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/3?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).
128
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Famous Ghost Stories 1944-00-00 ed. Bennett Cerf Modern Library (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books #73)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
xi+
361
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories 1956-00-00 ed. Bennett Cerf Modern Library P21
$0.95?$: US dollar
xi+
361
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
Famous Ghost Stories 1962-00-00 ed. Bennett Cerf Vintage Books V-140
$1.25?$: US dollar
xi+
361
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 Ghost Ship & Other Stories 1964-00-00 Richard Middleton Gollancz (Rare Works of Imaginative Fiction #9) X25
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).
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Englische Gespenstergeschichten 1965-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger
Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei
(
Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei
#666)
666
DM 2.60?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
anth Paul Flora  
John Edgell's Ghosts 1970-00-00 ed. John Edgell Wayland 0-85340-020-2
35/-?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).
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghosts! An Anthology of Spectral Stories 1971-00-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie 0-216-88411-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1974-00-00 ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes Fontana 0-00-613623-0
£0.35?£: 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  
John Edgell's Ghosts 1975-00-00 ed. John Edgell Firefly Books (I) 0-904724-01-8
£3.50?£: UK pound
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Terrors, Torments and Traumas 1978-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6600-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith K. Leeds Checkmark
Terrors, Traumas and Torments 1978-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke J. M. Dent & Sons 0-460-06853-9
£3.95?£: UK pound
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Gästen från graven 1982-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke
B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom
B. Wahlstroem
(
Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning?Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning
#73)
91-32-50997-9
skr 11.95?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
155
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  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1983-10-00 ed. Roald Dahl Jonathan Cape 0-224-02149-4
£7.95?£: UK pound
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Sophie Baker , Craig Dodd  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1983-10-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-25131-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Christiana  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1984-11-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51868-8
$6.95?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana  
Young Ghosts 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh Harper & Row 0-06-020171-1
$11.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-007178-4
£2.95?£: UK pound
249
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 Stuart Robertson Checkmark
Young Ghosts 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh Harper & Row 0-06-020172-X
$11.89?$: US dollar
xiv+
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Marcellino Checkmark
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1986-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5
£12.95?£: UK pound
xvii+
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Asimov's Ghosts 1986-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh Dragon 0-583-30988-7
£1.95?£: UK pound
202
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1987-05-00 ed. Roald Dahl ISIS Large Print Books 1-85089-178-8
£10.75?£: UK pound
339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1987-05-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5
$18.95?$: US dollar
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1988-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51868-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana  
Asimov's Ghosts / Asimov's Monsters 1988-06-00 Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh Armada 0-00-693176-6
£2.50?£: UK pound
413
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1989-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51868-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana Checkmark
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1989-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£5.95?£: UK pound
xvii+
504
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 Atkinson Grimshaw  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1992-00-00 ed. Roald Dahl The Noonday Press 0-374-51868-8
$9.00?$: US dollar
235
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 David Christiana Checkmark
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 1993-07-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1995-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
504
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Roald Dahl The Noonday Press 0-374-51868-8
$12.00?$: US dollar
235
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 Roxanna Bikadoroff  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-921-2
$4.98?$: US dollar
546
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  
Mostly Ghostly 1998-00-00 ed. Steven Zorn Courage Books (Children's Illustrated Classics) 0-7624-0406-X   56
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Ghost Ship & Others 2003-00-00 Richard Middleton Wildside Press (Wildside Fantasy Classics) 1-59224-299-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
270
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 Howard Pyle  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 2003-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0973-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
546
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-Ship 2004-02-01 Richard Middleton Project Gutenberg 11045    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Great Ghost Stories 2004-07-00 ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Stephen Jones Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1363-1
$13.00?$: US dollar
xxiii+
326
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 Michael Gesinger  
Great Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery and Madness 2005-06-00 ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Stephen Jones Cemetery Dance Publications 1-58767-103-4
$40.00?$: US dollar
356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Les Edwards  
The Ghost Ship and Other Stories 2010-01-00 Richard Middleton Nabu Press 978-1-141-56460-6
$28.75?$: US dollar
288
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 Ghost-Ship & Other Stories 2010-01-00 Richard Middleton General Books 978-1-152-26681-0
$10.89?$: US dollar
90
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  
Brighton Shock! 2010-03-00 ed. Stephen Jones PS Publishing 978-1-84863-070-3
£95.00?£: UK pound
424
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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  
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories 2012-02-02 ed. Roald Dahl Penguin Books 978-0-241-95571-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
336
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 17 2012-08-12 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 Ghost-Ship 2013-06-29 Richard Middleton CreateSpace 978-1-4905-7068-6
$9.95?$: US dollar
110
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 Fifth Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Haunts 2015-01-22 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press 978-1-4794-0480-3
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Spectral Tales: Classic Ghost Stories 2019-09-06 ed. uncredited Warbler Classics 978-1-73402-920-8
$14.00?$: US dollar
358
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 English Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
504
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8   xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-51868-4
$15.00?$: US dollar
235
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 Roxanna Bikadoroff Checkmark
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8   xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Bennett Cerf Vintage Books 0-394-70140-2 / V-140
$2.45?$: US dollar
xi+
361
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  
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