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Title: The Signal-Man Title Record # 999150
Author: Charles Dickens
Date: 1875-00-00
Variant Title of: The Signalman (1866) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: Librivox (1), precognition (1), railway (1), 19th century (1), Britain (1), first person point of view (1), railway accident (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Mystery 1875-00-00 ed. Rossiter Johnson James R. Osgood and Co.     230
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the Literatures of France, England and America 1906-00-00 ed. William Patten P. F. Collier & Son     430+
428+
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Tales, April 1930 1930-04-00 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 Hugh Rankin Checkmark
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny 1931-06-00 ed. Montague Summers 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).
608
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Story Survey 1939-00-00 ed. Harold Blodgett J. B. Lippincott     797
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The World's Great Mystery Stories 1943-01-00 ed. Will Cuppy World Publishing Co.  
$0.49?$: US dollar
321
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny 1952-04-00 ed. Montague Summers Gollancz     622
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Spooks in Your Cupboard 1963-00-00 ed. Kay Pankey Seven Seas Publishers  
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).
260
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  
Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories 1966-10-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie  
15/-?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).
412
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres 1967-00-00 ed. Charles Molin Hamish Hamilton  
18/-?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).
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Omnibus I 1967-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Panther 2199
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).
332
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  
Terribly Strange Tales 1967-11-00 ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, Janette Woolsey Macrae-Smith Company     253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth H. Tom Hall  
Terribly Strange Tales 1967-11-00 ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist, Janette Woolsey Macrae-Smith Company  
$4.95?$: US dollar
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth H. Tom Hall  
Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres 1971-00-00 ed. Charles Molin Puffin 0-14-030506-8
£0.30?£: UK pound
238
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 Philip Gough  
Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres 1972-00-00 ed. Charles Molin Puffin 0-14-030506-8   238
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  
Thin Air 1972-01-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie 0-216-89345-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres 1973-00-00 ed. Charles Molin Puffin 0-14-030506-8
£0.30?£: UK pound
238
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 Philip Gough Checkmark
Ghosts, Castles, and Victims: Studies in Gothic Terror 1974-08-00 ed. Barbara H. Wolf, Jack C. Wolf Fawcett Crest Q1997
$1.50?$: US dollar
576
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
The Supernatural Omnibus: Volume 1: Hauntings and Horror 1976-12-00 ed. Montague Summers Penguin Books 0-14-004184-2
£0.95?£: UK pound
429
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
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1979-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1387-3   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer 0-904230-99-6   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Omnibus 1982-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Gollancz 0-575-03120-4
£8.95?£: UK pound
622
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  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1387-3   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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 Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens 1983-00-00 Charles Dickens Franklin Watts 0-531-09885-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Penguin Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny 1984-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Penguin Books 0-14-007297-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
573
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One 1990-10-00 ed. Richard Peyton Souvenir Press 0-285-62991-3
£14.95?£: UK pound
322
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kim Palmer  
Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways 1991-10-00 ed. Richard Peyton Wings Books 0-517-06007-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
322
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Fiore  
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One 1991-12-12 ed. Richard Peyton Futura 0-7088-4997-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
382
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)  
Classic Ghost Stories 1996-04-04 ed. uncredited Penguin Books (Penguin Children's 60s) 0-14-600314-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
56
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 Gino D'Achille  
Three Ghost Stories 1998-04-01 Charles Dickens Project Gutenberg 1289    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday 1998-11-00 ed. Italo Calvino Vintage Books (Vintage International) 0-679-75544-6
$15.00?$: US dollar
588
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 Arnold Boecklin Checkmark
Masters of the Macabre 1999-00-00 ed. uncredited Book-of-the-Month Club 0-9650769-7-0   128
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  
Halloween Howls 2003-00-00 ed. Megan Dempster, Mollie Denman, Laura Kuhn, Alex Lubertozzi Sourcebooks 1-4022-0193-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
viii+
168
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 Megan Dempster , Jenna Jakubowski , Chris Pierik  
Great Ghost Stories 2003-08-07 ed. William Patten Fredonia Books 1-4101-0331-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
436
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  
Three Ghost Stories 2006-08-00 Charles Dickens Waking Lion Press 1-60096-511-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
98
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  
Three Ghost Stories 2009-00-00 Charles Dickens Serenity Publishers 978-1-60450-639-6
$6.99?$: US dollar
85
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  
Three Ghost Stories 2009-03-19 Charles Dickens ReadHowYouWant 978-1-4270-1929-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
100
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 7 2010-01-13 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  
Three Ghost Stories 2010-04-00 Charles Dickens Book Jungle 978-1-4385-9550-4
$8.45?$: US dollar
62
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  
Three Ghost Stories 2010-05-24 Charles Dickens Bibliolis Books (Bibliolis Classics) 978-1-907727-05-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
96
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  
Three Ghost Stories 2011-00-00 Charles Dickens Digireads.com 978-1-59625-797-9
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Three Ghost Stories 2012-06-14 Charles Dickens ReadHowYouWant 978-1-4270-1823-6
$14.99?$: 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  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 19 2013-01-30 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 Second Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Ghost Stories 2013-01-31 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4731-9
$0.99?$: US dollar
538
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Three Ghost Stories 2013-02-22 Charles Dickens CreateSpace 978-1-4826-1640-8
$6.99?$: US dollar
44
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 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  
Three Ghost Stories 2013-10-10 Charles Dickens CreateSpace 978-1-4662-7228-6
$9.99?$: US dollar
44
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 Supernatural Omnibus 2014-07-07 ed. Montague Summers Muschamp Press 978-1-4733-9489-6
$10.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Three Ghost Stories 2015-08-25 Charles Dickens Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-6303-9
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Chilling Ghost Short Stories 2015-09-23 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78361-375-5
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories 2016-10-06 ed. uncredited Scholastic Press (Scholastic Classics) 978-1-4071-7257-6   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.
anth  
Chilling Ghost Short Stories 2016-11-12 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-508-1
£12.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train 2017-05-00 ed. Steve Dillon Oz Horror Con (Things in the Well) 978-0-9945922-9-3
$12.50?$: 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.
anth  
Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train 2017-05-00 ed. Steve Dillon Oz Horror Con (Things in the Well) 978-0-9945922-5-5
$50.00?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train 2017-05-00 ed. Steve Dillon Oz Horror Con (Things in the Well) 978-0-9945922-4-8
$30.00?$: 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.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 2 2017-07-24 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 2 2017-09-25 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$14.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Gather 'Round the Sound 2017-12-08 ed. uncredited Audible Studios  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Checkmark
Mortal Echoes: Encounters with the End 2018-00-00 ed. Greg Buzwell The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5281-9
£8.99?£: UK pound
284
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
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  
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  
Supernatural Short Stories 2020-06-25 Charles Dickens Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy: Classic Tales) 978-1-83964-193-0
$30.00?$: US dollar
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Gather 'Round the Sound date unknown ed. uncredited Audible Studios  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Checkmark
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