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Ghost Stories (Gulliver Books, 1945, 1/-, pb, an)     This volume is listed as one of the titles in the series Famous Stories of All Time published by Gulliver Books at the end of the War. It is possible that not all of these were published. Some may be single-author collections and not anthologies. Other titles include Tales of Adventure, Tales of Mystery, The Dream and Other Tales of Romance and The Spider’s Eye and Other Stories.

Ghost Stories (Octopus Books, 1982, 0-86178-242-9, £3.99, 302pp, hc, an)     Details taken from the 1984 Octopus/Cathay reprint. Illustrated by Ian McCaig. 9 · The Music of Erich Zann · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur March 1922 20 · The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber · Charles Dickens (with Wilkie Collins) · ex from “The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices”, anonymously, Household Words October 3 1857 (+4), uncredited. 39 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Arnold, 1911 47 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 78 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 84 · The Cat Room · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Twelfth Armada Ghost Book ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1980 97 · The Monk’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Light and Darkness by Catherine Crowe, London, 1850 112 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 118 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 137 · The Phantom Ship · Frederick Marryat · ex W. H. Colyer, 1839 149 · An Adelaide Ghost · Leon Garfield · ss (r) 158 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 174 · A Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1922 189 · The Mistress in Black · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Fifth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969 205 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891 translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 213 · The Ghost of Thomas Kempe · Penelope Lively · ex Heinemann, 1973 238 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909 248 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Wave February 21 1891 253 · The Harpsichord · Elizabeth LeFanu · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975 265 · The White Cat of Drumgunniol · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round April 2 1870, uncredited. 279 · The Three Sisters · W. W. Jacobs · ss Night Watches by W. W. Jacobs, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914 288 · Sonata for Harp and Bicycle · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) August 1958

Ghost Stories (Happy Hour Library, 1947, 94pp, pb, an)     Three stories almost certainly selected from Famous Ghost Stories ed. Bennett Cerf (Random House, 1944). 7 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 45 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904 81 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893

Ghost Stories and Other Queer Tales ed. Percy W. Everett ,[?], uncredited (C. Arthur Pearson, 1931, 256pp, hc, an)     A compendium from Uncanny Stories and More Uncanny Stories with some additional stories from The Novel Magazine. 5 · Foreword · Percy W. Everett ,[?], uncredited · fw 9 · The Armless Man · W. G. Litt · ss The Novel Magazine June 1913 23 · The Terror by Night · Lewis Lister · ss The Novel Magazine July 1915 39 · The Last Ascent · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine February 1914 48 · The Mailed Foot · Hermina Black & Edith Blair-Staples · ss The Novel Magazine April 1917 69 · The Pipers of Mallory · Theo. Douglas · ss The Novel Magazine May 1917 87 · The Jungle · Paul Eardley · ss The Novel Magazine October 1916 102 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine July 1916 121 · The Unknown Quantity · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine June 1914 132 · The Tomtom Clue · Cecil Morgan & Scudamore Jarvis · ss The Novel Magazine December 1914 142 · The Case of Sir Alister Moeran · Margaret Strickland · ss The Novel Magazine July 1913 162 · The Kiss · M. E. Royce · ss The Novel Magazine September 1916 172 · The Goth · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine November 1913 187 · The Tragedy at the “Loup Noir” · Gladys Stern · ss The Novel Magazine May 1913 200 · The Haunted Chessmen · E. R. Punshon · ss The Novel Magazine March 1916 220 · The Second Chance · Hubert Dayne · ss The Novel Magazine April 1916 246 · The Man Who Got Back · William Pollock · ss The Novel Magazine May 1916

Ghost Stories and Presentiments ed. George Redway, uncredited (George Redway, November 1888, 308pp, hc, an)     Reprint (George Redway 1887 as Dreamland and Ghostland, Volume III) anthology.

Ghost Stories (var. 1) (Carey & Hart, 1846, 192pp, hc, an)     Variant US edition of the Ackerman 1823 volume. Also reprinted in New York: James Miller, 1865. Drops “The Enamoured Ghost” and “Marianne,” adds “The Cold Hand”, “The Harvard College Ghost”, “Garrick’s Ghost” and “Apparition of Lord William Petty”. 5 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 1823 7 · The Cold Hand · [uncredited] · ss (r) 12 · The Harvard College Ghost · [uncredited] · ss (r) 15 · The Ghost of Larneville · [uncredited] · ss (r) 20 · A London Ghost · [uncredited] · ss (r) 23 · The Deserter’s Ghost · [uncredited] · ss (r), as by F. W. Pressler 32 · Garrick’s Ghost · [uncredited] · vi (r) 34 · Apparition of Lord William Petty · [uncredited] · ss (r) 37 · The Water Spirit · [uncredited] · ss (r) 42 · The Friar’s Ghost in the Imperial Palace at Vienna · [uncredited] · ss (r) 48 · The Bear of Friedrichshall · [uncredited] · ss (r) 52 · Barbito, or the Spectre of the Cuenza · [uncredited] · ss (r) 63 · The Danger of Tampering with the Fear of Ghosts · [uncredited] · ss (r) 70 · The Devil and the Prussian Grenadier · [uncredited] · ss (r) 73 · The Ghost of Count Walkenried · [uncredited] · ss (r) 81 · The Extraordinary Confession of a Ghost · [uncredited] · ss (r) 88 · The Village Apparition · [uncredited] · ss (r) 97 · The Haunted Castle · [uncredited] · ss (r) 106 · The Green Mantle of Venice · [uncredited] · na (r), as by H. Clauren 183 · The Ghost of General Marceau · [uncredited] · ss (r) 186 · The Haunted Inn · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Ghost’s Wives (Dean, December 1866, 1/-, 96pp, octavo, oa)     Subtitled: “A String of Strange Stories told round a Christmas Fire by Six Young Widows and a Spinster of a Certain Age.” The New Christmas Annual for 1867. It is profusely illustrated, and includes a series of cartoons by Charles H. Ross which are totally out of place with the concept of the annual, which concerns the seven ladies talking about bizarre events in their lives. 5 · A Prelude Played in a Gale of Wind · [uncredited] · ss 11 · A Tale of Bleeding-Heart Yard · [uncredited] · ss 27 · A Tale of Powder and Patches · [uncredited] · ss 50 · A Tale of the Midnight Express · [uncredited] · ss 59 · The Tale of a Blue-Eyed Reverend Gentleman · [uncredited] · ss 76 · A Tale of Bad Money · [uncredited] · ss 83 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · [uncredited] · ss; contents page lists story as “A Tale of a Lamplight Ghost”. 90 · A Tale Without End or Beginning · [uncredited] · ss 96 · Conclusion · [uncredited] · vi

Ghost Tales from Blackwood (Blackwood, October 1969, 250pp, hc, an) 1 · Coincidences? · T. C. Russell · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine September 1886 41 · Who Were They?: A Maltese Apparition · Marquess of Lorne · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine December 1887 62 · Ghosts Before the Law · Andrew Lang · ar Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1894 · The Double-Bedded Room · Marquess of Lorne · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine September 1894 95 · Sea Ghosts · G. H. Gandy · ss Blackwood’s Magazine May 1923 105 · The Doctor Scores · Walter B. Harris · ss Blackwood’s Magazine September 1923 134 · The Ghost of U65 · G. A. Minto · ss Blackwood’s Magazine July 1962 145 · Sandakphoo—and a Ghost · Philip Bean · ss Blackwood’s Magazine April 1940 165 · Ghost Meets Ghost · Hugh Popham · ss Blackwood’s Magazine December 1953 175 · Happy in the House · M. P. McWhannell · ss Blackwood’s Magazine December 1955 198 · Versailles Revisited · James Edward Holroyd · ar Blackwood’s Magazine October 1961 222 · Pilot Aboard · J. D. Sleightholme · ss Blackwood’s Magazine November 1961 236 · The Glove · Roger Hicks · ss Blackwood’s Magazine August 1966

Giant Mystery Reader (Avon, 1951, G-1004, 50¢, 634pp, pb, an) 5 · The Bride of Newgate · John Dickson Carr · n. Harper, 1950 291 · Murder in a Hurry · Frances & Richard Lockridge · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1950 491 · Lida [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #45, August 1947, as “The Quarterdeck Club” radio script adaptation. 514 · The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 16 1923 527 · The Gutting of Couffignal [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask December 1925 561 · Twenty-Dollar Debt · Lawrence Treat · ss Adventure February 1940 576 · The Smiling People · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1946 587 · It Comes Off Sometimes [Slim Callaghan] · Peter Cheyney · ss Making Crime Pay by Peter Cheyney, Faber and Faber, 1944 601 · Hell Benders · Edmund Pearson · ar Murder at Smutty Nose by Edmund Pearson, Doubleday, 1926 618 · Belle of Indiana · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar Murder Out Yonder by Stewart H. Holbrook, Macmillan, 1941

A Gift of Love (Pocket, November 1995, 0-671-53662-1, $20.00, 487pp, hc, oa)     Details supplied by BG. 1 · Double Exposure · Judith McNaught · na 123 · Just Curious · Jude Deveraux · na 205 · Gabriel’s Angel · Kimberly Cates · na 317 · Yuletide Treasure · Andrea Kane · na 413 · Five Golden Rings · Judith O’Brien · na

A Gift of Love (Pocket, November 1996, 0-671-53661-3, $6.99, 426pp, pb, oa, cover by Stan Hunter)     Details supplied by BG. · Legend · Jude Deveraux · ex · Remember When · Judith McNaught · ex

Gift-Wrapped Governess (Harlequin Historical, November 2011, 978-0-373-29663-7, $6.25, 280pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Christmas at Blackhaven Castle · Sophia James · na 91 · Governess to Christmas Bride · Annie Burrows · na 191 · Duchess by Christmas · Marguerite Kaye · na

Gingerbread Cookie Murder (Kensington, October 2010, 0758234953, $23.00, 304pp, hc, oa)     Three original novellas. 1 · Gingerbread Cookie Murder [Hannah Swensen] · Joanne Fluke · na 129 · The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies [Jaine Austin] · Laura Levine · na 255 · Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots [Lucy Stone] · Leslie Meier · na

The Girls’ Book of Sports (Birn Brothers, 1946, hc, oa)     Cover description: Girl holding puppy Details supplied by Aileth Elgin. 7 · Christmas at Conifers · Winifred Norling · ss 27 · Twins at Treesdale · Mary Jeans · ss 42 · Town Cousin Tess · Winifred Bear · ss 51 · Glynne Goes Back · Mabel E. Allan · ss 66 · The Confiscated Camera · Winifred Norling · ss 82 · Terry’s Triumph · Pauline Fletcher · ss

Girl’s Choice: A New Book of Stories (Hamlyn, 1965, 0-601-08636-8, 358pp, hc, oa) 9 · The Windowbox Waltz · Joan Aiken · nv 29 · Sure Magic · Monica Edwards · ss Pony Club Annual 1954 45 · Ashvale Grange · Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones · ss 63 · The Leopard · Rosemary Weir · ss 75 · Being Witches · Lorna Wood · ss 83 · Lucinda’s Long Afternoon · Margaret Biggs · ss 101 · A Wood by Moonlight · Geoffrey Trease · ss Collins Young Elizabethan May 1954 117 · The Beach Hut · Elizabeth Stucley · ss 135 · The Stolen Ponies · John Davies · ss 153 · No Country Holiday? · Lois Lamplugh · ss 169 · The Land of Trees and Heroes [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss 187 · Pip and the Famous Author · Margaret Biggs · ss 203 · The Biggest Catch · Lois Lamplugh · ss 211 · The Park · Penelope Farmer · ss 1965 227 · A Fair Deal · Alan C. Jenkins · ss 241 · The Breadth of a Whisker · Janet McNeill · ss Special Occasions by Janet McNeill, Faber and Faber, 1960 249 · Lake Island · Kathleen Mackenzie · ss 267 · Grandpa’s Gold Watch · Kathleen O’Farrell · ss 285 · The Lime Tree Den · Anne Barrett · ss 305 · Au Pair · Elisabeth Kyle · ss Stirring Stories for Girls ed. Eric Duthie, Odhams, 1960 315 · The Cat and the Quince Tree · Joan Aiken · ss 329 · Jane Rings a Bell · E. W. Hildick · ss 1963

Girl’s Choice: A Collection of Stories (var. 1) (Hamlyn, 1979, 0-600-34136-4, £1.50, 264pp, hc, oa)     This edition omits five stories from the original (Hamlyn, 1965) edition. 9 · The Windowbox Waltz · Joan Aiken · nv Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 29 · Sure Magic · Monica Edwards · ss Pony Club Annual 1954 45 · Ashvale Grange · Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 63 · The Leopard · Rosemary Weir · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 75 · Being Witches · Lorna Wood · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 83 · Lucinda’s Long Afternoon · Margaret Biggs · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 101 · A Wood by Moonlight · Geoffrey Trease · ss Collins Young Elizabethan May 1954 117 · The Beach Hut · Elizabeth Stucley · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 135 · The Stolen Ponies · John Davies · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 153 · No Country Holiday? · Lois Lamplugh · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 169 · The Land of Trees and Heroes [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 187 · Pip and the Famous Author · Margaret Biggs · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 203 · The Biggest Catch · Lois Lamplugh · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 211 · The Park · Penelope Farmer · ss 1965 227 · A Fair Deal · Alan C. Jenkins · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965 241 · The Breadth of a Whisker · Janet McNeill · ss Special Occasions by Janet McNeill, Faber and Faber, 1960 249 · Lake Island · Kathleen Mackenzie · ss Girl’s Choice, Hamlyn, 1965