Best Ghost Stories
| First published | 1945 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Margaret Wolpe |
| Pages | 360 |
| Price | 9/6 |
Contents from The Supernatural Index. Tuck has the cover artist as "Margaret Wolfe". Assuming the correct name is the same as that of the 1957 verified printing.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454) |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Prefatory Note (Best Ghost Stories) | Anne Ridler | Essay |
| 9 | The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu | Short Fiction |
| 18 | The Dream Woman | W. Wilkie Collins | Novelette |
| 47 | The Friends of the Friends | Henry James | Novelette |
| 78 | Who Knows? | Guy de Maupassant | Short Story |
| 93 | The Canterville Ghost | Oscar Wilde | Novelette |
| 127 | The Triumph of Night | Edith Wharton | Novelette |
| 157 | Lost Hearts | M. R. James | Short Story |
| 169 | The House Surgeon | Rudyard Kipling | Novelette |
| 198 | The Inexperienced Ghost | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 213 | The Face | E. F. Benson | Short Story |
| 230 | With Intent to Steal | Algernon Blackwood | Novelette |
| 257 | The Open Window | Saki | Short Story |
| 261 | Crewe | Walter de la Mare | Novelette |
| 290 | The Tool | W. F. Harvey | Short Story |
| 305 | Blind Man's Hood | Carter Dickson | Short Story |
| 328 | Our Feathered Friends | Philip MacDonald | Short Story |
| 340 | The Apple Tree | Elizabeth Bowen | Short Story |
| 354 | Thus I Refute Beelzy | John Collier | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Ghost Stories |
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1957 | Faber and Faber | Hardcover | Anthology | Margaret Wolpe | 360 | |
| Best Ghost Stories |
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1960 | Faber and Faber | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 360 | ||
| Best Ghost Stories | 1964 | Faber and Faber | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 360 |