Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Hallowe'en and Other Times
| First published | 1936 |
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| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | 271 |
| Price | $2.00 |
- 30 contents beside Foreword and illustrations 26 stories, 4 poems (LibraryThing implies)
- Review by user JalenV at LibraryThing.com includes a list of those 30 contents in which, "The origin of the stories is as given in the book except for changes to no-longer acceptable terms. I've written a brief description under each title." There 15 are marked (*) as "especially suited to the enjoyment of younger children", according to Harper.
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4 of 30 contents beside Foreword and illustrations are not in the 1965 version, with same foretitle Ghosts and Goblins; namely, the stories that begin on pages 25, 133, 156, 208 (unknown source for page numbers).
The 1965 version contains 8 works not in this one.
- WorldCat records of the 1st ed. and a 1942 reprint provide lists of Contents with these differences in story titles: • {{OCLC|1445403}}: Halloween (3), witch-dance-people, So-Bee-It, wishing well, wonderful land • {{OCLC|704434597}}: Hallowe'en, witch-dance-place, So-Bee-yit, wishing-well, wonderful lamb The latter is known to report the wrong illustrator.
- 1st ed.
- Unknown source for incomplete list of Contents with page numbers (Foreword and 22 of 30 stories and poems). There may be a complete page-numbered list of titles at The Supernatural Index p803 (viewed in part as Google Books "snippet" 2017-07-07, when some more information been gleaned from several whole-page views). Title/Author contents completed that day from Ann E. Nichols (below).
- OCLC contains contents (30 stories/poems), titles with writer names in F.M. Last format (and "So-Bee-Yit" as So-Bee-It)
- Publ date and price from notice NY Times 1936-08-20 p21 "Books Published Today". Kirkus Reviews capsule gives the same date.
- Cover image from Amazon US as of 2017-06-05. Today one of the "Top Customer Reviews" (Ann E. Nichols, 2012-10-16) provides a list of 30 contents: -- titles match OCLC 1445403 -- writers may be named as in the book -- most listings note origins For instance, Nichols lists, above brief annotations not quoted here: [1] "Hallowe'en" by Molly Capes (poem) [2] "The Ghost of the Great White Stag" by Arthur C. Parker (American Indian/Native American folk tale)
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