First published in the National Review, March 1895.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |
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Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 |
| 1905 | Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 | |
| 1913 | Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 | |
| 1919 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Boni & Liveright | Anthology | 18 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 1 |
| June 1937 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Collection | 9 |
| 1944 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |2 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 | |
| March 1944 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James | World Publishing Co. | Collection | |
| July 1944 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 30 |
| 1953 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Pan Books | Collection | 7 |
| May 1953 |
|
Los Cuentos Fantásticos, No. 44 | Enigma (México) | MAGAZINE | 20 |
| 1960 | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Collection | 9 | |
| 1963 |
|
Spookverhalen | Querido | Collection | 9 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 |
| April 1967 |
|
Urania #460 | Mondadori | MAGAZINE | 131 |
| 1971 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Dover Publications | Collection | 9 |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 |
| July 1974 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 9 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 1 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 | |
| November 1980 |
|
The Sixteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 13 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 11 |
| 1986 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Oxford University Press | Collection | 39 |
| November 1986 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Oxford University Press | Collection | 39 |
| February 1987 |
|
A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Hutchinson | Collection | 1 |
| April 1987 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 1 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| 1988 |
|
A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Arrow Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1988 |
|
No. 13 and Other Ghost Stories | Argo (audio) | Collection | |2 |
| 1991 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 385 |
| 1991 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 385 |
| January 1991 |
|
Horror Story 5 | Garden Editoriale | Anthology | 240 |
| October 1991 | Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press / BOMC | Anthology | ||
| October 1991 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 385 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 1 |
| 1992 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 1 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 1 |
| 1992 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | ISIS Large Print Books | Collection | 1 |
| October 1992 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | |
| October 1992 | Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press / QPBC | Anthology | ||
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 1 |
| October 1993 |
|
Two Ghost Stories: A Centenary | Ghost Story Press | Collection | 1 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 3 |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 11 |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| 1997 |
|
Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales | The Folio Society | Anthology | |
| May 1998 |
|
A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 3 |
| August 2001 |
|
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | |
| 2002 | Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | ||
| 2002 | Gothic Short Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | ||
| 2003 |
|
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 385 |
| January 2003 | Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press / SFBC | Collection | ||
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 429 |
| July 2005 | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| September 2005 |
|
Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1 | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 1 |
| March 2006 | The Best Ghost Stories | Project Gutenberg | Anthology | 18 | |
| May 2006 |
|
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 263 |
| June 2006 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | LibriVox | Omnibus | |1 |
| September 2006 |
|
Tales to Freeze the Blood | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 157 |
| July 2007 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| September 2007 |
|
Classic Tales of Horror: Volume Two | Bloody Books | Anthology | 37 |
| September 2007 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Collection | |
| October 2007 |
|
Gothic Short Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 170 |
| January 2008 |
|
Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad | Dead Letter Press | Anthology | 85 |
| January 2009 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 1 |
| 2010 |
|
The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories | Fall River Press | Anthology | 86 |
| June 2010 |
|
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 7 |
| September 2010 |
|
Best Ghost Stories | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Anthology | 186 |
| October 2010 |
|
A Boxful of Ghosts | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Omnibus | |1 |
| 2011 |
|
Szellemjárás Angliában | Delta Vision Kft. | Collection | 27 |
| February 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Aeterna | Collection | 2 |
| February 2011 |
|
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| February 2011 |
|
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| March 2011 |
|
The Horror Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Horror Stories | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| October 2011 |
|
Ghostly Terror! | BBC Audiobooks | Anthology | |
| October 2011 | Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 1 | |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 1 |
| November 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| December 2012 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | CreateSpace | Anthology | |
| January 2013 |
|
The Second Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Ghost Stories | Wildside Press | Anthology | 30 |
| April 2013 |
|
The M. R. James Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| July 2014 | The Best Ghost Stories | Liongate Press | Anthology | ||
| July 2014 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Didactic Press | Anthology | |
| January 2015 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Open Road Integrated Media | Collection | |
| July 2015 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | CreateSpace | Anthology | 27 |
| December 2015 |
|
Canon Alberic's Scrapbook | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| August 2016 |
|
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1 | Festa | Collection | 26 |
| January 2017 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| January 2017 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| April 2017 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| April 2018 |
|
Ghosts | Vintage (UK) | Collection | |
| April 2018 |
|
Ghosts | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| September 2018 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| November 2019 |
|
Nummer 13: Geistergeschichten | Festa | Collection | 21 |
| September 2020 |
|
Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 205 |
| November 2020 |
|
No. 13 and Other Ghost Stories | Collins | Collection | |2 |
| November 2020 |
|
M. R. James Quick Classics Collection | Collins | Collection | |12 |
| October 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Poisoned Pen Press | Collection | 3 |
| October 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Poisoned Pen Press | Collection | |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 59 |