| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 |
| 1919 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 1 |
| 1920 | A Thin Ghost and Others | Edward Arnold | Collection | 1 | |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 359 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 359 |
| 1935 |
|
50 Years of Ghost Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 151 |
| 1936 |
|
A Century of Ghost Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 151 |
| 1944 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |17 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 359 | |
| 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 | 255 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 359 |
| 1971 | A Thin Ghost and Others | Books for Libraries Press | Collection | 1 | |
| 1973 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | The Folio Society | Collection | 127 |
| 1974 |
|
Uncanny | Blackie & Son | Anthology | 102 |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 359 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 359 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 359 | |
| January 1977 |
|
Undesirable Properties: Thirteen Haunted Houses | William Kimber | Anthology | 29 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 206 |
| 1986 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Oxford University Press | Collection | 163 |
| November 1986 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Oxford University Press | Collection | 163 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| 1990 |
|
Dreizehn Geistergeschichten | Suhrkamp | Collection | 122 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 198 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 198 |
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 359 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 200 |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 206 |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| May 1998 |
|
A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 141 |
| August 2001 |
|
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | |
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 599 |
| January 2007 | A Thin Ghost and Others | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| May 2007 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | Dodo Press | Collection | |
| July 2007 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| September 2007 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Collection | |
| October 2009 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others: Classic Ghost Stories | M.R. James Press | Collection | 9 |
| June 2010 |
|
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 276 |
| October 2010 |
|
A Boxful of Ghosts | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Omnibus | |1 |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| 2012 |
|
Sötét örökség | Delta Vision Kft. | Collection | 11 |
| April 2013 |
|
The M. R. James Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| May 2013 |
|
In Praise of M.R. James | Oleander Press | Anthology | 77 |
| August 2013 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
The Haunts & Horrors Megapack: 31 Modern & Classic Stories | Wildside Press | Anthology | |20 |
| March 2014 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | CreateSpace | Collection | 1 |
| August 2016 |
|
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1 | Festa | Collection | 407 |
| 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 | |
| September 2018 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| January 2019 |
|
Haunted House Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 297 |