| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | Edward Arnold | Collection | 49 |
| 1919 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 49 |
| 1920 | A Thin Ghost and Others | Edward Arnold | Collection | 49 | |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 395 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 395 |
| September 1934 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series | Gollancz | Anthology | ||
| 1935 | The Third Omnibus of Crime | Coward-McCann | Anthology | 629 | |
| June 1936 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series | Gollancz | Anthology | ||
| 1942 |
|
The Third Omnibus of Crime | Coward-McCann | Anthology | 629 |
| 1944 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |18 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 395 | |
| 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 | 277 |
| 1949 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series | Gollancz | Anthology | ||
| January 1959 |
|
The Supernatural in the English Short Story | Bernard Hanison | Anthology | 431 |
| 1963 |
|
Cuentos de terror | Taurus | Anthology | 339 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 395 |
| 1971 | A Thin Ghost and Others | Books for Libraries Press | Collection | 49 | |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 395 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 395 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 395 | |
| June 1977 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 182 |
| 1982 |
|
Ghost Stories | Argo (audio) | Collection | |5 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 225 |
| April 1987 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 199 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| 1990 |
|
Dreizehn Geistergeschichten | Suhrkamp | Collection | 148 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 217 |
| 1992 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 199 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 217 |
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 395 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 219 |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 225 |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| October 1996 |
|
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 46 |
| October 1996 |
|
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 46 |
| October 1997 |
|
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 134 |
| 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 | ||
| January 2003 | Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press / SFBC | Collection | ||
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 616 |
| 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 | |
| January 2009 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 199 |
| October 2009 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others: Classic Ghost Stories | M.R. James Press | Collection | 31 |
| February 2010 |
|
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 8 | LibriVox | Anthology | |5 |
| June 2010 |
|
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 302 |
| 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 | 83 |
| April 2013 |
|
The M. R. James Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| August 2013 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| March 2014 |
|
A Thin Ghost and Others | CreateSpace | Collection | 15 |
| 2016 |
|
The Diary of Mr. Poynter | Biblioasis | Chapbook | |
| January 2016 |
|
The Diary of Mr. Poynter | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| March 2016 |
|
Great Ghost Stories: 101 Terrifying Tales | Fall River Press | Anthology | 143 |
| August 2016 |
|
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1 | Festa | Collection | 392 |
| 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 2017 |
|
Four Ghost Stories | Penn State University Press | Collection | |
| September 2018 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| October 2020 |
|
Ghost Stories | Collins | Collection | |5 |
| November 2020 |
|
M. R. James Quick Classics Collection | Collins | Collection | |5 |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 116 |
| July 2022 |
|
Weird Horror Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 224 |