| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 459 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 459 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 459 | |
| 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 | 113 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 459 |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 459 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 459 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 459 | |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 259 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 251 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 251 |
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 459 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 253 |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 259 |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| September 1996 |
|
100 Tiny Tales of Terror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 511 |
| 1999 |
|
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 97 |
| August 2001 |
|
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | |
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 647 |
| 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 | 70 |
| June 2010 |
|
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 349 |
| 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 | |
| April 2013 |
|
The M. R. James Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| May 2013 |
|
In Praise of M.R. James | Oleander Press | Anthology | 13 |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| December 2016 |
|
Great Horror Stories: 101 Chilling Tales | Fall River Press | Anthology | 696 |
| 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 | |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 312 |