Originally published as "Collector's Item" in Collier's Magazine, September 4, 1948
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |
|
Someone Like You | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | |
| 1954 | Someone Like You | Secker & Warburg | Collection | ||
| March 1957 |
|
Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell | Anthology | 119 |
| 1961 |
|
Someone Like You | Michael Joseph | Collection | |
| August 1961 |
|
Someone Like You | Dell | Collection | 38 |
| 1965 |
|
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology | Souvenir Press | Anthology | 135 |
| 1965 |
|
Someone Like You | Four Square Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
|
Someone Like You | Dell | Collection | |
| May 1965 |
|
Boris Karloff's Favorite Horror Stories | Avon | Anthology | 125 |
| May 1965 |
|
Boris Karloff's Favorite Horror Stories | Avon | Anthology | 125 |
| December 1965 |
|
The First Panther Book of Horror | Panther | Anthology | 7 |
| 1967 |
|
Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbinders in Suspense | Random House | Anthology | 94 |
| April 1967 |
|
Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 100 |
| 1968 |
|
The Panther Book of Horror | Panther | Anthology | 7 |
| 1969 |
|
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology | Corgi | Anthology | 114 |
| November 1969 |
|
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | |
| 1970 |
|
Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | 35 |
| 1972 |
|
Someone Like You | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1974 |
|
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology | Ensign Books | Anthology | 123 |
| November 1974 |
|
A Shocking Thing | Pocket Books | Anthology | 1 |
| November 1974 |
|
A Shocking Thing | Pocket Books | Anthology | 1 |
| 1975 |
|
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology | Everest Books | Anthology | 123 |
| 1978 |
|
Horror | John Murray | Anthology | 31 |
| 1978 |
|
Horror Stories | Ward, Lock | Anthology | 52 |
| May 1978 |
|
The Best of Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | Collection | 30 |
| February 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Michael Joseph | Collection | ||
| February 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | ||
| September 1979 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | 34 |
| 1980 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | 32 |
| 1980 |
|
A Harvest of Horrors | Vanguard Press / BOMC | Anthology | 18 |
| May 1980 |
|
A Harvest of Horrors | Vanguard Press | Anthology | 18 |
| November 1982 |
|
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror | Reader's Digest Association | Anthology | 196 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 569 |
| 1985 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 569 |
| October 1985 | The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Viking UK | Anthology | ||
| September 1986 |
|
Completely Unexpected Tales | Penguin Books | Omnibus | |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 569 |
| November 1989 |
|
Someone Like You: and Other Short Stories | Le Livre de Poche | Collection | 83 |
| August 1990 |
|
The Best of Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| August 1990 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| 1991 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Bloomsbury | Anthology | |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | 463 | |
| November 1994 |
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The Puffin Book of Horror Stories | Viking UK | Anthology | 79 |
| 1996 |
|
Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al | Viking Canada | Anthology | 243 |
| August 1996 |
|
Death Walks Tonight: Horrifying Stories | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Anthology | |
| September 1996 |
|
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Anthology | |
| May 1998 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Viking | Collection | 54 |
| July 2000 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 54 |
| September 2001 |
|
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Collection | 53 |
| October 2006 |
|
Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 181 |
| September 2008 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books Australia | Collection | 32 |
| November 2008 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Paw Prints | Collection | |54 |
| December 2009 |
|
Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| December 2009 |
|
Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| June 2013 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Speak / Penguin Books (US) | Collection | |4 |
| September 2013 |
|
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories | Puffin | Collection |