| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |
|
Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 227 |
| 1905 | Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 227 | |
| 1913 | Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary | Edward Arnold | Collection | 227 | |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 151 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 151 |
| 1935 |
|
A Century of Horror Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 683 |
| 1937 |
|
The Haunted Omnibus | Farrar & Rinehart | Anthology | 33 |
| 1937 | The Haunted Omnibus | Oxford | Anthology | 33 | |
| 1937 |
|
The Haunted Omnibus | Cassell | Anthology | 33 |
| June 1937 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Collection | 131 |
| 1939 | Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 33 | |
| 1941 |
|
Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 33 |
| 1941 |
|
Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 33 |
| 1944 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |12 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 151 | |
| 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 | 186 |
| 1953 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Pan Books | Collection | 135 |
| 1960 | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Collection | 131 | |
| 1963 |
|
Spookverhalen | Querido | Collection | 132 |
| 1964 |
|
Quiver of Horror | Arrow Books | Anthology | 163 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 151 |
| 1965 |
|
Best Horror Stories 2 | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 158 |
| 1965 | Quiver of Horror | Arrow Books | Anthology | 163 | |
| October 1966 |
|
Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories | Blackie | Anthology | 11 |
| 1967 | Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories | Blackie | Anthology | 11 | |
| August 1968 |
|
Dennis Wheatley's Second Book of Horror Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 163 |
| 1970 |
|
Der Schatz des Abtes Thomas : phantastische Geschichten | Insel | Collection | |
| 1971 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Dover Publications | Collection | 131 |
| January 1972 |
|
Thin Air | Blackie | Anthology | 11 |
| 1973 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | The Folio Society | Collection | 74 |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 151 |
| July 1974 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 131 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 151 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 151 | |
| September 1977 |
|
Scendendo. Romanzi e racconti di fantascienza sotterranea | Mondadori | Anthology | 175 |
| 1979 |
|
Der Schatz des Abtes Thomas : phantastische Geschichten | Suhrkamp | Collection | |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 92 |
| September 1986 |
|
The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers | Robinson | Anthology | 136 |
| February 1987 |
|
A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Hutchinson | Collection | 50 |
| April 1987 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 78 |
| 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 | 50 |
| June 1991 |
|
Horror Story 7 | Garden Editoriale | Anthology | 141 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 82 |
| 1992 |
|
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 78 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 82 |
| 1992 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | ISIS Large Print Books | Collection | 128 |
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 151 |
| May 1993 |
|
Storie di fantasmi: antologia di racconti anglosassoni del soprannaturale | Einaudi | Anthology | 5 |
| September 1993 |
|
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus | Orion | Anthology | 387 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 84 |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 92 |
| July 1994 |
|
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus: Great Tales from TV Anthology Series | Artus Books | Anthology | 387 |
| September 1994 |
|
The Armchair Horror Collection: Great Tales from TV Anthology Series | Orion | Anthology | 454 |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| May 1998 |
|
A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 76 |
| 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 | ||
| 2003 |
|
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus | Bounty Books | Anthology | 387 |
| January 2003 | Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press / SFBC | Collection | ||
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 502 |
| 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 | 101 |
| May 2006 |
|
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 315 |
| June 2006 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | LibriVox | Omnibus | |8 |
| 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 | 78 |
| June 2010 |
|
Dark Canon: 22 Stories of Fantasy and Fright by M. R. James | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 117 |
| October 2010 |
|
A Boxful of Ghosts | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Omnibus | |1 |
| 2011 |
|
Szellemjárás Angliában | Delta Vision Kft. | Collection | 161 |
| February 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Aeterna | Collection | 82 |
| October 2011 | Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 53 | |
| 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 | 53 |
| November 2011 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| April 2013 |
|
The M. R. James Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| January 2015 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Open Road Integrated Media | Collection | |
| 2016 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft Selects: Classic Horror Stories | Fall River Press | Omnibus | 396 |
| August 2016 |
|
Sämtliche Geistergeschichten, Band 1 | Festa | Collection | 156 |
| 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 | |
| March 2018 |
|
Abandoned Places | Shohola Press | Anthology | 179 |
| September 2018 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| November 2019 |
|
Nummer 13: Geistergeschichten | Festa | Collection | 259 |
| October 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Poisoned Pen Press | Collection | 117 |
| October 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | Poisoned Pen Press | Collection | |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 81 |
| December 2024 |
|
Das Buch der Geister & Spukhäuser | Festa | Anthology | 309 |