Title: The Doll's Ghost

Title: The Doll's Ghost Title Record # 56043
Author: F. Marion Crawford
Date: 1896-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in the Christmas 1896 edition of The Illustrated London News.

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Year	Title
1973	The Doll's Ghost [as by Marion Crawford]
2018	The Doll's Ghost [as by Francis Marion Crawford]

Year	Language	Title
1967^ⓘTranslated by Henk Bouwman	Dutch	De geest van de pop
1975^ⓘTranslated by Henk Bouwman	Dutch	De geest van de pop [as by Francis Marion Crawford]
1987^ⓘTranslated by Gérard Coisne	French	La poupée fantôme [as by Francis Marion Crawford]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Mida	Italian	Il fantasma della bambola [as by Francis Marion Crawford]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Uncanny Tales	1911-00-00	F. Marion Crawford	T. Fisher Unwin		6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	307	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Wandering Ghosts	1911-03-00	F. Marion Crawford	The Macmillan Company		$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	v+ 302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Uncanny Tales	1917-00-00	F. Marion Crawford	T. Fisher Unwin		1/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1952	1952-04-00	ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas	Fantasy House, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	George Salter
De bovenste kooi	1967-00-00	F. Marion Crawford	Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1052)	1052	ƒ2.00^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dick Bruna
The Sorceress in Stained Glass and Other Ghost Stories	1971-11-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Tom Stacey	0-85468-115-9	£2.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	214	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Haunting Tales	1973-00-00	ed. Barbara Ireson	Faber and Faber	0-571-10116-X		279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Haunting Tales	1974-00-00	ed. Barbara Ireson	E. P. Dutton	0-525-31533-0		279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Freda Woolf
Het gillende doodshoofd	1975-00-00	Francis Marion Crawford	Bruna (Bruna FEH #25)	90-229-3525-6		191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Robert Nix
Deadly Nightshade: Strange Tales of the Dark	1977-07-00	ed. Peter Haining	Gollancz	0-575-02282-5	£3.40^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Philip Hood
The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories	1978-00-00	ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes	Fontana	0-00-615404-2	£0.70^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Alan Lee
Deadly Nightshade: Strange Tales of the Dark	1978-06-27	ed. Peter Haining	Taplinger	0-8008-2123-8	$8.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Rus Anderson
The Haunted Dolls	1980-00-00	ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley	Doubleday	0-385-15654-5	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 318	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fred Marcellino
The Haunted Dolls	1980-06-00	ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley	Doubleday	0-385-15363-5	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 318	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fred Marcellino
De griezeligste verhalen	1981-00-00	ed. Erik Lankester	Loeb (Anthologieën)	90-6213-254-5	ƒ29.50^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	492	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Kate Higgins
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1981-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday	0-385-18506-5	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1982-05-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday / SFBC	5905	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Spooky Tales	1984-01-00	ed. uncredited	Octopus Books	0-86273-169-0	£1.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Dave Eastbury
Haunting Tales	1986-00-00	ed. Barbara Ireson	Puffin	0-14-030998-5	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	220	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Michael Heslop
Car la vie est dans le sang	1987-02-00	Francis Marion Crawford	Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #188)	2-7304-0425-2		184	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jean-Michel Nicollet
Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories!	1987-08-00	ed. Joan Kahn	Greenwillow Books / William Morrow	0-688-07167-8	$11.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	159	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Horror Story 4	1990-11-00	ed. uncredited	Garden Editoriale (Horror Story #4)			284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Steve Crisp
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New	1993-00-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Longmeadow Press	0-681-41740-4	$17.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories	1995-08-00	ed. David Hartwell	Tor	0-812-54324-6	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Eric Peterson
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	1995-10-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Robinson	1-85487-338-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 573	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	The Senate
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	1995-11-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0279-6	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 573	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	The Senate
100 Tiny Tales of Terror	1996-09-00	ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-0140-7	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 565	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Cheryl Knippenburg
For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories	1996-12-00	F. Marion Crawford	White Wolf Publishing	1-56504-854-7 / WW 11054	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Dedjora von Jutaz
The Giant Book of Classic Ghost Stories: The Great Stories from the Victorian and Edwardian Era	1997-00-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Magpie Books	1-85487-672-4	£3.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 573	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories	1997-07-00	ed. David Hartwell	Tor	0-812-54424-2	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Eric Peterson
Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	1997-09-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-0353-1	$9.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 573	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Photodisc
Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids	1998-08-00	ed. Greg Ioannou	Key Porter Books	1-55013-994-0		269	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Uncanny Tales	1999-00-00	F. Marion Crawford	Tartarus Press	1-872621-37-6	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids	2001-00-00	ed. Greg Ioannou	Key Porter Books	1-55013-994-0		269	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Complete Wandering Ghosts	2002-10-30	F. Marion Crawford	Wildside Press (Wildside Fantasy Classics)	1-58715-784-5	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	156	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Wandering Ghosts	2004-08-12	F. Marion Crawford	Wildside Press	1-55742-270-2	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	150	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Complete Wandering Ghosts	2004-09-09	F. Marion Crawford	Wildside Press	1-59224-039-9	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	150	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Tales to Freeze the Blood	2006-09-00	ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Stephen Jones	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1679-7	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxiii+ 271	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Simon Marsden
Uncanny Tales	2009-02-01	F. Marion Crawford	Tartarus Press	978-1-905784-11-0	£32.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvi+ 239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Wandering Ghosts	2009-03-01	F. Marion Crawford	Aegypan	978-1-60664-395-2	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	156	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	M. Leone Bracker
For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories	2010-02-26	F. Marion Crawford	Dodo Press	978-1-4099-7905-0	$17.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	196	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Wandering Ghosts	2012-08-01	F. Marion Crawford	Project Gutenberg	40386	$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Doll Story Megapack	2013-08-28	ed. Mary Wickizer Burgess, Robert Reginald	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-0143-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Nizhava1956
Uncanny Tales	2016-05-19	F. Marion Crawford	Tartarus Press		$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories	2016-11-29	ed. Tara Moore	Valancourt Books	978-1-943910-56-4	$16.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	291	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Henry Petrides
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories	2016-11-29	ed. Tara Moore	Valancourt Books	978-1-943910-57-1	$29.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	291	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Henry Petrides
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales	2017-07-24	ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-6620-2	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 737	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Supernatural Short Stories	2018-04-15	ed. Joshua Perry	Arcturus Publishing	978-1-78828-407-3		384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Supernatural Short Stories	2018-06-01	ed. Joshua Perry	Sirius / Arcturus Publishing	978-1-78828-543-8	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Lost Souls Short Stories	2018-11-19	ed. uncredited	Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-78664-805-1	£20.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Doll's Ghost	2021-00-00	F. Marion Crawford	Biblioasis (The Haunted Bookshelf)	978-1-77196-453-1	C$9.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	52	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Seth
Minor Hauntings: Chilling Tales of Spectral Youth	2021-05-20	ed. Jen Baker	The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird)	978-0-7123-5319-9	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	317	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Sandra Gómez^?Sandra Gomez
December Tales	2021-09-28	ed. J. D. Horn	Curious Blue Press	978-1-7366207-1-7	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	468	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
December Tales	2021-09-28	ed. J. D. Horn	Curious Blue Press		$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales	date unknown	ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-6620-2	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 737	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	date unknown	ed. Richard Dalby	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0279-6	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 573	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	The Senate

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction