One of the books I learned to read with (along with Dr. Seuss and Gyo Fujikawa and Little Golden Books): compiled by Oscar Weigle
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edited by Wilhelmina Harper, borrowed from the elementary school library in first grade:
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Ghosts and Goblins • (1936) • interior artwork by Wilfred Jones 13 • Foreword (Ghosts and Goblins) • (1936) • essay by Wilhelmina Harper 23 • Hallowe'en • (1936) • poem by Molly Capes 25 • The Ghost of the Great White Stag • (1925) • short story by Arthur C. Parker 37 • The Hungry Old Witch • (1924) • short story by Charles J. Finger 52 • The Conjure Wives • (1921) • short story by Frances G. Wickes 57 • Someone • juvenile • (1913) • poem by Walter de la Mare 58 • Ah Tcha the Sleeper • juvenile • (1925) • short story by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 69 • The Woodman and the Goblins • juvenile • (1936) • short story by J. Berg Esenwein and Marietta Stockard [as by J. B. Esenwein and Marietta Stockard] 77 • The King o' the Cats • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs 80 • The Enchanted Cow • (1931) • short story by Mary Gould Davis [as by Mary G. Davis] 88 • Peter and the Witch of the Wood • (1936) • short story by Anna Wahlenberg 105 • The Goblin of the Pitcher • (1931) • short story by Alida S. Malkus 112 • Tamlane • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs 118 • The Ghosts of Forefathers' Hill • (1922) • short story by Raymond Macdonald Alden 131 • The Shadow People • (1917) • poem by Francis Ledwidge 133 • The Black Cat of the Witch-Dance-Place • (1936) • short fiction by Frances Jenkins Olcott [as by Frances J. Olcott] 138 • Tomson's Hallowe'en • juvenile • (1936) • short story by Margaret Baker [as by Margaret Baker and Mary Baker] 156 • So-Beé-Yit • (1936) • short story by Maynard Dixon 165 • The Old Hag of the Forest • (1899) • short story by Seumas MacManus 182 • The Ghost Wife • (1936) • short story by Charles A. Eastman 187 • The Old Witch • (1894) • short story by Joseph Jacobs 194 • Wait Till Martin Comes • (1921) • short story by Frances G. Wickes The Wishing-Well • (1918) • short fiction by Maud Lindsay and Emilie Poulsson The Witch's Shoes • (1929) • short fiction by Frances Jenkins Olcott [as by Frances J. Olcott] 208 • Old Man Gully's Hant • (1936) • short story by Sarah Johnson Cocke [as by Sarah J. Cocke] A Hallowe'en Story • (1936) • poem by Margaret Widdemer The Witch of Lok Island • (1929) • short story by Elsie Masson The Great White Bear • juvenile • non-genre • (1915) • short story by Maud Lindsay The Ghosts of Kahlberg • (1936) • short fiction by Bernard Henderson The Wonderful Lamb • (1930) • short fiction by Nándor Pogány Teeny-Tiny • (1890) • short fiction by Joseph Jacobs
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Edited by Hal Cantor:
edited by Nora Kramer:
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edited by Wilhelmina Harper, borrowed from the elementary school library in first grade:
- Publication: Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Hallowe'en and Other Times
- Editor: Wilhelmina Harper
- Date: 1936-08-20
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton
- Price: $2.00
- Pages: 271
Edited by Hal Cantor:
- Publication: Ghosts and Things
- Editor: Hal Cantor
- Date: 1962-00-00
- Catalog ID: #F666
- Publisher: Berkley Medallion
- Price: $0.50
- Pages: 160
- Binding: pb
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
- Container Title: Ghosts and Things • anthology by Hal Cantor
- Cover: Richard Powers
- 7 • The Romance of Certain Old Clothes • (1868) • short story by Henry James
- 28 • Caterpillars • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson
- 37 • Markheim • (1885) • short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 54 • The Ghost Ship • (1912) • short story by Richard Middleton (variant of The Ghost-Ship)
- 65 • The Novel of the White Powder • (1895) • short story by Arthur Machen (variant of Novel of the White Powder)
- 83 • The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
- 92 • Running Wolf • (1920) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson [as by Algernon Blackwood]
- 111 • The Music on the Hill • (1911) • short story by Saki
- 117 • Phantas • (1910) • short story by Oliver Onions
- 134 • The House • (1931) • short fiction by André Maurois (trans. of La maison)
- 137 • The Lovely House • (1952) • novelette by Shirley Jackson
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- Publication: The Ghostly Hand and Other Haunting Stories
- Editor: Nora Kramer
- Date: 1972-10-00
- Catalog ID: #TX 2234
- Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
- Price: $0.60
- Pages: 96
- Binding: pb
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
- Container Title: The Ghostly Hand and Other Haunting Stories • juvenile • (1972) • anthology by Nora Kramer
- Cover: Don Dyan
- The Ghostly Hand and Other Haunting Stories • (1972) • interior artwork by Don Dyan
- 5 • The Cat • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
- 6 • The Ghostly Hand of Spital House • (1972) • short story by Dorothy Spicer
- 20 • In the Night • (1923) • poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- 21 • The Quaker Girl and the Rocking Chair Ghost • (1956) • short story by Carl Carmer
- 25 • Invitation to a Ghost • (1972) • short story by Geoffrey Palmer and Noel Lloyd
- 33 • Most Spirited Ghost • (1972) • poem by Amanda Hall
- 34 • The Ghost in the Blue Cape • (1972) • short story by Vic Crume
- 40 • In the Fog • (1972) • poem by Lilian Moore
- 41 • The Family Ghosts • (1972) • short story by Moritz Jagendorf [as by M. Jagendorf]
- 45 • Up in the Attic • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
- 46 • Horror at Dusk • (1972) • short story by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
- 50 • Ghost Lake • (1972) • poem by Vic Crume
- 51 • The House That Lacked a Bogle • (1964) • short story by Sorche Nic Leodhas
- 63 • The Old Mansion • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
- 64 • The Strange Valley • (1968) • short story by T. V. Olsen
- 79 • The White Wolf • (1972) • poem by Rosalind Welcher
- 80 • The Open Window • (1911) • short story by Saki
- 87 • A Great Night for Spooks • (1966) • short story by Beverly Antonitis
- 96 • The Ghostly Crew • (1951) • poem by William M. Doerflinger
edited by Henry Mazzeo:
- Publication: Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural
- Editors: Henry Mazzeo
- Date: 1968-00-00
- ISBN: 0-385-09373-X [978-0-385-09373-6]
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Price: $5.98
- Pages: 318
- Binding: hc
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
- Cover: Edward Gorey
- Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural • interior artwork by Edward Gorey
- 9 • Introduction: The Castle of Terror (Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural) • essay by Henry Mazzeo
- 15 • The Lonesome Place • (1941) • short story by August Derleth
- 25 • In the Vault • (1925) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
- 35 • The Man Who Collected Poe • (1951) • short story by Robert Bloch
- 51 • "Where Angels Fear ..." • (1939) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
- 61 • Lot No. 249 • (1892) • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
- 95 • The Haunted Dolls' House • (1923) • short story by M. R. James
- 109 • The Open Door • (1881) • novelette by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
- 151 • Thus I Refute Beelzy • (1940) • short story by John Collier
- 159 • Levitation • (1958) • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
- 165 • The Ghostly Rental • (1876) • novelette by Henry James
- 199 • The Face • (1924) • short story by E. F. Benson
- 215 • The Whistling Room • [Carnacki (William Hope Hodgson)] • (1910) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
- 233 • The Grey Ones • (1953) • short story by J. B. Priestley
- 251 • The Stolen Body • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
- 269 • The Red Lodge • (1928) • short story by H. Russell Wakefield [as by H. R. Wakefield]
- 285 • The Visiting Star • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman
- 311 • Midnight Express • (1935) • short story by Alfred Noyes
edited by Kathleen Lines:
- Publication: The House of the Nightmare: and Other Eerie Tales
- Editor: Kathleen Lines
- Date: 1967-00-00
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Price: $3.95
- Pages: xii + 250
- Binding: hc
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
- The House of the Nightmare • (1906) • short story by Edward Lucas White
- The Hauntings at Thorhallstead • (unknown) • short fiction by Allen French
- His Own Number • (1963) • short story by William Croft Dickinson
- Gabriel-Ernest • (1909) • short story by Saki
- Hand in Glove • (1952) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
- Mr. Fox • (unknown) • short fiction by unknown
- Curfew • short story by L. M. Boston
- John Bartine's Watch • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
- The Monkey's Paw • (1902) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
- My Grandfather, Hendry Watty • (1892) • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch]
- A School Story • (1911) • short story by M. R. James
- The Red Cane • short story by E. F. Bozman
- A Diagnosis of Death • (1901) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
- Bad Company • (1954) • short story by Walter de la Mare
- Proof • (1964) • short story by Henry Cecil
- The Amulet • (unknown) • short fiction by Thomas Raddall
- The Hair • (1928) • short story by A. J. Alan
- The Return of the Native • (1963) • short story by William Croft Dickinson
- The Earlier Service • (1935) • short story by Margaret Irwin
edited by Robert Arthur:
- Alfred Hitchcock’s Monster Museum ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost edited by Robert Arthur) Random House; 1965; 207pp; $3.95
- 7 · Introduction: A Variety of Monsters · Alfred Hitchcock · in (gh. Arthur)
- 9 · The Day of the Dragon · Guy Endore · nv The Blue Book Magazine Jun 1934
- 36 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1929
- 52 · Slime · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales Mar 1953
- 78 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Idris Seabright · ss F&SF Oct 1951
- 83 · Gone to the Dogs · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar 1954, as “Henry Martindale, Great Dane”
- 97 · The Microscopic Giants · Paul Ernst · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1936
- 114 · The Young One · Jerome Bixby · nv Fantastic Apr 1954
- 143 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 24 1949
- 159 · The Desrick on Yandro [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Jun 1952
- 172 · The Wheelbarrow Boy · Richard Parker · ss Lilliput Oct 1950
- 177 · Homecoming · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle Oct 1946
edited by Betty M. Owen
- Publication: Nine Strange Stories
- Editors: Betty M. Owen
- Date: 1974-00-00
- Catalog ID: #TK4467
- Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
- Pages: 155
- Binding: pb
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
- Cover: Joe Ciardiello
- 1 • The Rocking-Horse Winner • (1926) • short story by D. H. Lawrence
- 23 • Heartburn • (1951) • short story by Hortense Calisher
- 38 • The Snail-Watcher • (1964) • short story by Patricia Highsmith (variant of The Snail Watcher)
- 49 • Manuscript Found in a Police State • (1972) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
- 88 • The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles • (1951) • short story by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright]
- 95 • The Mark of the Beast • (1890) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
- 114 • The Summer People • (1950) • short story by Shirley Jackson
- 134 • The Leopard Man's Story • non-genre • (1903) • short story by Jack London
- 140 • The Garden of Forking Paths • (1971) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan 1941)
and then onto Helen Hoke and Son Manley and Gogo Lewis and certainly quite a few more Robert Arthur, Harold Q. Masur and other Hitchcock-branded books, and several more from Betty M. Owen...and Gerald Page's annual The Year's Best Horror Stories...