• Publication: Old Fires and Profitable GhostsPublication Record # 553578
• Author: A. T. Quiller-Couch
• Date: 1900-00-00
• Publisher: Cassell & Company
• Price:
  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).
• Pages: 341
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: The full text and images of this edition are available at Google Books. Primary Verification done from those scanned images.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 1356
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1196643
  • Reginald-1: 11952

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• bp • Preface (Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts) • essay by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by Q]
• 1 • Oceanus • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 19 • The Seventh Man • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 39 • The Room of Mirrors • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 65 • A Pair of Hands: An Old Maid's Ghost Story • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch (variant of A Pair of Hands 1898) [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 85 • The Lady of the Ship • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 127 • Frozen Margit • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 173 • The Singular Adventure of a Small Free-Trader • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 191 • The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem • novelette by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 221 • Prisoners of War: A Reported Tale of Ardevora • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 247 • A Town's Memory • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 257 • The Lady of the Red Admirals • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 273 • The Penance of John Emmett • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 307 • Elisha • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 315 • "Once Aboard the Lugger" • non-genre • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch (variant of Once Aboard The Lugger 1893) [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]
• 333 • Which? • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by A. T. Quiller-Couch]