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Aristus

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49. The one I have is also titled "Roald Dahl's Book Of Ghosts Stories."

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 05:22 PM

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It was published in 1983, collecting previously written and printed stories. It was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux of New York City. Took me a while to track it down. (I've got a big library...)

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