Word count: 15,027 from the Project Gutenberg edition of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | Dealings with the Fairies | Alexander Strahan | Collection | 1 | |
| 1890 | The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories | Blackie & Son | Collection | ||
| November 1893 |
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The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 1 |
| 1904 | The Fairy Tales of George Macdonald | A. C. Fifield | Collection | |1 | |
| 1920 | The Fairy Tales of George Macdonald | George Allen & Unwin | Collection | |1 | |
| May 1924 | The Fairy Tales of George Macdonald | George Allen & Unwin | Collection | |1 | |
| September 1926 | The Light Princess | The Macmillan Company | Chapbook | ||
| 1962 | The Light Princess | Thomas Y. Crowell | Chapbook | ||
| 1969 | The Light Princess | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Chapbook | ||
| 1973 | The Gifts of the Child Christ: Fairytales and Stories for the Childlike | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Collection | |22 | |
| 1977 |
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The Complete Fairy Tales of George Macdonald | Schocken Books | Collection | 13 |
| February 1977 |
|
The Fantastic Imagination | Avon | Anthology | 51 |
| June 1977 |
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The Fantastic Imagination | Avon | Anthology | 51 |
| November 1977 |
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The Fantastic Imagination: An Anthology of High Fantasy | Avon | Anthology | 51 |
| April 1979 |
|
The Golden Key and Other Stories | Chariot Books | Collection | 46 |
| October 1980 |
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The Light Princess and Other Stories | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Collection | 1 |
| October 1985 |
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The Light Princess and Other Stories | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Collection | 1 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Light Princess and Other Tales | Canongate Kelpies | Collection | 13 |
| August 1992 |
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Visions & Imaginings: Classic Fantasy Fiction | Academy Chicago | Anthology | 1 |
| May 1993 |
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The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 61 |
| June 1993 |
|
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 61 |
| September 1993 | The Light Princess | Barefoot Books | Chapbook | ||
| August 1994 |
|
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 61 |
| October 1994 |
|
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 61 |
| September 1996 |
|
The Gifts of the Child Christ & Other Stories and Fairy Tales | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Collection | 113 |
| October 1996 | The Light Princess | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | ||
| 1999 | The Complete Fairy Tales | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 15 | |
| 1999 | The Complete Fairy Tales | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 15 | |
| July 2006 |
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The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | 1 |
| July 2006 | The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| 2008 |
|
The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald, Volume III | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 273 |
| April 2009 |
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The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories | Wilder Publications | Collection | |
| December 2009 |
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The Complete Fairy Tales | Digireads.com | Collection | |
| December 2012 |
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The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories | Library of Alexandria | Collection | |1 |
| January 2013 |
|
Fantasy Novels | Benediction Classics | Omnibus | 3 |
| February 2013 |
|
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| June 2015 |
|
The Light Princess | Open Road Integrated Media | Chapbook | |
| November 2019 |
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The Light Princess | Rabbit Room Press | Chapbook |