The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories

The census claim is confirmed: the London Eveleigh Nash edition of 1906 is the true first and the only period edition. This was Blackwood's first book, collecting ten stories; its reception (including Hilaire Belloc's notice in The Morning Post, 3 January 1907) prompted the second collection, The Listener (1907), which carried 'The Willows.' No contemporary American edition is recorded in the ABAA/ILAB dealer catalogues or the reference works consulted, so there is no US-vs-UK precedence question for this title.