• "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 77–78 (April–October 1896):
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 77 (462) (April 1896): 433–450.
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 77 (463) (May 1896): 631–640.
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 77 (464) (June 1896): 7213–737.
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 78 (465) (July 1896): 58–74.
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 78 (466) (August 1896): 201–218.
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 78 (467) (September 1896): 376–390.
  • "The Old Things" in The Atlantic Monthly 78 (468) (October 1896): 518–530.

  — First publication in any form.

The Spoils of Poynton (London: William Heinemann, 1897)

• – First English book edition

• The Spoils of Poynton (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1897)

  – First American book edition

• "The Spoils of Poynton" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 10: 1–266.

  — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.

• "The Spoils of Poynton" in The Spoils of Poynton, A London Life, The Chaperon (London: Macmillan & Co., 192?): 1–235.

  — Volume 15 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.