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 1941- 1947
"Classic Comics"
Line Drawn Cover
1947 -early 50's
"Classics Illustrated"
Line Drawn Cover
early 1950's- 1970
"Classics Illustrated"
Painted Cover

   "2008  Classics   Illustrated  Catalog" 
(U.S. series 1941-71)

 

The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated  Volume One

by Dan Malan

new (2006)  slick glossy cover edition (reprint of 1991 edition)



reference list of titles/authors #1~#169

Complete  list of  U.S. Classics Illustrated  for sale   #1~169

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I try to keep this list as current as possible, but some books may already be reserved    

alphabetical list of titles only

publication dates #1~169

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A-2 editions (second artwork)


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

 

Classics Illustrated / Classic Comics series by Gilberton 1941-1971

Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers #1-#9

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

titles #1~#34 were all originally published as "Classic Comics" and reprinted as "Classics Illustrated" after 1947

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

C: # /A: # = cover/art  (version)  effective until you see change below that issue  (LDC) = Line Drawn Cover

 

1.  THE THREE MUSKETEERS  by Alexandre Dumas    1st appears  10/41

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
1(36)  G-   $10   7th 
1(36)  FA/G   $6   7th 
1(60)  FA+   $6  8th  
1(64)  VF/VF-   $52  9th  
1(78)  G-   $9  10th  
1(93)  G-   $8  11th  
1(93)  FA/G   $6  11th  

painted cover editions...
1(134)  FA/FA-  $5  13th    
1(143)  VG/F   $24  14th    
1(143)  G+   $12  14th    
1(143)  FA-   $4  14th    
1(150)  VG/VG+   $22  15th    
1(167)  FN+   $29  20th    3/66
1(167)  FN-   $26  20th    3/66
1(167)  G+   $10  20th    3/66
1(166)  FN+  $23  22nd  Sp/69
1(166)  VG/F  $17  22nd  Sp/69
1(166)  G/G+   $7  22nd  Sp/69
1(169)  FN-  $18  23rd  Sp/71

2.  IVANHOE   by Sir Walter Scott         1st appears  12/41

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
2(21)  G-  $25   5th 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
2(36)  FA-  $7   7th 
2(60)  G/G-  $11  8th    
2(64)  F/VF  $35  9th    
2(64)  P/FA  $5  9th   3" x 5" piece torn from front upper cover
2(89)  G-  $8  11th
2(89)  FA  $5   11th  coupon cut from back cover
2(106)  VG-  $17  12th 
2(121)  FA  $5   13th 

painted cover editions...
2(153)  VG-   $13  16th    
2(149)  VG+   $17  17th    
2(166)  VG/VG-  $14  22A  9/67     
2(166)  VG+   $12   23rd    R/68     
2(169)  VF   $19  25th  W/71     
2(166)(TWIN CIRCLE EDITION) VF  $20    giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
2(166)(TWIN CIRCLE EDITION) FN-  $12    giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad) 

3.  THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO  by Alexandre Dumas         1st appears  3/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
 
3(21)  F/VF   $138   6th 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
3(36)  VG+   $30   8th 
3(36)  P/P+   $5   8th   (spine totally split)  good reader
3(60)  FA+   $6   9th 
3(87)  G+   $14   12th 

painted cover editions...
3(143)  VG/F    $20  15th
3(143)  G   $8  15th
3(153)  VG-  $14  16th
3(161)  G-  $7   17th
3(167)  VG+  $16   18th   62/63
3(167)  G-  $7   18th   62/63
3(167)  VG  $18   19th  7/64
3(167)  VG  $15   20th  7/65
3(167)  G/VG  $11   21st  7/66
3(167)  G-  $7   21st  7/66    tape on spine
3(166)  FN-  $22   22nd   R68
3(166)  VG  $14   22nd   R68
3(166)  G+  $8   22nd   R68
3(166)  G-  $6   22nd   R68
3(169)  F/VF  $20  23rd    W69

 

4.  THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS  by James Fennimore Cooper        1st appears  8/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
4(15)  G-  $34   3rd  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
4(36)  G-  $11   7th 
4(60)  FN/FN-   $29   8th 
4(60)  VG-   $17   8th 
4(78)  F/VF  $44  10th
4(78)  VG+  $22  10th
4(89)  FA/G  $6  11th

painted cover editions...
4(135)  VG/F    $24  13th PC 1st  (VF level book with two very very small tape repairs on inside back cover)
4(141)  VG+  $20  14th
4(150)  VG-  $15  15th
4(167)  VG/VG+   $14   18th  6/64
4(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G  $17  scarce giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
4(166) (Twin Circle Sticker) F/VF  $31    (no  TC ad on back cover) soft cover
4(166) (Twin Circle Sticker) FN/FN-   $24    (no  TC ad on back cover) soft cover

5.  MOBY DICK  by Herman Melville       1st appears  9/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
5(18/20)  VG   $72   4th   (cover is detached at single center staple O/W would grade FN-) 
5(21)  G-  $26  6th 
5(28)  VG+  $62  7th 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
5(60)  G   $11   9th 
5(71)  VG+   $23  11th 
5(87)  G   $11   12th 
5(169)  VF/NM   $19   (rare 1996 First Classics reprint) 

painted cover editions...
5(158)  VG    $14  17th

second painted cover edition...
5(166)  FN  $19  23rd   W/69
5(169)  FN  $18  24th   W/71

6.  A TALE OF TWO CITIES  by Charles Dickens         1st appears  11/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

6(14)  FN-   $150  2nd   C:1/ A:1 (this copy has two covers, both attached at staples... inside cover and book FN-, outside cover VG)
6(14) G   $55  2nd   
6(28) FN-   $80  5th   a gorgeous copy "VF level"... except that cover color is off register and has small 1/2" tear at top spine   
6(28) G/VG   $50  5th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
6(51)  VG  $21  6th
6(64)  VG  $18  7th
6(78)  VG-  $14  8th

painted cover editions...
6(147)  VG/F   $16   13th    C:2/ A:2   
6(147)  VG-   $11   13th    
6(166)  VG/F  $15  20th

second painted cover edition...
6(169)  VF/VF-  $24  22nd
6(169)  VG+  $13  22nd

7.  ROBIN HOOD            1st appears  12/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
7(O) original  VG/F   $425   1st   front cover   

7(22)  VG+  $65   5th 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
7(78)  VG/VG-   $18   9th
7(78)  FA+   $5   9th
7(97)  VG/F   $25  10th
7(97)  VG/VG-   $17  10th
7(97)  G/G-   $8  10th

painted cover editions...
7(164)  FN-   $19  17th   C:2/ A:2   
7(167)  G/G-   $8   18th   62/63   C:2/ A:2   
7(167)  VG/VG-   $14   19th   6/64   C:2/ A:2   
7(166)  G+   $12   22nd  12/67 

8.  ARABIAN NIGHTS         1st appears  2/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
8(O) original  VG/F  $475  1st   
8(O) original  VG-  $345  1st   
8(O) original  P  $35  1st    (no back cover/opaque tape on spine & fc /all pages complete)

8(28)  VG+ $97   4A  {masthead is changed on this edition)  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
8(51)  G++   $35   5th
8(78)  G/G-   $22   7th

painted cover editions...
8(164)  VG-  $38  8th

 

9.  LES MISERABLES   by Victor Hugo       1st  appears  3/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

9(14)  G+  $68  3rd

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
9(51)  VG/F   $33   6th
9(51)  VG+   $27   6th
9(51)  VG-   $20   6th
9(51)  G+   $14   6th
9(71)  FN-   $35   7th
9(87)  VG+   $24   8th
9(87)  VG-   $18   8th

painted cover editions...
9(161)  FN   $30   9th
9(161)  VG/F   $26   9th
9(161)  VG+   $22   9th
9(161)  G-   $10   9th
9(167)  VG+   $22   10th  9/63
9(167)  VG+   $22   11th  12/65
9(169)  VF/NM   $19    (rare 1996 First Classics reprint) 

second painted cover edition...
9(166)  VF/VF+  $64  12th   this copy has two covers!
9(166)  VG/F   $26   12th
9(166)  G/VG   $16   12th

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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition              view sample covers #10-#19

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

C: # /A: # = cover/art  (version)  effective until you see change below that issue

10. ROBINSON CRUSOE   by Daniel Defoe         1st appears  4/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
10(14) G++  $55  2nd 
10(20)  VG  $43  4th 
10(20) P+  $12  4th      (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
10(51)  VF-  $54   6th
10(78)  G/VG  $14   8th
10(114)  VG+  $17  10th 
10(114)  FA/FA-  $5  10th   (3 holes punched through entire book near spine... O/W VG+)

painted cover editions...
10(167)  VG-  $14   16th  7/64 
10(166)  VF+   $26  19th  F/68
10(166)  VG+   $16  19th  F/68
10(169)  FN/FN+  $16  21st  SU/70
10(TC) VF-  $21 Twin Circle edition  (full page back cover ad) 
10(TC) VG/F  $12 Twin Circle edition  (full page back cover ad) 

11. DON QUIXOTE    by Miguel DeCervantes          1st appears  5/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
11(O) original  VG/F  $325  1st
11(O) original  VG/VG+  $275  1st
11(O) original  G/VG  $155  1st

11(28)  FA-   $11  4th    (one half of back cover is missing)

painted cover editions...
11(110)   F/VF   $30   5th 
11(110)   FA/G   $7   5th  (some scribbling on cover)
11(156)  G/VG  $16   6th 
11(165)  FN-  $23   7th 
11(167)  G+  $15   8th  1/64 
11(167)  F/VF  $39  9th   11/65 
11(167)  VG/F  $25  9th   11/65 

second painted cover edition...
11(166)  VG/F  $28  10th  R/68
11(166)  FA-  $6   10th  R/68

12. RIP VAN WINKLE & HEADLESS HORSEMAN   by Washington Irving           1st appears  6/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
12(O) original  VF   $750  1st
12(O) original  F/VF   $575  1st
12(O) original  G   $115  1st

12(20)  G   $29   3rd 
12(22)  VG+   $59  4th 
12(28)  FA/FA-   $10  5th 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
12(60)  VG/F  $25   6th 
12(60)  G+  $12   6th 
12(71)  FA/G  $6   7th 
12(89)  G  $9  9th 
12(89)  FA/FA-  $5   9th    (3 holes punched through entire book near spine... O/W VG-)
12(118)  VG/VG-  $17  10th 

painted cover editions...
12(132)  F/VF  $29  11th  PC 1st 
12(167)  VG  $15  15th  12/63
12(167)  FN/FN+  $24  16th  4/65

second painted cover edition...
12(166)  FN+  $22  18th  R/68
12(166)  FN/FN- $19  18th  R/68
12(166)  G+  $10  18th  R/68
12(169)  G+  $9  19th 

13. DR JEKYLL & MR. HYDE   by Robert Louis Stevenson          1st appears  8/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo.. second LDC
13(60)  VG/VG+   $33   5th 
13(62)  G++  $18   6th 

painted cover editions...
13(112)  G-  $8   9th 
13(112)  P+  $3   9th 
13(TC) VG-  $17  Twin Circle edition    (full page back cover ad)

 

14. WESTWARD HO!   by Charles Kingsley        1st appears  9/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
none currently available

15. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN   by Harriet Beecher Stowe        1st appears  11/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
15(O) original  FN++   $425  1st
15(O) original  G/VG   $150  1st

15(21) FN-  $115 3rd  (super nice copy but centerfold page is loose from staple)
15(21) VG/F $95 3rd 
15(21) FA- $17  3rd     (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
15(53)  F/VF   $42  5th
15(53)  VG   $22  5th
15(53)  VG-   $20  5th 
15(53)  FA/FA-   $4  5th 
15(71)  VF/VF+   $49  6th
15(71)  FN-   $29  6th
15(71)  G   $14  6th
15(89)  VG-  $15  7th
15(89)  FA/FA-  $4  7th  (spine split)

painted cover editions...
15(117)  FN+  $20  8th    C:2/ A:1
15(117)  VG/F  $15  8th    
15(117)  FA/FA-  $5  8th    (3 holes punched through entire book near spine... O/W VG)
15(137)  G   $11  10th 
15(154)  VG+  $23  12th 
15(167)  F/VF  $25  16th 
15(166)  VG-   $16  17th  5/67 
15(166)  G/VG   $13  17th  5/67  (tape on lower spine)
15(166)  G+   $11  17th  5/67  (small tape pull on front cover)

second painted cover edition...
15(169) VF  $28  19th       C:3/ A:1  
15(169) VF-   $25  19th 
15(169) F/VF   $22  19th 
15(169) FN/FN-   $17  19th 

16. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS   by Jonathan Swift        1st appears  12/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
16(O) original  VF/VF+  $875  1st     view cover

16(18/20) G+ $40 2nd      
16(28) G/VG $33 4th
16(28)  FA+  $12  4th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
16(60)  VG/F   $29   5th 
16(62)  G   $15   6th 
16(78)  VG/VG+  $19   7th
16(89)  VG+  $18   8th
16(89)  VG/VG-  $16   8th
16(89)  G/G+  $13   8th

painted cover editions...
16(166) F/VF  $30  13th    R/68   
16(166) VG/F  $22  13th    R/68   

17. THE DEERSLAYER   by James Fennimore Cooper        1st appears  1/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

17(22) VG/F   $54  4th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
17(60)  VG-   $23  5th 
17(64)  FN-   $33  6th 

painted cover editions...
17(166)  FN-  $19  11th    C:2/ A:1
17(169)   G/VG   $11  12th

18. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME   by Victor Hugo        1st appears  3/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
18(O) original  G+   $125  1st 1B

18(18/20)  P+  $14 2nd   (decent cover.. very poor pages) 
18(28)   G++  $33  4th  (a high grade copy "~VF" with a cleanly split spine.. displays beautifully)      

classics illustrated logo  second line drawn cover editions...
18(60)  VG/F   $25  5th 
18(60)  G   $11  5th 
18(62)  FN   $30  6th 

painted cover editions...
18(140) FN  $40 10th PC 1st   C:3/ A:1
18(146)  FN  $34  11th

second painted cover edition...
18(158)  FN  $23 12th  PC 1st   C:4/ A:2
18(158)  G/G+  $12  12th  
18(165)  G   $9   13th   
18(167)  VG  $13  16th 4/66  
18(167) G/VG  $9  16th 4/66  
18(166)  VF/VF+  $25   17th   R/68
18(166)  VG/F  $16   17th   R/68
18(166)  G+  $8   17th   R/68
18(169)  VG   $11   18th    Sp/70
18(169)  VG-   $9   18th    Sp/70
18(169)  VF/NM   $19      (rare 1996 First Classics reprint) 
   

19. HUCKLEBERRY FINN   by Mark Twain       1st appears  4/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

19(18) VF/VF+  $225  2nd
19(18) VG-  $45  2nd
19(20) VG/F  $55 3rd
19(22) VG- $38 3rd
19(22) FA/G  $10  3rd  severe spine roll
19(28)  FN-  $68 4th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
19(60)  VG/F   $29  5th
19(62)  VG/VG-   $19  6th
19(62)  FA/G   $6  6th

painted cover editions...
19(165)  VG+  $20 14th  

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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition           view sample covers #20-#29

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

C: # /A: # = cover/art  (version)  effective until you see change below that issue

20. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS   by Alexandre Dumas      1st appears  6/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
20(O) original FA+  $25 1B  (cover is taped inside to book)

20(28)  VG/F  $62  3rd

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
20(60)  VG-   $38  4th 
20(60)  G+   $29  4th 
20(62)  VG/F   $48  5th A
20(62)  VG+   $42  5th A
20(62)  VG-   $37  5th A
20(78)  VG/VG-   $36  6th
20(78)  P+   $10  6th   (spine totally split)
20(97)  VF-   $65  7th   
20(97)  VG   $40  7th   
20(97)  G+   $24  7th   

21. THREE FAMOUS MYSTERIES   by Doyle-Poe-Maupassant       1st appears  7/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
21(62)  G/G+  $25  4th
21(85)  VG-  $35  6th
21(85)  G/VG  $28  6th

painted cover editions...
21(114) VG/VG-  $55  7th 

22. THE PATHFINDER   by James Fennimore Cooper        1st appears  1/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
22(O) original G+ $59 1C

22(30) FA-  $12   2nd

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
22(70) FN  $19  4th
22(70) VG+  $12  4th
22(70) G/G-  $6  4th
22(85) FN-  $16 5th
22(85) G/VG $6 5th
22(118) G/VG $7 6th
22(132) G/G-  $4 7th

painted cover editions...
22(167)  VG/F  $16   9th   11/63    C:2/ A:1
22(167)  VG+   $22  10th    12/65

23. OLIVER TWIST   by Charles Dickens         1st appears  7/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
23(O) original  F/VF   $275 1st

23(30)  VG-   $55  2nd
23(30)  G/VG   $45  2nd

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
23(60) FN-  $19  3rd
23(62)  VG-   $13  4th
23(71)  FN-   $18   5th  (slight water stain at lower corner of spine o/w VF)
23(71)  G  $7   5th
23(85)  VF-  $36   6th
23(85)  VG+  $16   6th
23(94)  G+  $7   7th
23(118)  FN  $16   8th

painted cover editions...
23(164)  VG+  $30  11th  (old interior art  A1)

24. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT    by Mark Twain        1st appears  9/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
24(O) original  VG/F  $145 1st
24(O) original G/G-  $45 1st
24(O) original FA- $18 1st

24(30)  G+   $22  2nd
24(30)  FA   $10 2nd

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
24(60)  G/VG  $12  3rd
24(62)   F/VF  $32  4th
24(71)  G  $7   5th

painted cover editions...
24(140)  VG/VG-  $17  8th
24(167)  FN-  $19  11th  62/63
24(167)  VG+  $15  11th  62/63
24(167)  G/VG  $5  13th  6/66
            

25. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST    by R H Dana Jr.      1st appears  10/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
25(O) original  VG/F  $165  1st    
25(O) original  VG-  $85  1st    
25(O) original  G  $55  1st    
25(O) original  FA/ G  $40  1st    
25(O) original  FA-  $20  1st    
25(O) original  P/FA $12  1st    

25(30) F/VF  $85   2nd     
25(30) P+  $8   2nd      (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
25(62)  FN   $25  4th
25(85)  VG+  $14 6th
25(114)  VG-   $10  7th

painted cover editions...
25(156)  F/VF   $26  8th
25(156)  VG/F   $18  8th

26. FRANKENSTEIN    by Mary W Shelley       1st appears  12/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
26(O) original  FA/FA-   $95  1st    low grade but complete, very decent cover view front cover

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
26(71)  VG  $28   5th
26(71)  FA/G  $8   5th
26(82)  G+  $18   6th B (pulpy cover)
26(169)  VF/NM  $19     (rare 1996 First Classics reprint of Canadian edition) 

painted cover editions...
currently being revised... please ask ..

27. THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO       1st appears  4/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
27(O) original VF- $295 1st
27(O) original  FN/FN+  $225 1st
27(O) original FA $25 1st
27(O) original FA- $20 1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
27(70)  VG+  $18   3rd
27(117)  VG/VG-  $13  5th
27(117)  G/VG  $10  5th

painted cover editions...
27(167)  F/VF   $24  9th  june/66
27(169) VF   $24  10th   SP69      

28. MICHAEL STROGOFF    by Jules Verne     1st appears  6/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
28(O) original  P/FA  $20  1st     (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
28(51)  G  $13  2nd  (1" piece torn from upper  right fc  o/w VG+)

painted cover editions...
28(115) VG/F $17 3rd PC-1st    C:2/ A:1
28(115) VG/VG- $11  3rd PC-1st
28(115) G $7 3rd PC-1st
28(167)  G/G+   $8  5th       cover detached from staples
28(167)  FN+   $18  6th    
  
second painted cover edition...
28(169)  F/VF   $24  7th
28(169)  FN   $20  7th
28(169) VG/F  $16 7th
28(169) VG+   $14 7th
28(169)  G/VG   $8 7th

29. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER   by Mark Twain       1st appears  7/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo.. second line drawn cover editions...
29(60)  VF  $69  2nd     C:2/ A:1
29(60)  FN+  $39  2nd     
29(71)  VF-  $55  4th
29(71)  F/VF  $40  4th
29(71)  FN-  $28  4th
29(93)  VG+  $15  5th
29(93)  VG-  $12  5th
29(114)   G/VG  $12  6th
29(114)   G+ $10  6th
29(169)   VF/NM  $19     (rare 1996 First Classics reprint... of Canadian edition) 

painted cover editions...
29(150)  FN   $16   9th
29(150)  G   $4   9th
29(164)  G+  $6  10th
29(164)  G-  $4  10th
29(167) VF- $18 11th   62/63
29(167)  F/VF  $21  12th  7/64
29(167)  FN- $15  12th  7/64
29(167) G/VG $5 13th  11/65
29(167) G-  $3  13th  11/65
29(166)  F/VF  $14 14th   r/68
29(166)  FN  $10 14th   r/68
29(169) FN- $11 15th
29(169) VG- $6 15th


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers  #30-#39

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

30. THE MOONSTONE   by William Wilkie Collins      1st appears  9/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
30(O) original  FN+  $225  1st
30(O) original  VG+  $115  1st
30(O) original  G   $55  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
30(60)  VG+  $24  2nd
30(70)  G/G-  $10   3rd
30(70)  FA-  $4  3rd  (nice copy with 3" rip through entire book from bottom)

painted cover editions...
30(165)  VG/F  $18  5th    
30(167)  FN/FN-  $16  7th  9/65    

31. THE BLACK ARROW   by Robert Louis Stevenson      1st  appears   10/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
31(O) original  FN+  $225 1st
31(O) original  G++  $55 1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
31(51) VF-  $53 2nd
31(51) VG- $13 2nd
31(51) G/G- $6  2nd
31(125) G $6  6th

painted cover editions...
31(140)  G+   $8   8th    C:2/ A:1
31(148)  VG   $9   9th    
31(161)  VG+   $11   10th    
31(167)  G  $7  11th  62/63
31(167)  F/VF  $18  12th  7/64
31(167)  VF-  $20  13th  11/65
31(167)  VG/F  $11  13th  11/65
31(166)  VG    $8   14th  R68

32. LORNA DOONE    by R D Blackmore     1st  appears     12/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
32(O) original  FN+  $225  1st  
32(O) original  G+  $55   1st  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
32(53/64)  F/VF   $42  2nd 
32(53/64)  VG+   $25  2nd 
32(53/64)  G   $13  2nd 
32(53/64)  FA/G   $8  2nd 
32(85)  VF/VF+  $65  3rd
32(85)  FA+   $5  3rd  (coupon cut from back cover)

painted cover editions...
32(138)  G/VG   $13  5th 
32(150)  VG   $16  6th 
32(167)  FN   $23  8th   1/64

second painted cover edition...
32(166)  FN-  $25  10th      C:3/ A:1
32(166)  VG/VG-   $15  10th     
32(166)  G   $8  10th     

33. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES  by Arthur Conan Doyle        1st appears     1/47

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
classics illustrated logo (LDC)
33(89)  G+   $38  4th  
33(89)  FA-   $18  4th   (low grade reader) 

34. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND   by Jules Verne       1st appears     2/47

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
34(O) original VG- $95 1st  (a very high grade copy with a 3" tear near top of left front cover and 1" at bottom)
34(O) original P+  $16  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
34(60)  F/VF   $32   2nd
34(62)  VG+   $18  3rd
34(62)  G+   $9  3rd
34(71)  G  $22   4th   (very scarce edition)
34(78)  FN  $29   5th
34(92)  VG-  $13  6th
34(92)  G  $7   6th
34(117)  VG/F  $17   7th

painted cover editions...
34(140)  VG-   $13  8th 
34(167)  G+  $7  10th   62/63 
34(167)  VG/F  $16  11th   5/64 

35. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII   by Bulwer-Lytton-Edward          1st appears     3/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
35(O) original  VF  $295 1st
35(O) original  VG  $110 1st
35(O) original  FA/G   $35 1st
35(O) original  P  $15 1st

painted cover editions...
35(161)  VG-  $13  2nd
35(167)  FN-  $22   4th

36. TYPEE   by Herman Melville       1st appears     4/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
36(O) original VF-  $195 1st
36(O) original G  $30 1st
36(O) original G-  $25 1st

36(64)  G+  $8  2nd   
                                                                                                 
painted cover editions...
36(155)  VG/F   $12 3rd PC-1st
36(155)  G- $4 3rd PC-1st

37. THE PIONEERS   by James Fennimore Cooper       1st appears     5/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
37(O) original VF- $195 1st    C:1/ A:1
37(O) original VG++ $56 1st   
37(O) original VG+ $52 1st    
37(O) original VG  $45 1st
37(O) original VG- $39 1st

37(62) VG/VG-  $17  2nd A
37(70) VF  $45  4th
37(70) VG+  $16  4th
37(92) G/VG  $9  4th
37(92) G- $4  4th
37(131) VG/F   $15  6th
37(131) VG+  $12  6th
37(131) VG $10  6th
37(132) VG-  $10  7th
37(132) G-  $5   7th
37(153)  VG+  $12  8th
37(153) G/VG $7  8th
37(167)  FN-  $16  9th 5/64
37(167)  G/VG  $8  9th 5/64
37(167) G/VG $5  10th 6/66
37(167) G/G-  $4  10th 6/66

painted cover editions...
37(166)  VG -   $11  11th
37(166)  G   $7   11th

38. THE ADVENTURES OF CELLINI        1st appears     6/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
38(O) original VF- $275 1st
38(O) original  F/VF  $195 1st
38(O) original VG/VG+ $80 1st
38(O) original G/G-  $34  1st

painted cover editions...
38(164) VF-  $35  2nd
38(164) F/VF  $29  2nd
38(164) VG  $16  2nd
38(167) FN-  $20  3rd  12/63
38(167) VG/F   $17  3rd  12/63
38(167) VG/VG-   $12  3rd  12/63
38(167) G/VG   $9  3rd  12/63
38(167) VF   $35  4th   7/66
38(167) VG/F   $16  4th   7/66
38(167) VG/VG-   $11  4th   7/66
38(167) G-  $5  4th   7/66
38(169)  G/G-  $6   5th 

 

39. JANE EYRE   by Charlotte Bronte      1st appears     7/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
39(O) original  VF-  $265  1st
39(O) original  FN  $150  1st

39(60) G+   $15  2nd
39(60) G-   $9   2nd
39(60) FA+   $6   2nd
39(71) FA+   $6  4th  (10c cover)
39(92)  VG  $14  5th
39(92)  G  $9  5th

painted cover editions...
39(142)  VG+   $23  13th 
39(142)  G+   $13  13th 
39(165) VG-   $18  9th     C:2/ A:2
39(167) FN/FN-   $20  12th     
39(167) G+  $9  12th     

second painted cover edition...
39(166)  VG/F   $29  13th  
39(166)  VG   $23  13th 


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition            view sample covers  #40-#49

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

40. MYSTERIES   by Edger Allan Poe        1st appears     8/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
40(O) original F/VF  $375  1st  
40(O) original F/VF  $295  1st   view image    this copy was cut on a slight angle
40(O) original G/VG  $95  1st

40(75) VF+ $185  3rd
40(75) VG-  $50  3rd

 41. TWENTY YEARS AFTER   by Alexandre Dumas      1st appears     9/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
41(O) original FN/FN-  $215  1st

second line drawn cover editions...
41(62)  FA/G  $6  2nd
41(78)  FN-  $26  3rd
.
painted cover editions...
41(167)  F/VF  $18  5th 12/63
41(169)  VF  $16  7th..

42. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON   by Jonathan Wyss      1st appears     10/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
42(O) original  F/VF   $195   1st
42(O) original  FA+   $15   1st

42(62)  VF  $46  2nd A
42(62)  VG-  $26  2nd A
42(62)  G-  $11  2nd A
42(75)  VF-   $45   3rd     
42(75)  FN   $29   3rd     
42(75)  VG   $20   3rd     
42(75)  G/VG   $16   3rd     
42(117)  G   $11   5th     

painted cover editions...
42(167)  VG-  $25  12th  12/63   

43. GREAT EXPECTATIONS   by Charles Dickens           1st appears     11/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
43(O) original VG/F   $425  1st
43(O) original VG/VG-   $345  1st

44. MYSTERIES OF PARIS   by Eugene Sue          1st appears     12/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
44(O) original VG-   $155  1st

44(78) VG/VG-   $78  3rd
44(78) G+  $59  3rd  CGC Slabbed @ 2.5 (if you'd like to have a CGC case in your collection, here's a way)

45. TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS   by Thomas Hughes         1st appears     1/48

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
45(O) original  VF   $85 1st
45(O) original  FN   $59 1st
45(O) original G   $19 1st
45(O) original FA   $12  1st
45(O) original P   $6  1st

45(64)  FN  $23  2nd

painted cover editions...
45(161)  VG    $12   3rd
45(167)  VG/F  $11   5th  8/66
45(166)  VG/F  $10  6th 

46. KIDNAPPED  by Robert Louis Stevenson          1st appears     4/48

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
46(O) original VG/F  $48  1st
46(O) original VG-  $35  1st
46(O) original G/VG $28 1st
46(O) original G+  $20  1st
46(O) original FA+  $10  1st

46(62) FA $4 2nd  A
46(78)  VG/F  $18   4th
46(78)  G+  $8   4th
46(87) VF  $38   4th
46(87) VG/F $14 4th
46(118) G+ $5 5th

painted cover editions...
46(131) VG $11 6th PC 1st
46(140)  G/VG  $5  7th
46(164)  VG  $10  9th
46(167)  VG/F  $11  11th  3/64
46(167)  VG  $8  11th  3/64
46(169)  VG/F  $8  16th
46(169)  VG  $6  16th

47. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA   by Jules Verne        1st appears     5/48

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
47(O) original  VG/F    $48 1st
47(O) original G/VG    $29 1st
47(O) original G+    $22 1st
47(O) original FA/FA-  $11 1st

47(64)  G-  $10  2nd
47(64)  FA/G  $7  2nd
47(78)  G+  $10   3rd
47(94)  G+  $9   4th

painted cover editions...
47(156)  G/G+   $12  10th   
47(165)  VG   $18  11th   
47(165)  VG-   $15  11th   
47(167)  VG-  $15   14th   8/65

second painted cover edition...
47(169) F/VF  $22  17th   C3:A1

 

48. DAVID COPPERFIELD  by Charles Dickens     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
48(O) original  FN+ $65 1st
48(O) original  FN- $55 1st
48(O) original  VG/F $47 1st
48(O) original G+ $23 1st
48(O) original G   $20  1st
48(O) original G-   $16  1st

48(64)  VF-  $39  2nd
48(64)  G+  $9  2nd
48(64)  FA  $3   2nd  trimmed 1/2" at bottom
48(87)  F/VF  $23  3rd;
48(87)  VG  $12  3rd
48(87)  VG-  $10  3rd
48(87)  G/G+  $8  3rd
painted cover editions...
48(121)  VG-  $5   4th/ PC1
48(121)  G  $4   4th/ PC1
48(130) FN $ 11 5th
48(130)  VG/F  $8 5th
48(140)  VG/VG-  $7  6th
48(140) G+ $5  6th
48(148)  G+  $4  7th
48(156) FN $12 8th
48(156) VG $7  8th
48(167)  VG  $7  9th  62/63
48(167)  VG/VG+  $10  10th  4/64
48(166)  FN  $12  12th
48(166) G/VG $5 12th
48(166) G $4 12th
48(166) G $4 14th
48(169) FN- $9 15th
48(169)  VG  $5  15th
48(169) G- $3 15th
48(TC) VF $28 twin circle  (full page back cover ad)
48(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION) FN $20   giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
48(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG- $13  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
48(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G   $7  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)

 

49. ALICE IN WONDERLAND   by Lewis Carroll

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
49(O) original  G   $26  1st

49(85)  VG+  $28  3rd A
painted cover editions...
49(165)   VG+  $39  5th
49(165)   VG/VG-  $33  5th
49(165)   G/VG  $24  5th
49(167)   VG/VG-  $25  6th  3/64
49(167)   VG+  $30  7th  6/66
second painted cover edition...
49(166)  VF   $65  8A soft cover
49(166)  FN-   $45  8A soft cover
49(166)  VG-   $35  8B stiff cover



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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition           view sample covers #50-#59

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

50. TOM SAWYER   by Mark Twain         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
50(O) original  FN-  $65  1st
50(O) original  G  $19  1st A (8/48)
50(O) original  P  $5  1st

50(64) FA/G  $4  2nd
50(94) VG/VG- $10   4th
painted cover editions...
50(150)  VG/F  $16   $6  8th   C2:A1
50(167) VG $10 10th   62/63
50(167) VG-  $9 11th   1/65
50(167)  G  $7  12th   5/66
50(169)  F/VF  $16  14th  Au/69          
50(169)  VF $18  15th  W/71...             
50(169)  FN/FN-  $13  15th  W/71         

51. THE SPY    by James Fennimore Cooper   

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
51(O) original VG- $35 1A
51(O) original G/VG $28 1A
51(O) original G/G+  $20 1A

51(O) original  VG/F  $45  1B
51(O) original VG- $35 1B

51(O) original G+  $20  1C
51(O) original G/G+  $18  1C
51(O) original FA/G  $10  1C

51(89) VF  $41 2nd
51(89) FN+ $27 2nd
51(89) VG-  $12  2nd
painted cover editions...
51(139)  G   $8  4th 
51(156)  FN-  $22  5th
51(167)  FN-  $18  6th  11/63
51(167)  FN  $18  7th  7/66
51(167)  VG-  $9   7th  7/66

 

52. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES   by Nathaniel Hawthorne       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
52(O) original VG+  $42  1st
52(O) original VG-  $35  1st
52(O) original G+ $22  1st
52(O) original G $18  1st
52(O) original  FA- $4 1st

52(89) VG-  $9 2nd
52(121) VG/F $12 3rd
52(121) VG+  $11  3rd
52(121) VG-  $9  3rd
52(121) G/VG   $8  3rd
52(121) G   $6  3rd
painted cover editions...
52(142)  VG  $10  4th/PC1
52(142)  G/VG  $6  4th/PC1
52(142)  G+  $5  4th/PC1
52(156) VG  $6 5th
52(165) VG/F  $10  6th
52(169) VG- $5 10th

53. A CHRISTMAS CAROL   by Charles Dickens      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
53(O) original  FN-   $77   1st  

54. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK    by Alexandre Dumas          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
54(O) original FN  $55 1st
54(O) original FN-  $46 1st
54(O) original  VG  $36 1st
54(O) original G  $20 1st

54(94)  VG+ $16  3rd

painted cover editions...
54(142)  G+   $11  4th/PC1
54(167) VG- $14 8th    4/66
54(167) G/VG $11 8th    4/66
54(166) F/VF $23 9th B  W/69

55. SILAS MARNER   by George Eliot       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
55(O) original  F/VF  $75  1st
55(O) original  VG/F  $42  1st
55(O) original  G  $17  1st
55(O) original FA $7 1st
55(O) original P  $4 1st

55(75) VF+ $65 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) FN+ $23 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) VG/F  $17 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) G/G- $6  2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(97)  VG/F  $16  3rd
55(97)  VG+  $13  3rd
55(97)  G  $6  3rd
painted cover editions...
55(121) VG+ $9 4th   PC 1st
55(130) FN/FN-  $10 5th
55(140) G/VG  $4  6th
55(167)  VF-  $30   9th 2/64
55(167)  G/VG  $11  9th 2/64
55(166) VF- $15 12B

56. TOILERS OF THE SEA   by Victor Hugo         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
56(O) original  FN  $85   1st
56(O) original  G+  $33   1st
56(O) original  G/G+  $29   1st

painted cover editions...
56(165)  FA-   $4   2nd   (low grade reader)

57. SONG OF HIAWATHA   by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
57(O) original FN   $57 1st
57(O) original G $14 1st

57(75) F/VF  $35 2nd
57(75) FN-  $20 2nd
57(75) VG $10 2nd
57(75) G/VG $8 2nd
57(75) G $6 2nd
57(75) G-  $5  2nd
57(94) VF-  $33 3rd
57(94) FN- $16 3rd
57(94) VG/F  $13 3rd
painted cover editions...
57(134)  VG/VG-  $9  5th  PC 1st
57(139) VG+ $9 6th
57(139) G/VG $6 6th
57(154)  VG+  $12  7th
57(167)  VG/F  $9  8th  62/63
57(166)  VG/F   $8   11th  F/68

58. THE PRAIRIE   by James Fennimore Cooper    

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
58(O) original VG+ $32 1st
58(O) original G $14 1st
58(O) original  FA  $7 1st
58(O) original P $3 1st

LDC reprint editions ...
58(62) G+  $8   2nd
58(78) VG/F $12 3rd
58(114) FN $16 4th
58(114) VG/F $12 4th
58(114) VG- $9 4th

painted cover editions...
58(146) G+  $5  7th
58(155) G/VG $5  8th
58(167) VG $8  9th 5/64
58(167) G $3 10th 4/66
58(169)  FN+  $13 11th

59. WUTHERING HEIGHTS   by Emily Bronte 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
59(O) original  G+  $17  1st
59(O) original  G/G+  $15  1st
59(O) original  P  $5  1st

painted cover editions...
59(156)  VG-  $15  3rd
59(167)  VG/F  $19  5th  10/66


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition        view sample covers    #60-#69

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

60. BLACK BEAUTY   by Anna Sewell       

  classics illustrated logo (LDC)
60(O) original  VG/F   $55  1st 
60(O) original  G/G-   $18  1st 

60(85)  VF  $45   3rd
60(85)  P/FA  $3   3rd

painted cover editions...
60(167)  G/G+  $9   6th  3/66

second painted cover edition...
60(166)  VF  $55   7th
60(166)  VG+  $30   7th
60(166)  G+  $16   7th
60(166)  FA/G  $5   7th

61. WOMAN IN WHITE   by Wilkie Collins       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
61(O) original  VG/F   $43  1st A
61(O) original  VG   $36  1st A
61(O) original  VG-   $33  1st A

painted cover editions...
   
none currently available

62. WESTERN STORIES   by Bret Harte      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
62(O) original FN/FN-  $40  1st
62(O) original VG+   $32  1st
62(O) original VG   $28  1st
62(O) original G+ $20 1st
62(O) original G  $17 1st
62(O) original  FA  $8  1st

62(89) FN-  $18  2nd
62(89) VG+ $12  2nd
62(89) VG-  $9  2nd
62(89) G  $5   2nd
painted cover editions...
62(152)  VG-  $13  5th
62(167)  VG/F   $12  6th   10/63
62(167)  VG  $9  6th   10/63
62(167) VF-  $18  7th   6/64
62(167) VF  $18 8th   11/66
62(167) VG  $6 8th   11/66
second painted cover edition...
62(166) VF  $36  9th
62(166) G/VG  $11  9th

63. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY   by Edward Everett Hale         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
63(O) original  FN  $59  1st
63(O) original  VG  $35 1st
63(O) original  G/G+  $22 1st
63(O) original  FA/FA+  $10 1st

63(78) G+  $12   2nd
painted cover editions...
63(167) FN-  $18  6th  8/66
63(167) VG  $10  6th  8/66

64. TREASURE ISLAND   by Robert Louis Stevenson         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)

64(O) original  FN-  $55 1st
64(O) original  VG/VG-  $35 1st

64(82)  G/VG  $12  2nd B (pulpy cover)
64(117)  G/G-  $7  3rd
painted cover editions...
64(146)  VF  $39   6th
64(146)  VG-  $12   6th
64(165)  G/VG  $12   8th
64(167)  FN/FN-  $18  11th  12/65
64(169)  VG+  $14  14th  Sp/69
64(LJS) VF+-  $27  (Long John Silver giveaway edition  "99c" version)
64(LJS) VF-  $17  (Long John Silver giveaway edition  "$1.95" version)

65. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-AUTOBIOGRAPHY          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
65(O) original VG+ $29 1st
65(O) original VG $25 1st
65(O) original G/VG $19 1st
65(O) original G+  $14 1st
65(O) original G $12 1st
65(O) original FA/G  $9 1st
65(O) original FA  $7 1st

painted cover editions...
65(167) FN    $14  4th  2/64
65(167)  VG/F   $11  4th  2/64
65(167) VF $44  5th   4/66
65(167) VG+  $18  5th   4/66
65(167) G/VG  $15  5th   4/66
65(169)  VF  $18  6th    F/69
Ben Franklin Stores edition  G  $55   very scarce giveaway edition
Ben Franklin Stores edition  FA-  $23  very scarce giveaway edition
  

66. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH   by Charles Reade        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
66(O) original VG/VG+  $78 1st
66(O) original VG-  $65 1st
66(O) original G-  $32  1st

67. THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS    by Jane Porter     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
67(O) original  VF-  $65 1st
67(O) original G/G+  $15 1st
67(O) original G $12 1st
67(O) original FA/G $8 1st
67(O) original FA/FA-  $5 1st

67(85)  VG/F   $16  2nd
67(118)  FN- $18  3rd
painted cover editions...
67(136) G   $8  4th
67(167)  G+  $10  6th  62/63
67(167)  G/VG  $10  7th  8/65 

68. JULIUS CAESAR   by William Shakespeare  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
68(O) original  FN  $44 1st
68(O) original  VG  $29 1st

painted cover editions...
68(165) G   $9  5th
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG-  $32  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G/VG  $25  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G/G+  $18  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)


69. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS   by Jules Verne

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
69(O) original  VG  $26 1st
69(O) original  G/VG  $20 1st
69(O) original  G+  $16 1st
69(O) original  G/G-  $12 1st

69(87)  VF/VF-  $33  2nd
69(87)  G-  $5  2nd
69(125)  VG/VG-  $10   3rd
painted cover editions...
69(136)  VG/VG-  $12   4th


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers #70-#79

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

70. THE PILOT    by James Fennimore Cooper       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
70(O) original VG $23 1st
70(O) original G $10 1st
70(O) original G/G-  $8 1st
70(O) original  FA $5 1st
70(O) original P/FA $3 1st
70(O) original P $2 1st

70(92)  G/G-  $4  2A
painted cover editions...
70(156)  VG/F  $14  4th  PC 1st

71. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS   by Victor Hugo   

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
71(O)original   VG+  $38  1st
71(O)original   VG-  $32  1st
71(O)original   G+  $22  1st
71(O)original   G  $18  1st

painted cover edition...
71(165)  VF-    $54  2nd    C2:A2  PC-1st
71(167)  VF  $65  3rd

72. THE OREGON TRAIL    by Francis Parkman          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
72(O) original VG  $25 1st
72(O) original VG- $22 1st
72(O) original G $12 1st
72(O) original FA $6 1st
72(O) original P+ $3 1st

72(89)  G  $6  2nd
72(89)  G-  $4  2nd
72(121) VG/VG-  $9  3rd
72(121) G  $6  3rd
72(121) G-  $4  3rd
painted cover editions...
72(131)  G-  $4   4th  PC 1st
72(150)  VG/F  $14  6th
72(164)  VG  $12  7th
72(164)  G/G+  $8  7th
72(167)  G   $6   9th   8/64
72(167)  VG/VG-  $10  10th   10/65  
72(166)  VG/VG-  $9  11th   R68

73. THE BLACK TULIP    by Alexandre Dumas        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
73(O)original   FN/FN-   $135  1st
73(O)original   VG+   $105  1st
73(O)original   VG/VG-   $85  1st
73(O)original   G+   $58   1st
73(O)original   FA/G   $33   1st  (coupon cut from back cover)

74. MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY by Frederick Marryat        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
74(O)original   VG/F  $115  1st
74(O)original   VG/VG-  $85  1st
74(O)original   G/VG   $69   1st
74(O)original   G+  $58  1st
74(O)original   G-  $45  1st

75. THE LADY OF THE LAKE    by Walter Scott       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
75(O) original  VG+  $22 1st
75(O) original G/VG $12 1st
75(O) original G/G-  $9  1st
75(O) original  FA  $5  1st

75(85) VF/VF+  $38  2nd
75(85)  F/VF  $22   2nd
75(85) VG  $11  2nd
75(85) G  $6  2nd
75(85) G- $4 2nd
75(118) VF- $22 3rd
75(118) F/VF $18 3rd
75(118) FN $14 3rd
75(118) G+ $6 3rd
75(118)  FA  $3 3rd
75(118)  FA/FA-  $3 3rd    (3 holes punched through entire book near spine... O/W VG+)
painted cover editions...
75(139) G+ $6 4th  PC 1st
75(139) G $5 4th  
75(139) FA  $3  4th  
75(165) VG-  $5 6th
75(167) VF  $29   7th 4/64
75(167) FN+  $17   7th 4/64
75(167) VG+  $8   7th 4/64
75(167) FN  $14   8th  5/66
75(169) G $3   9th

76. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA   by Anthony Hope     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
76(O) original  FN-  $39  1st
76(O) original  VG/F  $34  1st
76(O) original  FA/G  $7  1st
76(O) original  FA/FA-   $4  1st

76(85) FN  $22 2nd
76(85) G/VG $7 2nd
painted cover editions...
76(128)  G/VG  $7  4th
76(167)  FN-  $12  7th  4/64
76(167)  VF  $22  8th  9/66

77. THE ILIAD  by Homer      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
77(O) original  VG/F  $42   1st

77(87)  FN  $25   2nd
77(87)  G/VG  $15   2nd
77(87)  G/G+  $11   2nd
77(121)  VG/VG-  $18   3rd
77(121)  FA-  $6   3rd   tape on spine

painted cover editions...
77(139)  VG/F  $27  4th
77(150)  VG+  $21  5th
77(150)  VG/VG-  $17  5th
77(165)  VG/F  $22  6th
77(165)  VG/VG-  $16  6th
77(165)  G+  $12  6th
77(165)  G-  $8  6th
77(167)  G/G+  $11  7th  10/63
77(166)  VG/F  $18  10th  R68
77(166)  VG  $14  10th  R68

78. JOAN OF ARC        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
78(O) original  VG+   $36  1st
78(O) original  VG-   $29