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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

   "2012  Classics   Illustrated  Catalog" 
(U.S. series 1941-71)

reference list of titles/authors #1~#169

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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# (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...

1(18/20)   G/G+  $55  4th   6/44
1(21)  VG  $75  5th    7/44
1(21)  G-  $24   5th     7/44
1(28)  VG/VG-   $57  6th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
1(78)  G-   $9  10th  
1(93)  G   $12  11th  

painted cover editions...
1(134)  VG   $21  13th   PC 1st  
1(143)  VG/F   $28  14th  
1(167)  VG-   $16   17th   62/63    
1(167)  FN-   $24  20th    3/66
1(166)  VG/F  $17  22nd  Sp/69
1(169)  F/VF   $22  23rd  Sp/71
1(169)  FN-  $18  23rd  Sp/71
1(169)  G/VG  $8  23rd  Sp/71

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

2(28)  VG+   $68  6th
2(28)  VG/VG-   $57  6th
2(28)  VG-   $54  6th
2(28)  G   $37  6th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
2(64)  G++   $19   9th    
2(121)  VG  $23  13th
2(121)  G  $12   13th

painted cover editions...
2(136)  VG+   $21  14th   PC 1st  
2(169)  VG  $8  25th  W/71
2(166)(TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VF-  $15    giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
2(166)(TWIN CIRCLE EDITION) FN-  $9    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(15)  FA/G  $25  3rd     11/43
3(21)  VG/F  $85  6th      7/44
3(28)  VG/F  $77  7th      6/46
3(28)  VG/VG-  $64  7th      6/46
3(28)  VG-  $60  7th      6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
3(87)  FA-   $4   12th
3(113)   VG/F   $26    13th

painted cover editions...
3(135) VG/F   $25  14th    C:2/A:2
3(143)  G   $8  15th
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-  $7   21st  7/66    tape on spine
3(166)  G+  $8   22nd   R68
3(166)  G-  $6   22nd   R68
3(169)  VG/VG+  $14  23rd  W/69
3(169)  VG-  $11  23rd  W/69

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

4(15)  VF  $225   2nd
4(21)  G-  $29   3rd
4(28)  FN-  $88  6th     (F/VF cover, small 1/2" piece out of first 3 inside pages)  front cover  back cover
4(28)  VG/VG+   $6 9  6th
4(28)  G/VG  $49  6th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
4(60)  G   $11  8th
4(64)  VG/VG-   $29   9th
4(117)  F/VF   $38  12th
painted cover editions...
4(135)  VG/F    $24  13th   
4(161)  G/G-    $9  16th   
4(167)  VG/F   $19  18th   6/64   
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
4(169)  G/G+  $10   22nd    Sp/69

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
5(71)  FA/G   $5   11th
5(87)  FN+   $39    12th  
5(169)  VF/NM   $11    (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)    fc   bc 
painted cover editions...
5(131)  VG/VG-    $13  14th
5(131)  G/G-     $8  14th
5(158)  G/VG    $9  17th
5(167)  VG-  $16 18th    62/63
5(167)  G/G-  $18 19th  6/64
5(167)  G+  $8   20th  7/65
5(167)  VG/F   $17  21st  3/66
5(167)  VG+   $15  21st  3/66

second painted cover edition...
5(166)  FN/FN-  $23  23rd   W/69
5(166)  VG/F  $18  23rd   W/69
5(169)  F/VF  $25   24th  W/71
5(169)  VG+ $17   24th  W/71
5(169)  VG- $13   24th  W/71
5(169)  G/G+  $9   24th  W/71

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

6(14) VG/VG-  $109  2nd      9/43
6(14) G+   $61  2nd      9/43
6(14) G   $55  2nd      9/43
6(20)  FA   $17  4th     6/44
6(28) FN-   $65  5th   a gorgeous copy "VF level"... except that cover color is off register and has small 1/2" tear at top spine     6/46
6(28) G/VG   $50  5th    6/46
6(28) G+   $40  5th    6/46
6(28) G/G-   $25  5th    6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
6(51)  G-  $11  6th
6(117)  VG/VG-  $18  10th
painted cover editions...
6(132)  VG   $19   11th    PC 1st
6(140)  G/VG   $11   12th    
6(167)  VG+   $15  19th   8/65
6(166)  VG/F  $15  20th    5/67

second painted cover edition...
6(166)  G+  $6  21st
6(169)  VF/VF-  $24  22nd
6(169)  VG+  $13  22nd
6(169)  VG-  $9   22nd

7.  ROBIN HOOD            1st appears  12/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

7(12) G   $49  2nd 
7(22) G++   $55  5th    
7(28)   FA/G   $29  6th    (document repair tape on spine and IFC)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
7(64)  FN   $39   8th
7(64)  VG+   $29   8th
7(64)  VG/VG-   $22   8th
7(64)  G+   $13   8th
7(97)  VG/F   $25  10th
7(97)  VG-   $17  10th
7(97)  G/G-   $7  10th
7(106)  G++   $13     11th
7(106)  G   $10  11th

painted cover editions...
7(129)  FA/G   $6  13th
7(143)  FN/FN-  $29  15th
7(143)  VG/F   $24  15th
7(143)  VG/VG-   $17  15th
7(167)  FN++  $27   20th   5/65     
7(166)  G+   $12   22nd  12/67 

8.  ARABIAN NIGHTS         1st appears  2/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
8(O) original  G  $145  1st      front     back     attached at staples, 2.5" tear from bottom of front cover, small chip bottom front cover

8(20)   G/G+   $75  3rd    
8(28)   G-   $42   4th    

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
8(64)   VF    $125   6th    front cover     back cover
8(78)   G++    $28   7th    

painted cover editions...
8(164)  VF-   $98   8th
8(164)  FN  $65    8th
8(164)  VG/F   $55   8th
8(164)  G/VG   $36   8th
8(164)  G+   $30   8th
8(164)  G/G-   $22   8th

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

9(14)  G/VG   $79   2nd     9/43
9(14)  G+  $68  2nd       9/43
9(28)  VG-   $55  5th    

classics illustrated logo (LDC) 
9(51)  G+   $18   6th
9(71)  G/VG   $17   7th

painted cover editions...
9(161)  VG/F   $26   9th
9(161)  VG+   $22   9th
9(161)  G/VG   $13   9th
9(167)  VG+   $22   10th  9/63
9(169)  VF/NM   $11     (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc     bc 

second painted cover edition...
9(166)  VF/VF+  $64  12th   this copy has two covers!
9(166)  F/VF   $29   12th
9(166)  VG   $19   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# (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) VF- $175  2nd  A    9/43
10(14) G++  $55  2nd  A    9/43
10(14) G/G+  $45  2nd  A   9/43
10(18)  G/VG  $53  3rd     3/44
10(18)  G++  $45   3rd     3/44
10(28)  FN+   $69   5th

10(23)  FA/G  $25  Canadian Edition

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
10(51)  VF-  $54   6th
10(51)   F/VF   $45   6th
10(78)   VG/VG+   $24   8th

painted cover editions...
10(167)  VG-  $14   17th  5/65 
10(166)  VF+   $26  19th  F/68
10(166)  VG+   $16  19th  F/68
10(169)  FN/FN+  $16  21st  SU/70
10(169)  VG-  $9  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/VG+  $275  1st
11(O) original  G/VG  $155  1st
11(O) original  G++  $125  1st    front   back 
11(O) original  G   $95  1st  

11(21)  G/VG    $47  3rd    
11(28)  G/G-    $22   4th    

11(44)  G/VG  $125   Canadian 1st edition ... book has CI logo, with CC cover (only published in Canadian series) nice copy!  back cover   cover

Greek 3 edition (1980's)  VF+  $23  cover

painted cover editions...
11(110)  FA   $7   5th   
11(156)  VF   $47   6th   
11(167)  VF   $43  8th  1/64 
11(167)  G/VG   $13  8th  1/64 
11(167)  F/VF   $39  9th  11/65 

second painted cover edition...
11(166)  VG/F  $25  10th  R68 

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions... 
12(O) original  F/VF   $595  1st

12(15)  VG-   $79  2nd
12(22)  FN-   $79  4th     10/44
12(22)  FA/FA-   $12  4th   10/44
12(22)  P  $7  4th   10/44
12(28)  FN+  $69  5th    6/46
12(28)  FA/FA-   $10  5th    6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
12(118)  G/G-  $7  10th 

painted cover editions...
12(150)  VF-   $36  12th  
12(167)  VG-  $13  15th  12/63
12(167)  F/VF   $27  16th    4/65

second painted cover edition...
12(166)  FN+  $22  18th  R/68
12(166)  FN- $18  18th  R/68
12(166)  G+  $10  18th  R/68
12(169)  F/VF  $21  19th 
12(169)  VG-  $12  19th 
12(169)  G+  $9  19th 

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

13(28)  FA/FA-   $18  4th    6/46
13(28)  P   $9   4th    6/46   (no back cover)
13(28)  P   $12   4th    6/46   (no spine)

classics illustrated logo.. second LDC
13(60) G++   $35  5th
13(71)  P  $5  7th  (complete reading copy)
painted cover editions...
13(112)  G/VG   $17   9th
13(161)  FA-  $4  11th
13(167)  FN   $24  13th
13(166)  VF  $38  15th  R/68
13(166)  VG/F  $18  15th  R/68
13(169)  VF/VF-  $33  16th   W/69
13(169)   F/VF  $25  16th   W/69
13(169)  VG+  $15  16th   W/69
13(TC)   VF/VF+  $39  Twin Circle giveaway edition  1968
13(TC)  F/VF  $26  Twin Circle giveaway edition  1968
13(TC)  VG  $17   Twin Circle giveaway edition  1968

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(21) VG/F $95  3rd      7/44
15(21)  FA-   $16  3rd      7/44
15(28)  G-   $19   4th    6/46   

lassics illustrated logo (LDC)
15(53)  VG   $22  5th
15(53)  FA/FA-   $4  5th 
15(71)  FN-   $29  6th
15(71)  G/VG   $18  6th
15(71)  G   $14  6th
15(89)  VG+-  $18  7th
15(89)  G-  $8  7th
15(89)  FA/FA-  $4  7th  (spine split)

painted cover editions...
15(137)  G   $11  10th 
15(146)  G/VG   $15  11th 
15(167)  VF    $38   16th   5/65 
15(166)  FN+   $21  17th  5/67  
15(166)  VG+   $15  17th  5/67  
second painted cover edition...
15(166)  FN/FN-   $20  18th       W/69  
15(169) VF  $28  19th       Su/70 
15(169)  F/VF  $23  19th       Su/70
15(169)  VG/F  $14  19th       Su/70

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
16(O) original  VG-  $145  1st    CGC  case graded     view   (very nice looking copy)

16(18/20)  FA/G   $25  2nd
16(22)  G+   $44  3rd
16(28)  G+   $35  4th     6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
16(60)  VG/F   $29   5th 
16(60)  VG-   $22   5th 
16(62)  FN   $32   6th 
16(78)  F/VF  $39   7th
16(78)  VG/VG+  $19   7th
16(89)  VF   $49   8 th
16(89)  FN-  $29   8 th

painted cover editions...
16(165)  VG/F  $24  10th       
16(165)  VG+  $20  10th       
16(165)  G/VG  $14  10th       
16(167)  VF-  $40   11th   5/64  (double cover... inside art cut right to edge of panel)       
16(167)  VG/F  $23   12th   11/65       
16(167)  VG  $18   12th   11/65       
16(166) G-  $8  13th    R/68   (very nice copy with 1" sq piece out of BC upper corner  and first few back pages)
16(169)  VG+  $15  14th  W/69

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
17(O) original  G-   $75  1st 

17(22)   VG/VG-   $53   3rd
17(22)   G/VG  $38   3rd
17(28)   VG+   $48    4th

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
17(60)   FN/FN-   $35   5th
17(64)   VF/VF+   $49   6th
17(64)   FN/FN-   $33   6th
17(64)   VG/F   $28   6th
17(132)   G/G+   $11   9th
17(167)   VG   $16   10th

painted cover editions...
17(166)  F/VF  $29  11th    C:2/ A:1
17(166)  FN-  $19  11th    C:2/ A:1
17(169)   VF+  $45  12th    
17(169)  FN+   $24  12th   
17(169)  VG/F   $16  12th   

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
18(O) original  VG/VG+   $225  1st 1A
18(O) original  G-   $85  1st 1A

18(18/20)  P+  $14 2nd   (decent cover.. very poor pages)     7/44
18(22)   VG-   $72   3rd  
18(28)   FN/FN+   $105   4th    6/46      
18(28)   VG/F   $79  4th    6/46      
18(28)   VG   $65  4th    6/46      
18(28)   G/VG   $42  4th      
18(28)   G-   $28   4th      
18(28)   FA/G   $22  4th      

classics illustrated logo  second line drawn cover editions...

18(62)  FA   $7    6th
18(78)  F/VF   $37   7th
18(78)  FN   $28   7th
18(89)  FA+   $7   8th A
18(118)  FN+   $25   9th

painted cover editions...
18(140)  G+  $15 10th 
18(140)  G  $13 10th 
18(146)  FN+   $29  11th
18(146)  VG-  $19  11th
18(146)   G/VG  $16  11th

second painted cover edition...
18(158)  VG+   $18   12th   
18(165)  FN+   $25   13th   
18(165)  G   $9   13th   
18(167)  VF+  $45  16th   4/66  
18(167)  VG  $15  16th   4/66  
18(166)  FN/FN+  $24   17th   R/68
18(166)  VG+   $16   17th   R/68
18(169)  VF   $29   18th   Sp/70
18(169)  F/VF    $22   18th   Sp/70
18(169)  VG-    $11   18th   Sp/70
18(169)  FA    $5   18th   Sp/70      coupon cut from back cover
18(169)  VF/NM   $11       (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc    bc
 

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
   
19(18) VG/F  $85  2nd     3/44
19(18) VG-  $45  2nd     3/44
19(22)  VG/VG-  $42   3rd
19(28)  VG++   $49  4th   6/46
19(28)  VG   $41  4th   6/46
19(28)  FA   $15  4th   6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
19(62)  F/VF   $35  6th
19(89)   VG  $17   8th
19(89)  G/VG  $12  8th
painted cover editions...
19(131)  VG  $20 10th   PC 1st  
19(140)  VG++  $24 11th    
19(165)  VG+  $20 14th  
19(165)  VG   $18   14th  
 19(169)  VF  $22  21st  Su/70
 

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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# (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(28)  FN-    $78  3rd    6/46
20(28)  VG/F   $65  3rd    6/46
20(28)  VG++   $53  3rd    6/46
20(28)  VG-   $45  3rd    6/46
20(28) FA/FA-   $15  3rd    6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
20(60)  VG-   $38  4th 
20(60)  G+   $29  4th 
20(62)  VG-   $37  5th A
20(97)  G/VG   $25  7th   
20(97)  G+   $20  7th   

Greek 2 CI series: 1970's   No. 1030 ,   new painted cover , intense US interior artwork.... color/contrast vs. any US edition   (in Greek) 

Greek(2) No. 1030  FN-  $36   front cover      back cover     inside     very light diagonal crease on fc upper right

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

21(30)  FN/FN-  $145  3rd  
21(30)  VG/F  $125  3rd  (georgeous unread copy with spine split at  bottom to staple)  view 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
21(85)  G++  $34  6th    

painted cover editions...
21(114)  FN/FN-  $64  7th 
21(114)  G/VG  $44  7th 
21(114)  G  $28  7th

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
22(O) original VG  $135   1B   view

22(30)  VG-  $55   2nd    9/46 
22(30) FA-  $12   2nd    9/46  
22(30)  P  $7   2nd    9/46  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
22(60)  FN   $23  3rd
22(85)  FN-  $18  5th
22(85)  VG/F  $15  5th
22(132)  FN   $21   7th
22(132)  G/G-  $4 7th
22(146)  VG/F   $16   8th

painted cover editions...
22(167)  FN/FN+   $32  9th   11/63
22(167)  VF   $42  10th    12/65
22(167)  FN   $29  10th    12/65
22(166)  F/VF   $33  11th    8/67
22(166)  FN/FN-   $27  11th    8/67
22(166)  VG   $17  11th    8/67

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
23(O) original  P   $12  1st   taped spine

23(30)  VG/VG+   $65  2nd   B  9/46    (no union logo)
23(30)  VG-   $55  2nd   B  9/46    (no union logo)
23(30)  G/VG   $45  2nd  B   9/46    (no union logo)
23(30)  G+   $35  2nd  B   9/46    (no union logo)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
23(60) G-  $6   3rd  (very nice copy with nail 3 small nail holed hammered through book near spine...)
23(85)  VF-  $36   6th
23(94)  G+  $7   7th
23(94)  G/G-  $5   7th
23(118)  G/VG  $10   8th

painted cover editions...
23(150)  VG/F   $18   10th
23(150)  FA   $5   10th   (coupon cut from back cover)
23(167)  VG   $17  13th   62/63
23(167)  VG-   $15  13th   62/63
23(167)  FN-   $23  15th   12/65
23(167)  VG+   $17  15th   12/65
23(166)  FN   $19  16th    R/68
23(166)  VG/VG+   $15  16th    R/68
23(169)  FN   $17  17th   W/69
23(169)  G+   $10  17th   W/69
23(169)  G/G-   $7  17th   W/69

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
24(O) original FA/G   $29  1st
24(O) original FA- $18 1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
24(71)  VG/VG-  $17  5th
24(87)  VF+  $52  6th
24(87)  G/VG  $12  6th
24(87)  G/G-  $6  6th

painted cover editions...
24(140)  FN/FN-  $25  8th
24(164)  VG+  $17  10th
24(164)  VG  $15  10th
24(167)  VG+  $19  12th   7/64 
24(167)  VF/VF-  $35  13th  6/66
24(167)  FN+   $23  13th  6/66
24(167)  VG/F  $18  13th  6/66
24(166)  VF/VF-  $29  14th  R/68           
24(166)  FN-  $18  14th  R/68           
24(166)  VG/F  $15  14th  R/68           
24(166)  FA  $4  14th  R/68           
24(169)  VF-  $20  15th  Sp/71           
 

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

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

25(30) P+  $8   2nd      (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
25(71)  G++  $12  5th
25(85)  VG/F  $17  6th
25(85)  VG+  $14  6th
25(85)   G/VG  $9   6th
25(85)   VG-   $11   7th
25(114)  VG/VG+  $15  7th
25(114)  VG  $13  7th

painted cover editions...
25(156)  FN   $23   8th
25(156)  VG/F   $18  8th
25(156)  VG-   $13  8th
25(167)  VF-   $31   10th   12/65
25(167)  F/VF  $24  10th   12/65
25(167)  VG+  $16  10th   12/65
25(167)  FA/G  $4  10th   12/65
25(169)  FN  $20  12th   W/69
25(169)  VG  $14  12th   W/69

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
26(O) original  P++   $35 1st

26(30)   FN   $125   2nd      
26(30)   VG   $75   2nd      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
26(60)   G/VG  $19  3rd  
26(71)   FN  $52  5th  
26(71)   VG/F  $45  5th  
26(71)   G/G-  $15  5th  
26(82)   FN-  $45   6th B (pulpy cover)  
26(82)  FA/FA-  $8   6th B (pulpy cover)  (a VG or better cover  but first inside page has 3" lower corner missing.. does not affect text)
26(117)  FN   $39   7th
26(169)  VF/NM  $11   (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI Canadian edition.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc  ifc   ibc   bc

painted cover editions...
26(146)  VG/VG-  $23  8th
26(146)  G+  $15  8th
26(165)  G/G-  $10  12th
26(167)  G-  $9  13th   62/63
26(167)  VF-  $35   16th   10/65
26(167)  G/VG  $18  16th   10/65
26(167)  FA  $6  16th   10/65
26(166)  F/VF   $28  17th   9/67
26(169)  FN-   $24  18th  AU/69
26(169)  VG/F   $21  18th  AU/69
26(169)  FN++   $24  19th  Sp/71
26(169)  G+   $14  19th  Sp/71
26(169)  G   $12  19th  Sp/71

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
27(O) original  FN+  $265 1st  (VF++ copy with 1/2" loose piece on lower spine towards back cover... fixable)
27(O) original G/VG  $65 1st
27(O) original FA- $20 1st

27(30)   VG-   $55   2nd      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
27(70) VF-  $41   3rd
27(70)  FN/FN-   $29   3rd
27(87)  VF/VF-  $41   4th
27(117)  VG/VG-  $13  5th
27(117)  G+  $9  5th

painted cover editions...
27(165)  FN-   $24  7th
27(165)  VG-   $16  7th
27(165)  G/VG   $12  7th
27(167)  G+   $11  8th   4/64
27(167)  VF+   $44  9th  june/66
27(167)  F/VF   $24  9th  june/66
27(167)  VG   $15  9th  june/66

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
28(O) original  G/VG   $65  1st    
28(O) original  P/FA  $20  1st     (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
28(51)  VG  $30  2nd  
28(51)  P+  $6  2nd  (very clean copy w/ pieces of front & back cover missing)

painted cover editions...
28(115) VF- $32   3rd PC-1st    C:2/ A:1
28(115) VG/F $17   3rd PC-1st    
28(167)   FN/FN-   $22   5th 
28(167)   FN+   $25   5th 
  
second painted cover edition...
28(169)  F/VF   $24  7th
28(169) VG/F  $16 7th
28(169) VG+   $14 7th
28(169)  G/VG   $8 7th

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1970  $65

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
29(O) original  VG/F  $185  1st
29(O) original  G   $75  1st
29(O) original  FA   $33  1st

classics illustrated logo.. second line drawn cover editions...
29(71)  VF+  $75  4th   
29(71)  VF-  $55  4th  
29(93)  VG-  $12  5th
29(114)   G/VG  $12  6th
29(114)   G+ $10  6th
29(169)   VF/NM  $11     (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1950 CI   "Canadian" edition that didn't fly) fc   ifc   ibc   bc

painted cover editions...
29(138)  FN/FN-   $19   8th
29(150)  G   $4   9th
29(164)  G+  $6  10th
29(167)  VF-  $31  13th   11/65
29(166)  VF+   $33   14th   r/68
29(166)  FN  $10 14th   r/68
29(166)  G/VG  $5 14th   r/68
29(169) FN- $11 15th   Su/70
29(169) VG- $6 15th    Su/70

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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# (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  VG/F  $145  1st
30(O) original  VG-  $105  1st
30(O) original  G/VG   $68  1st
30(O) original  G++   $55  1st
30(O) original  G   $45  1st
30(O) original  G/G-   $39  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
30(70)  VG+  $28   3rd
30(70)  FA-  $4  3rd  (nice copy with 3" rip through entire book from bottom)

painted cover editions...
30(165)  VG  $14  5th    
30(167)  FN/FN+   $24  7th   9/65    

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
31(O) original VF-  $295   1st  
31(O) original  VG  $135   1st  
31(O) original  VG/VG-  $125   1st  
31(O) original  G/VG  $95   1st  (some minor sealed tares on cover... this is actual grade, not restored grade, also name lightly written on FC) nice copy

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
31(51)   VG   $28   2nd
31(51)   FA/FA-   $5   2nd
31(64)   VG   $22  3rd..
31(64)   G-   $11   3rd
31(87)   VF   $48   4th.
31(87)   FN   $29   4th.
31(87)   VG/VG-   $18   4th.
31(108)  VG/VG-   $15   5th
31(108)  G/VG   $10   5th
31(108)   G-   $6   5th
31(125) G/VG   $10  6th
31(125) G-  $5    6th

painted cover editions...
31(140)  VG   $12   8th    
31(140)  G+   $8   8th    
31(148)  VG-   $9   9th    
31(148)   G/VG   $7   9th    
31(148)   G   $5   9th    
31(161)  VG/VG-   $10   10th    
31(161)  G/VG   $8   10th    
31(161)  G/G-   $5   10th    
31(167)  VG+  $13  11th  62/63
31(167)  VG-  $10   11th  62/63
31(167)  G  $6  11th  62/63
31(167)  VG/VG-  $11  12th  7/64
31(167)  VF  $38  13th  11/65
31(166)  VG  $14  14th   R/68

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
32(O) original  VG   $110  1st   
32(O) original  VG-  $95  1st     view

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
32(53/64)  G+   $16  2nd 
32(53/64)  G   $13  2nd 
32(53/64)  FA/G   $8  2nd 
32(118)  VG/F   $17  4th

painted cover editions...
32(150)  VG-   $14  6th 

second painted cover edition...
32(166)  VG++   $18  10th     C:3/ A:1
32(166)  VG   $14 10th     C:3/ A:1
32(166)  G   $8  10th     C:3/ A:1

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
33(O) original G/G+   $135   1st
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
classics illustrated logo (LDC)
33(53)  G++   $65  2nd   front cover    cover is attached
33(53)  FA   $25  2nd  (nice copy with completely split spine)
33(71)  VG  $95   3rd

Greek 2 CI series: 1970's   No. 1027 ,   new painted cover , intense US interior artwork.... color/contrast vs. any US edition   (in Greek) 

Greek(2) No. 1027  F/VF  $45   front cover     back cover     inside

Greek 3 CI series: 1980's+

Greek(3) VF+ $23  (original US CI cover & art)     front cover

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

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
34(O) original VG   $119   1st
34(O) original VG-   $105   1st
34(O) original G/VG   $75   1st
34(O) original  FA/G   $36  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
34(60)  VG/F   $37   2nd
34(60)  VG/VG-   $24   2nd
34(62)   VG+   $28  3rd
34(78)  FN  $29   5th
34(78)  FA/FA-   $5   5th
34(117)  VG/F  $19   7th
34(117)  VG-  $14   7th

painted cover editions...
34(140)  FN   $28  8th 
34(140)  VG   $16  8th 
34(140)  G/VG   $10  8th 
34(156)  G/VG   $9  9th 
34(167)  FN   $22   10th   10/63
34(167)  VG/F   $18   10th   10/63
34(167)  G   $8   10th   10/63
34(167)  VG/F   $20   11th   5/64
34(167)  VG+   $17   11th   5/64
34(167)  G/VG   $9   11th   5/64
34(167)  VF+  $42   12th  6/66  
34(167)  VF  $35   12th  6/66  
34(167)  VG/VG-   $14   12th  6/66
34(166)  G/G+  $8  14th  R/68           

35. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII   by Bulwer-Lytton-Edward          1st appears     3/47  ( Logo change to CI )

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
35(O) original  F/VF  $285 1st
35(O) original  FN+  $245 1st ( a VF level book with a still attached chip at top of FC) 
35(O) original  VG+++  $185 1st   "Double Cover"
35(O) original  VG/VG-   $135 1st
35(O) original  G/VG   $97  1st
35(O) original  G-   $39  1st

painted cover editions...
35(161)  VG+  $21  2nd
35(167)  VF-  $33   3rd   1/64
35(167)  VG/F  $21  4th    7/66
35(169)  FN+  $19  5th   Sp/70
35(169)  VG+  $13  5th   Sp/70

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
36(O) original  VG-  $44  1st
36(O) original G-  $25 1st

36(64)  VG  $20   2nd                                                                                             
36(64)  VG-  $17   2nd                                                                                             
painted cover editions...
36(155)  VF/VF-   $36  3rd PC-1st
36(155)  VF-   $33  3rd PC-1st
36(155)  VG   $9   3rd PC-1st
36(167)  VF    $41  5th   7/65
36(167)  FN-  $21  5th   7/65
36(169)  FN-  $17  6th   Su/69

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
37(O) original VG- $44  1st
37(O) original G+   $28  1st
37(O) original G/G-   $20  1st

37(62)  G/VG  $15  2nd A
37(70) VF  $45  3rd
37(70) FN  $28  3rd
37(92) G+  $7   4th
37(118)  G/G-   $5  5th
37(131) VG/F   $15  6th
37(131) VG $10  6th
37(153)  FN/FN+   $21   8 th
37(167)  VG/F   $17  9th  5/64
37(167) G/VG $5  10th 6/66

painted cover editions...
37(166)  F/VF   $29   11th    R/68
37(166)  G   $7   11th   R/68

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
38(O) original  F/VF  $225 1st
38(O) original  VG+  $115  1st
38(O) original  VG/VG-   $95  1st
38(O) original FA  $25  1st  (spine completely split)

painted cover editions...
38(164) VF/VF+  $45  2nd
38(164) VF-  $35  2nd
38(167) VG/F   $17  3rd  12/63
38(167) VF-   $29  4th   7/66
38(169)  VF  $23  5th   Sp/70

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
39(O) original  VF-  $295  1st
39(O) original  G/VG  $47  1st
39(O) original  G/G+  $40  1st
39(O) original  G  $37  1st
39(O) original  G-  $32   1st

39(60)  VF-   $44   2nd
39(60) G/VG   $19   2nd
39(75)  F/VF   $85   scarce Canadian 1st edition
39(92)  VG/VG+   $23   5th     
painted cover editions...
39(142) FA/G   $6   7th  PC 1st     

second painted cover edition...
39(166)  VF/VF+   $59  13th  
39(166)  FN+   $39  13th  
39(166)  VG/F   $29  13th  
39(166)  VG   $24  13th  
39(166)  G/VG   $17  13th  

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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  $395  1st  
40(O) original F/VF  $325  1st   view image    this copy was cut on a slight angle
40(O) original  G  $85  1st    view   cover detached at staples
40(O) original P  $25  1st

40(62)  G/VG  $59   2nd
40(62)  FA+  $24   2nd
40(75) VF+ $185  3rd
40(75) VG   $70  3rd
40(92) VG/F  $59  4th
40(92) VG-  $49  4th
40(92) G  $22  4th

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
41(O) original FN/FN+  $255  1st
41(O) original FN   $235  1st
41(O) original FN/FN-  $215  1st
41(O) original FN-  $195  1st
/41(O) original  FA  $33  1st

second line drawn cover editions...
41(62)  F/VF  $32   2nd
41(62)  G  $12   2nd
41(62)  G-  $9   2nd
41(78)  VG  $17  3rd

painted cover editions...
41(156)  FN  $24  4th
41(156)  VG/VG-   $14  4th
41(167)  VG   $15  5th   12/63
41(167)  VG/F   $18   6th   11/66
41(167)  VG-    $11   6th   11/66
41(169)  VF+    $33   7th   SP/70
41(169)  VF    $28   7th   SP/70
41(169)  VF-    $25   7th   SP/70
41(169)   F/VF    $21   7th   SP/70
41(169)  VG   $14   7th   SP/70
41(169)  G+   $9   7th   SP/70

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
42(O) original  G/VG   $53   1st
42(O) original  G/G+   $43   1st
42(O) original  G   $38   1st
42(O) original  FA+   $15   1st

42(62)  G+  $17  2nd A
42(75)  VF-   $45   3rd     
42(75)  FN/FN+   $32   3rd     
42(75)  VG/F   $23     3rd     
42(75)  G/VG   $16   3rd     
42(75)  G+   $11   3rd     
42(93)  G+   $10   4th     
42(117)  VG/F   $22  5th     

painted cover editions...
42(131)  VF   $45  6th   PC1st
42(131)  FN   $33  6th   PC1st
42(137)  G/VG   $15  7th 
42(141)  VF   $43  8th
42(141)  FN/FN+   $29    8th
42(141)  VG   $19    8th
42(141)   G/VG   $14    8th
42(152)   VF+   $45    9th
42(158)   G+   $13    10th
42(167)   G/VG   $19  12th  62/63
42(166)   VF   $27  15th  11/67
42(169)  VG/F  $12   16th   Sp70

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
43(O) original  G/VG   $235   1st

43(62)  F/VF   $325   2nd  
43(62)  FN+   $285   2nd  

Danish Language "JES" Painted Cover Edition  #114   FN/FN-   $95  cover

Greek(3) #1131 FN+   $22   (2nd new painted cover , original US CI artwork)  cover    (1980's)

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
44(O) original  VG/F  $195  1st  
44(O) original  VG  $165  1st  
44(O) original  VG-  $155  1st  
44(O) original  G/G-  $75  1st  

44(62)  G++  $55   2nd  
44(62)  G  $45   2nd  
44(78)  VG/F  $115   3rd  
44(78)  VG-  $83   3rd  
44(78) G+  $44  3rd  
44(78) G+  $55  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  F/VF   $85 1st
45(O) original  FN   $62 1st
45(O) original  VG/VG-   $37 1st
45(O) original G/VG   $27  1st
45(O) original G   $19 1st
45(O) original  P/FA   $9  1st
45(O) original P   $6  1st

45(64) FN+ $24 2nd 

painted cover editions...
45(161)  VG    $12   3rd
45(166)  VF-    $24   6th   R/68

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1968  $65

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

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
46(O) original  FN+  $59  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(87) VF  $38   4th
46(87) VG/F $14 4th
46(118) G+ $5 5th

painted cover editions...
46(140)  VG-  $14  7th
46(164)  VG  $10  9th
46(166)  FN   $15  14th   9/67
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/VG-   $38 1st
47(O) original  VG-   $35 1st
47(O) original  G/VG   $28 1st

47(64)  VG/F  $32  2nd
47(64)  G-  $10  2nd
47(64)  FA/G  $7  2nd
47(94)  VF-   $38   4th
47(94)  VG/F   $25   4th
47(94)  G+  $9   4th

painted cover editions...
47(148)  VG   $16   9th
47(156)  G+   $11   10th
47(167)  G/G-  $8   12th  62/63
47(167)  FN  $25   13th   3/64
47(167)  VF-  $32   14th   8/65
47(167)  VG+  $19   14th   8/65
47(167)  VG-  $15   14th   8/65
47(167)  VG/F  $22   15th   10/66
47(167)  VG+  $18   15th   10/66

second painted cover edition...
47(166)  G  $8  16th  R/68
47(169)  VG   $13  17th   SP/70
47(169)  VG-   $11  17th   SP/70
47(169)   G/VG   $8  17th   SP/70

48. DAVID COPPERFIELD  by Charles Dickens     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
48(O) original  FN+ $75 1st
48(O) original  VG/F $49 1st
48(O) original  VG   $35  1st
48(O) original  VG/VG-   $32  1st
48(O) original G   $20  1st
48(O) original G-   $16  1st

48(64)  VF-  $45  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-  $10  3rd
48(87)  G/G+  $8  3rd
painted cover editions...
48(121) FN  $19  4th
48(140)  VG/G  $12  6th
48(140)  VG/VG-  $9  6th
48(166)  VG/VG-  $7 12th
48(166) G/VG $5 12th
48(166) G $4 12th
48(166) G $4 14th
48(169)  VG++  $6  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/VG   $31  1st
49(O)  original G   $25  1st
49(O)  original G/G-   $21  1st

painted cover editions...
49(155)   FA/G   $9  4th
49(165)   VG/VG-  $33  5th

second painted cover edition...
49(166)  VF+   $65   8th A  (soft cover)
49(166)  VG/VG+   $29   8th A  (soft cover)
49(166)  VG-   $23   8th A  (soft cover)

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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  VG/VG-    $29  1st 
50(O) original  G  $19  1st A (8/48)
50(O) original  P  $5  1st

painted cover editions...         
50(167)  VG/F  $17  12th  5/66
50(169)  VF+ $22  15th  W/71...             
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/VG-  $36 1A
51(O) original G/VG $28 1A
51(O) original G/G+  $20 1A
51(O) original G  $18  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-  $24 2nd
51(89) VG-  $12  2nd
painted cover editions...
51(139)  VG/F  $17   4th
51(139)  G  $7   4th
51(156)  VG/VG-  $15   5th
51(156)  G/VG  $10   5th
51(167)  G/VG  $8  6th  11/63
51(167)   VF+    $42   7th  7/66
51(167)  G+  $7   7th  7/66
51(166)   VF- $28   8B  stiff  W/69

52. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES   by Nathaniel Hawthorne       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
52(O) original VG/VG-  $38  1st
52(O) original VG-  $35  1st
52(O) original  G/VG   $27  1st
52(O) original G+ $22  1st
52(O) original G $18  1st
52(O) original  FA+ $8 1st
52(O) original  FA- $4 1st (trimmed ~1/2" for binder)

52(89) VF  $39  2nd
52(89) VG-  $9 2nd
52(89)  G/VG   $8  2nd
52(89) G  $6  2nd
52(121) VG/F $16  3rd
52(121) VG+  $12   3rd
52(121) VG-  $9  3rd
52(121) G/VG   $8  3rd
52(121) G   $6  3rd
painted cover editions...
52(142)  VF-  $39  4th/PC1
52(142)  VG  $11  4th/PC1
52(142)  G/VG  $7  4th/PC1
52(142)  G/G-   $4  4th/PC1
52(156)  FN+  $18  5th
52(165)  VG-  $11  6th
52(165)  FA+  $3   6th
52(166)  VG-   $11  9th   R/68
52(166)  G-   $4  9th   R/68
52(169)  F/VF  $19  10th
52(169) VG+ $9  10th
52(169) VG- $6  10th

53. A CHRISTMAS CAROL   by Charles Dickens      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
53(O) original  VG  $53  1st     
53(O) original  VG-  $49  1st     
53(O) original  G+  $37  1st     
53(O) original  G  $32  1st     
53(O) original  FA/G  $18  1st     

54. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK    by Alexandre Dumas          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
54(O) original FN  $55 1st
54(O) original  VG/F  $46 1st
54(O) original  VG/VG-   $38 1st
54(O) original G/VG  $26 1st
54(O) original G  $20 1st

painted cover editions...
54(142)  G/G+   $11  4th
54(165)  VG/F   $24  6th
54(165)  VG   $18  6th
54(165)  VG   $18  6th
54(165)  FA/G   $4   6th
54(167)  FN+   $24  8th
54(166)  VF-  $32  9B  stiff  W69

55. SILAS MARNER   by George Eliot       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
55(O) original  F/VF  $75  1st
55(O) original  VG/VG-  $32  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) VG/F  $17 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) G/G- $6  2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(97)  VF  $42  3rd
55(97)  VG/F  $16  3rd
55(97)  VG+  $13  3rd
55(97)  G  $6  3rd
55(97)  FA/G  $3  3rd
painted cover editions...
55(154)  FN+  $17   7th
55(167)  VF/VF+  $95   9th 2/64   (interior story stapled in this cover is #68 Julius Caesar A2... a very unusual find)
55(167)  VF-  $30   9th 2/64
55(167)  G/VG  $11   9th 2/64
55(166)  VF   $23   12B
55(166)  VF/VF- $19 12B
55(166)  VG   $10 12B

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1968  $65

56. TOILERS OF THE SEA   by Victor Hugo         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
56(O) original  F/VF  $115   1st
56(O) original  FN  $85   1st
56(O) original  VG   $52   1st
56(O) original  VG-   $48   1st
56(O) original  G/G+  $29   1st

painted cover editions...
56(165)  F/VF   $32   2nd
56(165)  VG/F   $22   2nd
56(165)  G-   $8   2nd
56(165)  P   $3   2nd
56(167)  VG/F   $21  3rd   3/64
56(167)  G/G+   $12  3rd   3/64
56(167)  G/G-   $9  3rd   3/64
56(167)  VF/VF-   $38  4th  10/66
56(167)  VG+   $19  4th  10/66

57. SONG OF HIAWATHA   by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
57(O) original   FN   $57 1st
57(O) original   VG   $37 1st
57(O) original   VG-   $34  1st

57(75) VG $10 2nd
57(75) G/VG $8 2nd
57(75) G $6 2nd
57(75) G-  $5  2nd
57(94) VG/F  $13 3rd
painted cover editions...
57(139) VG+ $9 6th
57(139) G/VG $6 6th
57(167)  FN/FN-  $17  8th  62/63
57(167)  VG/F  $10  8th  62/63
57(167)  FN  $14  10th   10/65

58. THE PRAIRIE   by James Fennimore Cooper    

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
58(O) original  VG/VG-   $34 1st
58(O) original G/VG   $25 1st
58(O) original G $15 1st
58(O) original  FA  $7 1st
58(O) original P $3 1st

58(78)  VG/VG-  $17   3rd

LDC reprint editions ...
58(114) FN $16 4th
58(114) VG/F $12 4th
58(114) VG- $9 4th
58(131)  G/VG  $7  5th

painted cover editions...
58(146) VG+  $12  7th
58(167) VG $8  9th 5/64
58(167)  FN+   $17  10th  4/66
58(169)  FN+  $13 11th

59. WUTHERING HEIGHTS   by Emily Bronte 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
59(O) original  VF/VF-    $68  1st
59(O) original  VG+    $45  1st
59(O) original  VG    $42  1st
59(O) original  VG/VG- $38  1st
59(O) original  FA-  $8  1st
59(O) original  P  $5  1st

59(85)  VG+  $18  2nd
 
painted cover editions...
59(156)  VG   $17   3rd
59(167)  VG-  $14   4th  1/64
59(167)  FA/G  $5   4th  1/64
59(167)   FN-   $18   5th  10/66
59(167)   VG-   $12   5th  10/66
59(167)   G   $7   5th  10/66
59(169)   VF   $25   6th   Su/69
59(169)   F/VF   $19   6th   Su/69
59(169)   VG+   $14   6th   Su/69
59(169)   VG   $12   6th   Su/69
59(169)   G++   $8   6th   Su/69

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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  FN/FN-   $55  1st 
60(O) original  VG/F   $45  1st 
60(O) original  VG   $36  1st 
60(O) original  VG/VG-   $33  1st 
60(O) original  G/VG   $27  1st 
60(O) original  G++   $23  1st 

60(85)  VF  $45   3rd
60(85)  F/VF   $37   3rd
60(85)  FN/FN+    $27   3rd

painted cover editions...
60(158)  VF   $36   4th 
60(158)  VG   $18   4th 
60(167)  VG/VG-   $18   5th  2/64
60(167)  VG-   $15   6th   3/66
60(167)  VG-   $35   Record Edition (blank price and number, came free with LP)    (has small tape pull on FC o/w FN-)

second painted cover edition...
60(166)  VF-  $56   7th
60(166)  VG/F  $36   7th
60(166)  VG+  $30   7th
60(166)  VG  $27   7th
60(166)  VG/VG-  $25   7th
60(166)  FA/G  $5   7th

61. WOMAN IN WHITE   by Wilkie Collins       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
61(O) original  FN-   $51  1st A
61(O) original  VG/F   $43  1st A
61(O) original  VG   $36  1st A
61(O) original  VG-   $33  1st A
61(O) original  G/VG   $26  1st A
61(O) original  G+   $19  1st A

painted cover editions...
61(156)  VF-  $32   2nd
61(167)  G/VG  $12   3rd   1/64
61(167)  G  $9   3rd   1/64
61(166)  G+  $11  4th    R/68
61(166)  G  $8  4th    R/68

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/VG   $24  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/F   $15  2nd
62(89) VG+   $12  2nd
painted cover editions...
62(152)  VG  $15  5th
62(152)  G/VG  $11  5th
62(167)  VF-  $29   7th   6/64
second painted cover edition...
62(166) G/VG  $11  9th

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1968  $65

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/VG  $27 1st
63(O) original  G/G+  $22 1st

63(78) G-  $9   2nd
painted cover editions...
63(167) FN-  $18  6th  8/66
63(167) VG  $10  6th  8/66

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1968  $65

64. TREASURE ISLAND   by Robert Louis Stevenson         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)

64(O) original  VG+  $43 1st
64(O) original  VG   $39 1st
64(O) original  VG-  $35 1st
64(O) original  G/VG  $24  1st
64(O) original  G+  $19  1st
64(O) original  G   $16  1st

64(117)  FN-   $19  3rd
64(117)  G/G-  $7  3rd
painted cover editions...
64(138)  FN-   $22  5th
64(138)  VG/F   $18  5th
64(LJS) VF+  $22  (Long John Silver giveaway edition  "$1.95" version)

65. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-AUTOBIOGRAPHY          

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

painted cover editions...
65(131)  VG/F  $19    2nd   PC 1st
65(131)  G+  $8    2nd   PC 1st
65(167) VF $44  5th   4/66
65(169)  VF  $18  6th    F/69
Ben Franklin Life Insurance edition  G+   $115   very scarce giveaway edition (decent copy with tape repair on front cover)
Ben Franklin Stores edition  VG/F   $95   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  F/VF  $155  1st
66(O) original FN-  $95  1st
66(O) original VG/F  $85  1st
66(O) original VG+  $75  1st
66(O) original VG   $69  1st
66(O) original VG-  $65  1st
66(O) original   G++   $50   1st
66(O) original G/G+  $42  1st
66(O) original G/G-  $34  1st  

67. THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS    by Jane Porter     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
67(O) original  G/VG  $24 1st
67(O) original G+   $18 1st
67(O) original G/G+  $15 1st
67(O) original FA/FA-  $5 1st

67(85)  VG/F   $16  2nd
67(85)  VG-   $13  2nd
67(118)  FN   $23  3rd
painted cover editions...
67(136)  VG/F  $22  4th  PC 1st
67(154)  G/G-  $8  5th
67(167)  G/G-  $8  6th  62/63
67(167)  VG+  $18  7th  8/65
67(167)  G/VG  $11  7th  8/65

68. JULIUS CAESAR   by William Shakespeare  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
68(O) original  VG  $29 1st
68(O) original  G/VG  $23 1st
68(O) original  G++    $20 1st

painted cover editions...
68(165) VG/F   $17  5th
68(165) G   $9  5th
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG/F  $40  scarce giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG-  $32  scarce giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G/VG  $25  scarce 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-  $24  1st
69(O) original  G/VG   $19  1st
69(O) original  G+  $16  1st
69(O) original  G/G-  $13  1st
69(O) original  FA/FA-    $5 1st

69(87)  VF/VF-  $33  2nd
69(87)  VG/VG-  $18  2nd
69(87)  G/VG  $14  2nd
69(87)  G/VG  $14  2nd
69(125)  VG/F  $22   3rd
painted cover editions...
69(146)  G+   $10   5th
69(152)  G    $8   6th
69(167)  F/VF   $25   8th    62/63
69(167)  FN-   $19   8th    62/63
69(167)  VG   $15   8th    62/63
69(167)  VG/VG-   $15   9th    7/64
69(167)  G   $9   9th    7/64
69(167)  FN/FN+   $22   10th    11/65
69(167)  VG-   $14   10th    11/65
69(167)  G-  $7   11th      7/67
69(169)  VF   $27   12th    SP/69
69(169)  G/VG   $9   12th    SP/69

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1969  $65

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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/F  $32  1st
70(O) original VG $23 1st
70(O) original VG- $20 1st
70(O) original G/VG  $15 1st
70(O) original G $10 1st
70(O) original G/G-  $8 1st
70(O) original P/FA $3 1st
70(O) original P $2 1st

painted cover editions...
70(167)  FN+  $25  5th  2/64
70(167)  FN-  $21  5th  2/64

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections  1970,  $65

71. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS   by Victor Hugo   

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
71(O)original   VF-   $135  1st
71(O)original   VG/VG+   $35  1st
71(O)original   VG/VG-   $30  1st
71(O)original   G/VG    $24  1st
71(O)original   G-    $14  1st

painted cover edition...
71(165)  VF-    $54  2nd    C2:A2  PC-1st
71(165)  VG    $31  2nd    
71(165)  G++   $19  2nd    
71(167)  VG+   $30  3rd   4/64
71(167)  G++   $19  3rd   4/64
71(167)  FA/G   $8  3rd    4/64

72. THE OREGON TRAIL    by Francis Parkman          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
72(O) original  VG   $27  1st
72(O) original  VG/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(75)  VF/VF+  $87     scarce Canadian 1st edition
72(89)  VG/F  $17  2nd
72(89)  G  $6  2nd
72(89)  G-  $4  2nd
72(121) G  $6  3rd
72(121) G-  $4  3rd
painted cover editions...
72(140)  FN  $18  5th
72(140)  VG/VG-  $12  5th
72(140)  FN  $18  5th
72(150)  FN/FN+  $18  6th
72(164)  G/G+  $8  7th
72(167)  G-  $6   8th   62/63
72(167)  VG-  $10   10th    10/65
72(166)  VG+  $12  11th    R68
72(166)  G-  $5  11th    R68

73. THE BLACK TULIP    by Alexandre Dumas        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
73(O)original   FN+   $145  1st
73(O)original   VG/F   $115  1st
73(O)original   VG+   $93  1st
73(O)original   VG-   $79  1st
73(O)original   G/VG   $71  1st
73(O)original   G++   $64   1st
73(O)original   FA+   $25  1st  coupon cut from back cover
73(O)original   FA/FA-   $20  1st  

74. MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY by Frederick Marryat        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
74(O)original   FN++  $155  1st
74(O)original   FN-  $128  1st
74(O)original   VG/F  $115  1st
74(O)original   VG+   $93  1st
74(O)original   G/VG   $71  1st
74(O)original   G++  $64  1st  nice copy with vertical subscription crease on front cover
74(O)original   G+  $58  1st
74(O)original   G-  $45  1st

74(75)  VF  $265    scarce Canadian edition

75. THE LADY OF THE LAKE    by Walter Scott       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
75(O) original G/VG $15 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/VG  $8  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(165) VG-  $5 6th
75(167) VF  $29   7th 4/64
75(167) FN+  $17   7th 4/64
75(167) VG+  $11=   7th 4/64
75(169)  VG/VG-  $5   9th
75(169)   G $3   9th

76. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA   by Anthony Hope     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
76(O) original  VF  $75  1st
76(O) original  VG/F  $35  1st
76(O) original  VG-  $25  1st
76(O) original  G++  $16  1st
76(O) original  FA/FA-   $4  1st

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

77. THE ILIAD  by Homer      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
77(O) original  VG  $30   1st
77(O) original  G+  $19   1st
 
77(87)  G/VG  $15   2nd
77(121)  VG/F   $25  3rd
painted cover editions...
77(150)  FA/G    $7    5th
77(166)  VG  $14  10th  R68

78. JOAN OF ARC        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
78(O) original  VF   $89  1st
78(O) original  VG/F   $39  1st
78(O) original  VG+   $35  1st
78(O) original  VG-   $29  1st
78(O) original  G+  $18  1st
78(O) original  FA/G   $7   1st

78(87)  VF-    $33   2nd
78(113)  G/G-    $9   3rd    tape repair on cover... looks VG

painted cover editions...
78(128)  VG/VG-   $14   4th   PC 1st
78(140)  FN   $17  5th
78(150)  VG/VG-   $12  6th
second painted cover edition...
78(166)  VF+  $29   12th 
78(166)  VF  $24   12th 
78(166)  VG/F  $14   12th 

79. CYRANO DE BERGERAC    by Edmond Rostand  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
79(O) original   VF    $89   1st
79(O) original   VG-    $24   1st
79(O) original  G/VG   $19   1st
79(O) original  G   $14    1st
79(O) original  G-   $12   1st

79(85)   VG/VG-    $17  2nd
painted cover editions...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
79(133)  VG-  $18   4th
79(167)  FN  $32  6th
79(167)  VG  $19  6th

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition           view sample covers #80-#89

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

80. WHITE FANG    by Jack London      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
80(O) original  VG+ $35 1st
80(O) original  G+ $15 1st
80(O) original FA- $3 1st

80(125)  FN/FN-  $18  3rd
80(125) FN-  $16  3rd
painted cover editions...
80(140)  FN+   $23   5th   
80(140)  G/G-  $6   5th   (nice copy with almost completely split spine)
80(167)  VG/VG+  $18   8th  9/64    
80(167)  G/VG  $8   9th   7/65    
80(166)  VG++  $14   10th   6/67  
80(169)  G/VG  $8   11th   Au/69  

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1968   $65

**#80(O) was the last Line Drawn Cover (LDC) 10c 1st edition,  beginning with #81(O) Gilberton switched to Painted Covers & 15c cover price

81. THE ODYSSEY    by Homer          

81(O) original  F/VF   $59  1st  
81(O) original  FN-   $46  1st  
81(O) original  VG/F   $39  1st  
81(O) original  VG/VG-   $28  1st  
81(O) original  G/G+   $17  1st  (writing on back cover margin)

81(167)  VF-   $36   3rd   10/66
81(167)  VG-   $16   3rd   10/66
  second painted cover edition...
81(169)  VF-  $42  4th 
81(169)  FVF   $36  4th 
81(169)  FN/FN+  $29  4th 
81(169)  VG/F  $20  4th 
81(169)  G/G+  $12  4th 

82. THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE    by Robert Louis Stevenson       

82(O) original  F/VF  $59  1st
82(O) original  FN/FN+  $45  1st
82(O) original  G/VG   $15  1st
82(O) original  G   $9  1st
82(O) original  G-   $6  1st

82(167)  VG++  $16  2nd 8/64
82(167)  VG/VG+  $12  2nd 8/64
82(167)  VG-  $9   2nd 8/64
82(167)   G/VG  $7  2nd 8/64
82(167)   G   $5  2nd 8/64

second painted cover edition...
82(166) VF- $28 3rd/PC2
82(166) F/VF $24 3rd/PC2
82(166) FN-  $18  3rd/PC2
82(166) VG/F  $16  3rd/PC2
82(166) G/VG  $10  3rd/PC2
82(166) G $7 3rd/PC2

83. THE JUNGLE BOOK    by Rudyard Kipling     

83(O)  original  FN+   $40  1st
83(O)  original  VG/VG-   $20  1st
83(O)  original G+  $11  1st
83(O)  original G $8  1st
83(O)  original  FA-  $3 1st   (trimmed 1/2" vertically)

83(167) G  $5   8th  62/63

second painted cover edition...
83(166)  VF  $35    12th  
83(166)  VG/F  $19   12th  
83(166)  VG+  $16   12th  

84. GOLD BUG ETC    by Edgar Allan Poe      

84(O) original  VG/F   $40 1st
84(O) original  VG+   $36 1st
84(O) original  VG/VG-   $31 1st
84(O) original  VG-   $28 1st
84(O) original  G/VG   $22 1st
84(O) original  G+   $18 1st
84(O) original  FA/G   $8 1st

84(167)  FN/FN-   $33  2nd  7/64
84(167)  VG+   $28  2nd  7/64
84(167)  VG/VG-   $23  2nd  7/64
84(167) G/VG   $18  2nd  7/64

85. THE SEA WOLF    by Jack London          

85(O) original  VG/F  $33   1st
85(O) original G/G+  $15 1st
85(O) original G  $12 1st
85(O) original G- $9 1st
85(O) original  FA  $5  1st

85(141)  VG/F  $19  4th   
85(141)  VG-  $14  4th   
85(161)  FN  $22   5th
85(169)  FN  $11  8th
85(169)  VG  $6  8th

86. UNDER TWO FLAGS    by Ouida         

86(O)  original  VF   $79 1st
86(O)  original  VG/F   $29 1st
86(O)  original G/VG   $15 1st
86(O)  original G+ $12 1st
86(O)  original G   $9 1st
86(O)  original G-   $6 1st

86(169)  VF  $19 7th
86(169) F/VF  $12 7th
86(169)  G/VG   $4  7th

87. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM    by William Shakespeare     

87(O) original  F/VF   $49 1st
87(O) original  FN   $35 1st
87(O) original  VG   $26 1st
87(O) original  VG-   $23 1st
87(O)  original  G/G+  $13   1st
87(O)  original  G/G-  $9   1st

87(161)  VG/F  $21  2nd  
87(161)  G+  $8   2nd  
87(167)  VG/VG-  $11 v  3rd  4/64
87(169)  VG+   $8  5th   Su/69

88. MEN OF IRON    by Howard Pyle     

88(O)  original  VG/F   $31 1st
88(O)  original  VG+   $26 1st
88(O)  original  VG-   $21 1st
88(O)  original  G/VG   $17 1st
88(O)  original  G/G-  $8 1st

88(154)  VF/VF-   $39   2nd
88(167)  FN+   $17   3rd  1/64
88(167)  VG/VG-   $9   3rd  1/64
88(166)  VG/F   $14   4th 

89. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT    by Dostoyevsky 

89(O) original  VG/VG-   $23 1st
89(O) original  G/VG   $18 1st
89(O) original  G   $12 1st
89(O) original  G/G-   $9 1st

89(167)  VF/VF-  $31   4th   5/66
89(169)  VF  $22   5th   Au/69
89(169)  FN  $14   5th   Au/69

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers #90-91

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

90. GREEN MANSIONS    by W H Hudson        

90(O)  original  FN  $35  1st
90(O)  original VG+  $25  1st
90(O)  original VG/VG-  $20  1st

second painted cover edition...
90(167)  VG/VG-   $15   4th  4/64
90(169)  FN   $14  6th   Au/69

91. THE CALL OF THE WILD    by Jack London     

91(O) original  FN/FN-  $39   1st
91(O) original  VG/VG-   $23   1st
91(O) original  G  $14  1st

91(165) FA   $3  6th
91(167) VG/VG-  $7  8th  4/65
91(167) FA  $3   9th   3/66
91(169)  FN   $13  11th   Sp/70
91(169)  VG+   $8  11th   Sp/70
91(169)  G/VG   $5  11th   Sp/70
91(Record Edition)  G/G+  $20  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover

92. MILES STANDISH    by Longfellow    

92(O) original  F/VF   $45   1st
92(O) original  VG/VG-   $21   1st
92(O) original  G+ $15 1st
92(O) original  G  $11  1st
92(O) original  G/G-  $8  1st

92(165)  G/G-  $4   2nd   (cover detached at staples)
92(169)  VG-  $7  5th  W/69

93. PUDD'NHEAD WILSON    by Samuel L Clemens       

93(O) original  FN/FN+   $39 1st
93(O) original  VG/VG-   $17 1st
93(O) original  G/VG   $13 1st
93(O) original  G+   $9 1st
93(O) original  G   $7 1st
93(O) original  FA  $4 1st
 
second painted cover editions...
93(165)  F/VF   $25  2nd
93(165) VG/F   $12  2nd
93(167)  F/VF  $19  3rd  3/64
93(166)  F/VF  $19  4th   R/68
93(166)  VG/VG-  $9  4th   R/68

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections  1970   $65

94. DAVID BALFOUR    by Robert Louis Stevenson         

94(O)  original VG+  $22 1st
94(O)  original VG $19 1st
94(O)  original VG-   $17 1st
94(O)  original G/VG $12 1st
94(O)  original  FA/G  $5 1st

94(167)  VF  $26  2nd
94(167)  FN  $14  2nd
94(166) F/VF $17 3rd
94(166)  FN  $14 3rd

95. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT     by Erich Maria Remarque         

95(O)  original  VG/VG-  $33 1st   A 
95(O)  original  VG-  $30 1st   A 
95(O)  original  G/VG  $25 1st   A
95(O)  original  G+  $19 1st   A

95(O)  original  F/VF  $68  1st   B  HRN(99)    cover
95(O)  original  FN/FN+  $58 b 1st   B  HRN(99)
95(O)  original  VG  $45 1st   B  HRN(99)

95(167)  F/VF  $42  2nd   10/64
95(167)  VG/VG-  $20  2nd   10/64
95(167)  G+  $12  2nd   10/64
95(167)  VG-   $20   3rd   11/66


96. DANIEL BOONE    by John Bakeless        

96(O)  original   F/VF   $45  1st
96(O)  original   G   $13  1st
96(O)  original   FA/G   $8  1st

96(167)  G/G-  $4  9th   11/66
second painted cover edition...
96(166)  FN  $28 10th/P2
96(166) VG/F  $23 10th/P2
96(166) G/VG  $15 10th/P2
96(166) G+  $13 10th/P2

97. KING SOLOMON'S MINES    by H Rider Haggard          

97(O)  original  FN-   $38  1st
97(O)  original   VG/VG-   $27  1st
97(O)  original  VG-   $25  1st
97(O)  original  G++   $19  1st
97(O)  original  G+   $17  1st
97(O)  original  G   $14  1st
97(O)  original  FA/G   $8  1st

97(141)  VG/F  $18  4th   

98. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE    by Stephen Crane        

98(132)  VG  $21   3rd   
98(142)  VG+  $18  4th   
98(142)  G  $8  4th   
98(167)  VG-  $25  8th  9/64  
second painted cover edition...
98(166)  VF   $45  10th
98(166)  FN   $25  10th
98(166)  G/VG   $15  10th
98(166)  G+   $12  10th

99. HAMLET   by William Shakespeare  

99(O)  original  VG+   $24  1st
99(O)  original  VG   $22  1st
99(O)  original  VG-   $19  1st
99(O)  original  G/VG   $15  1st

99(121)  VF/VF-  $38     2nd

second painted cover edition...
99(169)  F/VF   $31  8th
99(169)  VG   $11  8th

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1969   $65

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition      view sample covers #100-#109

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

100. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY    by Nordhoff & Hall      

100(O)  original  FN  $36 1st
100(O)  original VG/VG-  $26 1st
100(O)  original G+  $15 1st
100(O)  original G/G-  $8 1st

100(117)  G+  $8   2nd
100(132)  G+  $7   3rd
100(142)  G   $6    4th
100(142)  VG-   $12    4th
100(155)  VG/VG-  $12   5th
100(167)  G+  $7   6th  62/63
100(167)  VG/VG-  $11   8th   3/66
100(169)  VF-  $17   9th   Sp70
100(169)  FN   $12   9th   Sp70
100(169)  VG  $9   9th   Sp70
100(169)  VG/VG-  $8   9th  Sp70

100(Record Edition)  VF+  $88  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number and price is blank on cover 
100(Record Edition) G/G+ $21  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number and price  is blank on cover

101. WILLIAM TELL    by Frederick Schiller        

101(O)  original  F/VF  $52 1st
101(O)  original  FN/FN-   $36 1st
101(O)  original VG-  $23 1st
101(O)  original G+  $15 1st
101(O)  original G/G+  $13 1st
101(O)  original G  $11 1st
101(O)  original  FA/FA-  $4  1st  (all pages accounted for)

101(158)  G/VG  $5   4th
101(166) VG  $5  7th
101(169)  VG/VG-  $5  8th  W/69
101(169)  G+  $4  8th  W/69

102. THE WHITE COMPANY    by Arthur Conan Doyle     

102(O) original  VG+ $25 1st
102(O) original  VG   $22 1st
102(O) original  VG-  $19 1st

102(165)  F/VF  $36  2nd
102(165)  FN-  $24  2nd
102(165)  VG  $16  2nd
102(165)  G+  $9  2nd
102(167)  VG  $18  3rd  8/64

103. MEN AGAINST THE SEA    by Nordhoff & Hall  

103(O) original  VG-   $24  1st
103(O) original  G+   $16  1st
103(O) original  G/G+   $14  1st
103(O) original  FA   $7  1st  (notes written in borders O/W G+)

103(114)  VG/VG+   $26  2nd
103(114)  G   $11  2nd

second painted cover edition...
103(131)  VG/F  $25 3rd
103(158) G/VG  $8 4th   
103(149)  VG/VG-  $22  5th   
103(149)  FA/G   $10  5th   

104. BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE    by Frank Buck     

104(O)  original  FN-  $32  1st
104(O)  original  G/VG  $18  1st
104(O)  original  G  $13  1st
104(O)  original  FA  $5  1st

104(118) FN $12 2nd
104(118)  VG  $9  2nd
104(118) G  $4 2nd
104(150)  FA   $2  4th
104(158)  VG/F   $12  5th
 

105. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON    by Jules Verne       

105(O) original  FN/FN-  $45  1st
105(O) original  VG+  $35  1st
105(O) original  VG  $31  1st
105(O) original  VG/VG-  $29 1st
105(O) original  G/VG  $22 1st
105(O) original  G+  $15 1st
105(O) original  G   $12 1st
105(O) original  G/G-  $9 1st

105(118)  G-    $6   2nd
105(141)  FN+   $25   4th  (high grade copy with name written on center cover)
105(141)  VG-   $16   4th  
105(146)  VG/F   $20   5th  
105(146)  VG/VG+   $18   5th  
105(156)  G-   $7   6th  
105(167)  VF+    $55   8th  5/64
105(169)   VF+   $3  5   12th   Sp/71
105(169)   VF-   $25   12th   Sp/71
105(169)  F/VF   $21   12th   Sp/71
105(169)  FN+   $17   12th   Sp/71
105(169)  G/VG   $10   12th   Sp/71

106. BUFFALO BILL      

106(O) original  VG-  $24  1st
106(O) original  G/VG $18  1st
106(O) original  G+  $13 1st
106(O) original  G  $10 1st

106(132) G  $4  3rd
106(142) VG $5 4th
106(142) G- $3 4th
106(167)  FN+  $18  6th  3/64
106(166) VF- $19  7th
106(166) F/VF $14 7th
106(169) VG  $5   8th

107. KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES    by Talbot Mundy      

107(O)  original VG-   $21   1st

107(118)  FN-   $28   2nd
107(146)  VF/VF-   $42   3rd
107(158)  VF   $42   4th
107(158)  F/VF   $36   4th
107(158)  FN+   $32   4th
107(158)  FN/FN-  $25   4th
107(158)  VG+  $17   4th
107(158)  G+  $10   4th
107(167)  FN+  $30   7th  10/66  (last ed)
107(167)  FN/FN-  $25  7th  10/66  (last ed)

108. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

108(O)  original  G-  $13  1st

108(165)  VG/VG-  $18  3rd
108(166)  F/VF  $28  5th  4/67  
108(166)  VG+  $18  5th  4/67  
108(169)  VG  $15  6th  Su/69  

109. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND    by Nordhoff & Hall

109(O)  original  VG $25  1st
109(O)  original G/VG $17  1st
109(O)  original G $12  1st

109(165) VG/VG-   $10   2nd
109(167) VF-  $28   3rd   3/64 
109(167) VG/VG-   $13   3rd   3/64 
109(166) VG  $12    4th  6/67 

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition         view sample covers #110-#119

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

110. A STUDY IN SCARLET    by Arthur Conan Doyle       

110(O) original  VG+   $44 1st
110(O) original  VG/VG+   $40 1st
110(O) original  VG   $37  1st
110(O) original  G/VG   $27 1st
110(O) original  G  $20 1st
110(O) original  G-  $18 1st
110(O) original  FA   $12  1st

110(165)  VF-  $65  2nd
110(165)  FN+  $48  2nd

111. THE TALISMAN   by Walter Scott           

111(O)  original  VF-  $67 1st
111(O)  original  FN-  $44 1st
111(O)  original  VG/F   $32 1st
111(O)  original  VG  $24 1st
111(O)  original G/VG  $17 1st
111(O)  original G+  $13 1st
111(O)  original G  $10 1st
111(O)  original G-  $7 1st

111(167)  VG/VG+  $16   3rd    5/64
111(166)  VG-  $9   4th    F/68

112. THE ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON    

112(O)  original  VG/F  $27 1st    
112(O)  original G/VG  $15 1st   (high grade copy w/ short factory fold.... .FC is 1/2" narrower than BC o/w F/VF)
112(O) original  G+ $11 1st
112(O) original  G  $8 1st

112(129) G/VG  $4 2nd
112(152)  VG-  $5  4th
112(167) VG  $7  6th  62/63  
112(167) G+  $4 6th  62/63  
112(167)  F/VF  $22 8th  5/66
112(167) G/VG $4 8th  5/66
112(167) G  $3 8th  5/66
second painted cover edition...
112(166)  VF   $28  9th
112(166)  FN-    $18   9th
112(166) VG+   $12   9th
112(166)  G+   $8    9th

113. THE FORTY FIVE GUARDSMEN   by Alexandre Dumas     

113(O)  original  VG/VG+   $29  1st
113(O)  original  VG/VG-   $23  1st

113(166) VF  $38  2nd
113(166)  FN-   $19  2nd
113(166)  VG+   $15  2nd

114. THE RED ROVER   by James Fennimore Cooper      

114(O) original  F/VF   $55  1st
114(O) original  VG+   $29  1st
114(O) original  VG   $25  1st
114(O) original  VG/VG-   $23  1st
114(O) original  G/VG   $20  1st
114(O) original  G/G+   $16  1st
114(O) original  FA/G   $8  1st

114(166) VF  $38  2nd

115. HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE   by Henry M Stanley     

115(O) original  F/VF   $65  1st
115(O) original  FN/FN-   $45  1st
115(O) original   VG   $27  1st

115(167)   FN/FN-   $35  2nd   1/67
115(167)   G/VG   $15  2nd   1/67

116. THE BOTTLE IMP   by Robert Louis Stevenson     

116(O) original  VG-    $26   1st
116(O) original  G/VG    $22   1st
116(O) original  G++   $19  1st
116(O) original  G   $16  1st

116(167)   VG   $25  2nd   1/67


117. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS   by Rudyard Kipling       

117(O) original  VG    $26 1st
117(O) original  VG-  $23 1st
117(O) original  G/VG-  $17  1st
117(O) original  G+  $14 1st

117(169)  VF  $30   3rd
117(169)   F/VF   $25  3rd
117(169)  VG/F   $18   3rd
117(169)  VG+   $15   3rd
117(169)  G/VG   $9   3rd

118. ROB ROY   by Walter Scott       

118(O) original  VG/F   $35 1st
118(O) original  VG++   $31 1st
118(O) original  VG-   $24 1st
118(O) original  G/VG   $20 1st

118(167) VF-   $35  2nd
118(167)  FN   $25  2nd


119. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE   by Richard Harding Davis   

119(O) original  FN-    $35    1st
119(O) original  VG/F  $31   1st
119(O) original  VG    $25   1st
119(O) original  G/G-  $11 1st

119(166)  VG/VG-  $15  2nd

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition     view sample covers  #120-#129

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

120. THE HURRICANE   by Nordhoff  & Hall     

120(O) original   VG/VG+   $35  1st
120(O) original   G/VG   $18  1st
120(O) original   G-   $9  1st
120(O) original   FA   $6  1st

120(166)  FN+   $32  2nd
120(166)  G/VG   $15  2nd

121. WILD BILL HICKOK  

121(O) original  FN+   $39 1st
121(O) original  VG/F   $28 1st
121(O) original  G+ $10 1st
121(O) original  G-  $6 1st  (coupon cut out)

121(132) VG $5 2nd
121(141) G/G-   $4  3rd
121(154) VG/F  $7  4th
121(154) VG/VG-  $5  4th
121(167) VG+ $6  5th 62/63
121(167) VG $6  6th 8/64
121(167)  FN+   $16  7th  4/67

122. THE MUTINEERS   by Charles Boardman Hawes      

122(O) original  VF-   $47 1st
122(O) original  VG/VG-   $21 1st
122(O) original  G+ $11 1st
122(O) original  G- $8 1st

122(136)  VG-  $9  2nd
122(136)  G/G-  $4  2nd
122(146) F/VF $20  3rd
122(167) VG $5  6th 3/65
122(166)  VG-  $5  7th

123. FANG AND CLAW   by Frank Buck      

123(O) original  VG+  $22 1st
123(O) original  VG-  $18 1st
123(O) original  G+ $9 1st
123(O) original  FA/G $5 1st

123(133)  VG-   $10   2nd
123(154)  FN-   $16   4th
123(167)  VG-   $8   5th   62/63
123(167)  G/VG   $6   6th  9/65

124. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS   by H G Wells       

124(O) original  VG/VG-   $36    1st


124(141)  VG-   $20   3rd
124(167)  FN-  $25   7th   62/63
124(167)  VG/F   $25   9th    11/65
124(167)  VG/VG-  $19   9th    11/65
124(166)  VG/VG-  $18   10th  R68
124(169)  VF   $35   11th  Su/70
124(169)  VG+   $22   11th  Su/70
124(169)  VG   $19   11th  Su/70
124(169)  G   $12   11th  Su/70

125. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT   by Walter Van Tilburg Clark      

125(O) original  FN/FN-   $34    1st  
125(O) original  G/VG   $18  1st  (clean copy with subscription crease down front cover)
125(O) original  G+   $15  1st
125(O) original  G   $13  1st

125(143)  VG-   $8   2nd
125(143)  G/VG   $6   2nd
125(143)  G+  $5   2nd
125(149)   FA   $2   4th
125(167)   VG   $8   5th   62/63
125(167)   G   $5   5th   62/63
125(167)   VF-   $25  6th   11/64
125(166)   VF  $18   7th    4/67
125(166)   F/VF  $15   7th    4/67
125(166)   VG+  $9   7th    4/67
125(166)   G  $5   7th    4/67
125(169)  VF+   $18   8th
125(169)  FN   $8   8th
125(169)  VG   $5   8th

126. THE DOWNFALL   by Emile Zola       

126(O) original  G  $11  1st

126(167)  VG/F  $15  2nd   8/64  
126(166)  VF/VF-  $32   3rd   R/68

127. KING OF THE MOUNTAINS   by Edmond About     

127(O)  original VG+   $28  1st
127(O)  original VG/VG-  $21  1st
127(O)  original G/VG  $15  1st
127(O)  original G  $11 1st
127(O)  original  FA  $6 1st

127(167)  VG  $16   2nd  6/64
127(166)  G  $6  3rd

128. MACBETH   by William Shakespeare     

128(O)  original  VG/F  $32  1st
128(O)  original  G/VG  $16  1st

128(167)  VF-   $32  4th   62/63
128(169)  VG-   $12  8th   SP/70
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  FN++  $43    Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  VG/VG+  $23    Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  G/VG  $15    Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  P/FA  $3   Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)... has taped spine

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections , 1971  $65

129. DAVY CROCKETT    

129(O) original  VG/VG-   $41  1st
129(O) original  G+   $31  1st
129(O) original  G/G+   $28  1st

129(167)  G  $23  2nd  
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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition    view sample covers #130-#139

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

130. CAESAR'S CONQUESTS   by Julius Caesar    
 
130(O)  original   G  $16  1st edition

130(142)  G+  $13   2nd
130(152)  FN-  $24   3rd
130(167)  F/VF  $25  5th  62/63

131. THE COVERED WAGON   by Emerson Hough        

131(O)  original VG+  $23  1st
131(O)  original VG-  $17 1st
131(O)  original G/VG $13 1st
131(O)  original G  $9  1st

131(143) VG $6 2nd
131(143)  G  $4  2nd
131(158) VG/F $8 4th
131(158) VG $5 4th
131(167) VG-  $6  7th 4/66

132. THE DARK FRIGATE   by Charles Boardman Hawes    

132(O)  original VG   $24 1st
132(O)  original VG- $21 1st
132(O)  original  G/VG   $16 1st

132(150)  F/VF   $29  2nd
132(167)  VG/F   $21  3rd    1/64
132(166)  VF/VF-   $28  4th   5/67

133. TIME MACHINE   by H G Wells      

133(O)  original  VG/VG-   $31  1st
133(O)  original  G/VG   $24  1st

133(142)  F/VF  $33  4th
133(158)  VG+  $23  4th
133(158)  G  $13  4th
133(167)   VF  $42   7th    3/66
133(169)  VG/F  $19   9th  W/71
133(Record Edition)  G  $22  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover

134. ROMEO AND JULIET   by William Shakespeare          

134(O)  original   VG-  $28  1st edition
134(O)  original   G  $16  1st edition

134(167)  VG/F   $19   3th  9/63
134(167)  VG/F   $19   4th  5/65
134(166)  FN+   $24  5th   6/67
134(169)  VF/NM   $11     (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc   bc
second painted cover edition...
134(166)  F/VF  $35  6th  
134(166)  FN+  $28  6th  
134(166)  VG/F  $19  6th  

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1969   $65

135. WATERLOO   by Chatrian Erckmann      

135(O)  original  FN+   $39  1st
135(O)  original VG/VG+  $26 1st
135(O)  original VG/VG-  $22 1st
135(O)  original G++   $14  1st   (subscription crease on cover)

135(167)  VG+  $17   3rd  62/63
135(167)  VG   $17   4th  9/64
135(166)  VG/F  $15  5th   R/68

136. LORD JIM   by Joseph Conrad       

136(O)  original  VG+   $29  1st

137. THE LITTLE SAVAGE   by Frederick Marryat        

137(O) original  FN+  $38  1st
137(O) original  VG/F  $28  1st
137(O) original  VG+  $22  1st
137(O) original  VG- $17  1st
137(O)  original G/VG $13 1st
137(O)  original G+  $9 1st
137(O)  original G-  $6 1st  (two clean holes punched thru near spine)

137(156)  VG  $10  3rd
137(167) FN-  $14 4th 62/63
137(167) VG+ $7 4th 62/63
137(167)  G/VG  $4 4th 62/63
137(167) VG+  $10  5th  10/64
137(167)  G+  $5  5th  10/64
137(166)  VG+  $8   6th
137(166)  G/VG  $5   6th
137(169) F/VF  $14 7th

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1968  $65

138. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH   by Jules Verne       

138(O) original  VG/F   $34  1st
138(O) original  G/VG   $22  1st
138(O) original  G++   $18  1st
138(O) original  G/G-    $12  1st

138(167)  VF+   $43  7th   4/66
138(167)  G/G-  $10  7th   4/66

139. IN THE REIGN OF TERROR   by G A Henty        

139(O)  original   F/VF   $48 1st
139(O)  original   FN-  $35 1st
139(O)  original   VG/F  $30 1st
139(O) original    VG++   $28  1st
139(O) original    G/VG   $19  1st
139(O) original    G+   $15  1st

139(154)  VG   $16   2nd
139(166)  FN   $18   5th   R68

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition       view sample covers #140-#149

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

140. ON JUNGLE TRAILS   by Frank Buck       

140(O) original  FN++   $49  1st
140(O) original  FN-   $42  1st
140(O) original  G++   $18  1st   (higher grade copy with subscription crease)
140(O) original  G+   $15  1st
140(O)  original  G-    $10  1st

140(160)  G/VG   $13   3rd 
140(167)  VF+  $44  5th  9/65

141. CASTLE DANGEROUS   by Sir Walter Scott        

141(O) original  VF-   $49  1st
141(O) original  G/VG   $21  1st
141(O) original  G+   $18  1st
141(O) original  G/G-   $13  1st

141(152)  VG+   $18    2nd 
141(167)  VG/F  $18  3rd   62/63

142. ABRAHAM LINCOLN           

142(O) original  F/VF   $43  1st
142(O) original  VG/VG+   $28  1st
142(O) original  VG-   $22  1st
142(O) original  G/G+-   $16  1st

142(158)  VG/F    $22   3rd
142(169)  G   $5  7th

Twin Circle Newspaper edition  complete , 3 sections 1969,  $65

143. KIM   by Rudyard Kipling          

143(O) original  F/VF   $44  1st
143(O) original  VG/VG-   $24  1st
143(O) original  G+   $13  1st

143(167)  VG+   $16  2nd  62/63
143(167)  FN-   $16  3rd    11/63
143(167)  G   $7    3rd    11/63
143(167)  VF+   $42   4th   8/65
143(169)  FN-   $9  5th

144. FIRST MEN IN THE MOON   by H G Wells     

144(O)  original  G+  $17  1st

second painted cover edition...
144(166)  VF   $32   6th
144(166)  FN-   $20   6th
144(166)  VG/F    $17   6th
144(166)  VG   $14   6th
144(169)  FN-   $18   7th
144(169)  VG+   $14   7th
144(169)  VG/VG-   $11   7th

145. THE CRISIS   by Winston Churchill         

145(O) original  FN   $37   1st
145(O) original  VG   $27   1st
145(O) original  G/G-   $10   1st

145(156)  VF  $39   2nd
145(156)  FN/FN+    $25   2nd
145(156)  G++    $12   2nd
145(167)  FN+    $27   4th   3/65
145(166)  VF    $37   5th   R68
145(166)  FN++    $25   5th   R68
145(166)  FN-    $19   5th   R68

146. WITH FIRE AND SWORD   by Henry K Sienkiewicz           

146(O) original  VG+   $32   1st
146(O) original  VG   $28   1st
146(O) original  G/VG   $22   1st

146(156) VG+  $16   2nd
146(156) G+  $10   2nd
146(167)  VG/F  $17  4th  3/65
146(167)  VG   $14   4th  3/65

147. BEN HUR   by Lew Wallace          

147(O) original  VG/VG+  $31 1st

147(153) VG/VG-  $12  3rd
147(153) G   $8  3rd    (2" tear on right front cover)
147(167)  F/VF  $23  6th  62/63
147(167)  VG  $12  7th   9/66
147(167)  G/VG  $8  7th   9/66
second painted cover edition...
147(166)  VG-   $14   8thA
147(166)  G/G+   $10   8thA

148. THE BUCCANEER        

148(O) original  G+  $19  1st
148(O) original  G/G+  $17  1st

148(568)  VG-   $10   2nd
148(167)  FN    $20   3rd    62/63
148(167)  VG/F    $16  3rd    62/63
148(167)  VF/VF-   $36  4th  9/65
148(169)  VF   $33  5th  Su/69

149. OFF ON A COMET   by Jules Verne        

149(O) original  FN+  $48  1st
149(O) original  VG-  $25  1st
149(O) original  G+  $15  1st

149(155)  FN/FN+  $28    2nd
149(149)  VF   $39   3rd
149(149)  FN-   $24   3rd
149(149)  VG   $18   3rd
149(149)  VG-   $16   3rd
149(149)   G/VG   $14   3rd
149(167)  FN   $26   5th   2/65
149(167)  F/VF   $32   6th   10/66
149(167)  VG/F   $22   6th   10/66
149(167)  VG-   $16   6th   10/66

second painted cover edition...
149(166)  VF-  $37   7th
149(166)  FN++  $27   7th
149(166)  G  $14      7th
149(166)  FA  $6   7th

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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition         view sample covers  #150-#159

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

150. THE VIRGINIAN   by Owen Wister      

150(O) original  F/VF   $49  1st  
150(O) original  FN-   $39  1st
150(O) original  VG/VG-   $25  1st

150(164)  FN   $27   2nd
150(164)  VG/VG-   $17   2nd
150(167)  FN-   $39   3rd   10/63    scarce edition
150(167)  G/VG  $14  4th  12/65

151. WON BY THE SWORD   by G. A.  Henty       

151(O) original  VG     $27 1st
151(O) original  VG/VG-  $25 1st
151(O) original  G++  $21  1st
151(O) original  G/G+  $16  1st

151(164)  FN-  $18   2nd
151(167)  VG/F  $15  3rd   62/63
151(166)  F/VF   $24   4th  7/67

152. WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN   by Ernest Thompson Seton      

152(O) original  FN+   $39 1st
152(O) original  FN   $36 1st
152(O) original  VG- $19 1st
152(O)  original  G+  $14   1st
152(O)  original  G-  $9   1st

152(149) G/VG  $10  
152(167) VF+  $40   4th  8/65
152(167) VG/VG+  $10   4th  8/65
152(169) VF  $29   5th   Au/69

153. THE INVISIBLE MAN   by H. G.  Wells   
    
153(O)  original  FN/FN+  $48   1st
153(O)  original  FN  $45   1st
153(O)  original  G/VG  $18   1st

153(149)   VF-    $29   2nd
153(149)   VG-  $16   2nd
153(149)  G-  $7   2nd
153(167)  VG+   $16  5th  9/66
153(167)  G/VG   $11  5th  9/66
153(166)  VG/F  $17   6th  W69
153(166)  VG  $13   6th  W69
153(169)  FN  $18   7th  Sp/71
153(169)  VG+  $13   7th  Sp/71
153(169)  FA+  $4  7th  Sp/71

154. THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC   by Francis Parkman        

154(O) original  FN  $44   1st
154(O) original  VG/F  $36   1st

154(167)  G/VG   $15   3rd   7/64
154(166)  VF/VF-   $38   4th

155. THE LION OF THE NORTH   by G. A.  Henty        

155(O) original  FN-  $40   1st
155(O) original  VG+  $30   1st

155(166)  FN++   $27   3rd    R/67
155(166)  G-   $5   3rd    R/67

156. CONQUEST OF MEXICO   by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo       

156(O) original  G/VG   $22  1st
156(O) original  FA/G   $9  1st

156(166)  VF-   $33  3rd   8/67

157. THE LIVES OF THE HUNTED   by Ernest Thompson Seton      

157(O) original  FN   $45   1st
157(O) original  VG   $33  1st
157(O) original  G/VG   $27  1st
157(O) original  G/G-   $15  1st
157(O) original  G-   $13  1st
157(O) original   FA/G    $10  1st

157(166)  FN+  $30  3rd  10/67
157(166)  FN-   $25  3rd  10/67

158. CONSPIRATORS   by Alexandre Dumas         

158(O) original  FN+  $41  1st
158(O) original  VG/F  $32  1st
158(O) original  VG  $26  1st
158(O) original  VG/VG-  $23  1st
158(O) original  G+  $16  1st

158(167)  VF    $37   2nd  7/64
158(167)  VG-  $17   2nd  7/64

159. THE OCTOPUS   by  Frank Norris         

159(O) original  VG/F   $37  1st
159(O) original  VG+   $32  1st
159(O) original  VG-   $26  1st   (light subscription crease)

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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# (HRN) / grade / price / edition            view sample covers #160-#169

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

160. THE FOOD OF THE GODS   by H. G.  Wells        

160(O) original  VG-   $25  1st
160(O) original  G/VG   $20  1st
160(O) original  G   $15  1st

160(167)   VG-   $21   2nd   1/64
160(167)   G+   $12   2nd   1/64
160(167)   G/G-   $9   2nd   1/64
160(166)   VF/VF+   $39  3rd   6/67 
160(166)   F/VF   $31  3rd   6/67
160(166)  VG/F   $21  3rd   6/67

161. CLEOPATRA   by H. Rider Haggard        

161(O) original  VG    $27  1st
161(O) original  VG-    $24  1st
161(O) original  G/G+    $17  1st
161(O) original  G/G-    $13  1st

161(167)   F/VF  $37  2nd  1/64
161(166)  VG/F   $25  3rd   8/67
161(166)  VG+   $21  3rd   8/67

162. ROBUR THE CONQUEROR   by Jules Verne      
  
162(O) original  VG/VG+   $28  1st
162(O) original  VG-   $24  1st
162(O) original  G/VG   $21  1st
162(O) original  G+   $16  1st

162(167)  VG-  $19   2nd  7/64
162(166)  G  $14   3rd  8/67

163. THE MASTER OF THE WORLD   by Jules Verne          

163(O) original  VG/F   $37  1st
163(O) original  VG+   $30  1st
 

163(166)  VF-  $36  3rd  R68
163(166)   F/VF  $29  3rd  R68
163(166)  VG++   $21  3rd  R68
163(166)  VG/VG-  $16  3rd  R68

164. THE COSSACK CHIEF   by Nikolai Gogol     (Tarus Bulba)

164(O) original  VG/F   $37  1st
164(O) original  VG/VG+   $32  1st
164(O) original  VG-   $26  1st
164(O) original  G/VG   $21  1st

164(167)   F/VF   $35   2nd   4/65
164(167)   FN/FN+   $26   2nd     4/65
164(167)   G+   $14   2nd     4/65
164(166)   VF+   $48   3rd
164(166)   F/VF   $30   3rd
164(166)   FN+   $25   3rd
164(166)   FN/FN-  $20   3rd
164(166)   VG/F  $16   3rd
164(166)   VG+  $13   3rd
164(166)   VG-  $9   3rd

165. THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE   by Alexandre Dumas            

165(O) original  VG/VG-   $26   1st   
165(O) original   VG-   $24   1st   
165(O) original  G   $14   1st   
165(O) original  G-   $11   1st   

165(167)  G/VG   $13   2nd   4/65
165(166) VF   $44  3rd
165(166) VF-   $39  3rd
165(166)  F/VF   $34  3rd
165(166) FN+   $29 3rd
165(166) FN   $24 3rd
165(166) FN-   $21 3rd
165(166) VG/VG-  $10   3rd

166. TIGERS AND TRAITORS   by Jules Verne     
  
166(O) original  FN+   $49   1st   
166(O) original  FN-   $41   1st   
166(O) original  VG/F   $37   1st   
166(O) original  VG+   $33   1st   
166(O) original  G++   $21   1st   
166(O) original  G+   $18   1st   


166(167)  FN+   $37   2nd   2/64
166(167)  FN   $33   2nd   2/64
166(167)  VG   $22   2nd   2/64
166(167)  VG-   $20   2nd   2/64
166(167)  G/VG   $17   2nd   2/64
166(167)  VF+   $55   3rd  11/66

167. FAUST   by Goethe   

167(O) original  VG+   $49  1st
167(O) original  VG/VG-   $41  1st
167(O) original  G/VG   $33  1st
167(O) original  G/G+   $25  1st

167(167)  VG/F  $40  2nd    2/64
167(166)  FN+  $48  3rd 
167(166)  VG+  $29  3rd 
 

168. IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE   by G.A. Henty          

168(O) original  F/VF   $85  1st
168(O) original  FN-   $63  1st
168(O) original  VG/VG-   $38  1st  (beautiful copy with staples removed)

169. NEGRO AMERICANS        

169(O) original  VF-   $95  1st
169(O) original  VG-   $39  1st
169(O) original  G/VG   $29  1st
169(O) original  G/G-   $19  1st

169(169)  VF  $52  2nd
169(169)  FN-  $32  2nd
169(169)  G/VG  $15  2nd

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